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.

Don't throw away those notices! Data breaches can harm your credit, empty your bank account and compromise your identity. Data-breach notices are becoming all too common these days, aren’t they? Those ...

ShinyHunters says it's behind a recent data breach at edtech giant Instructure. Credit: Piotr Swat/SOPA Images/LightRocket ...

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 ...

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 ...

Ameriprise Financial says a data breach exposed personal data of nearly 48,000 people. Learn what happened and the steps you ...

ADT confirmed a data breach exposing customer names, addresses, phone numbers, and partial SSNs, with millions of records ...

Families in Wayzata are being warned about a data breach involving Canvas, the learning management system used by students in ...

Data compromise incidents hit a record of 3,322 in 2025, with 70 percent of related breach notices failing to explain how the breach happened, according to a new report from the Identity Theft ...

What happened Frost Bank, San Antonio’s largest bank, is facing two proposed class-action lawsuits following a cyberattack attributed to the Everest ransomware group that allegedly exposed the ...

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