Sheppard Mullin faces a proposed class action after a data breach exposed Social Security numbers and other sensitive ...

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A new study ranks the sectors that have been hit the hardest since 2004. One industry accounted for more than 8.1 billion exposed records.

Your name, email address, home address, and phone number.These pieces of information, which you enter casually on a daily ...

Since the summer of 2026, there has been a series of announcements regarding data breaches at domestic companies. There is talk that these might be 'AI-driven attacks,' but how much of that is fact?

If anything, 2026 has made clear that cybersecurity is no longer a background concern. Today, security is at the front and center of many conversations, woven into almost every major story of the year ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Davey Winder is a veteran cybersecurity writer, hacker and analyst. Update, July 30, 2025: This story, originally published on ...

The ShinyHunters extortion gang claims it breached FBI systems using a new Oracle PeopleSoft zero-day vulnerability, gaining access to internal services and stealing sensitive data on employees and ...

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.

A practical guide to Japan’s recent company data-breach notices: what Lawson confirmed, how to secure reused accounts, spot ...

The Office of the Information Commissioner says some of the breaches were malicious and intentional.

A ransomware attack, a client list sent to the wrong recipient or a database leak can put an organisation on the clock within ...