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.

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

Spread the loveAlright, let’s talk about something truly unsettling: a massive data breach that hit the U.S. Department of ...

The ShinyHunters extortion gang claims it breached FBI systems using a new Oracle PeopleSoft zero-day vulnerability, gaining ...

Law firm Seyfarth Shaw has reported a data breach. The breach exposed client documents and personal information. The incident ...

Hacking attacks exploiting application programming interfaces (APIs) to steal personal information have occurred ...

From the massive DOGE data breach and the compromise of critical infrastructure to the hack of federal surveillance systems, here are the most damaging security incidents and data breaches of 2026 so ...

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 ...

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.

Spread the loveWhen you entrust a financial services firm with your hard-earned money and, more importantly, your deeply ...

ADT confirmed a data breach exposing customer names, addresses, phone numbers, and partial SSNs, with millions of records reportedly affected. Image: ShinyHunters’ dark web notice of ADT hack ADT says ...

ShinyHunters claims it stole FBI employees' names, addresses and Social Security numbers in a cyber attack targeting the ...