A data breach is a security incident where an unauthorized individual accesses sensitive information. When a breach happens, personal, financial or confidential data can be exposed, stolen or misused.

Comcast settles class action over a 2023 data breach which exposed troves of customer information. Credit: Michael Berlfein / ...

If it feels like data breach letters are arriving more often than junk mail, you're not imagining it. A new report from the Identity Theft Resource Center says data breaches hit a record high last ...

The rise of AI and our increasing dependence on technology have left us increasingly vulnerable to data breaches. Breaches occur when hackers and other unauthorized parties fraudulently access ...

Conduent, a business services company that provides healthcare billing, has begun sending notices to people affected by a massive data breach affecting 10.5 million people, making it one of the ...

A third-party data breach occurs when malicious actors compromise a vendor, supplier, contractor, or other organization to gain access to sensitive information or systems of the victim’s customers, ...

A dataset attributed to Amtrak appeared on Have I Been Pwned, reportedly exposing customer emails, names, addresses and support interaction records.

Fidelity customers exposed in a 2024 data breach could qualify for cash and credit monitoring.

Several major healthcare data breaches, affecting millions of individuals, have been added to the tracker maintained by the ...