A data breach, also known as data leakage, is "the unauthorized exposure, disclosure, or loss of personal information". Attackers have a variety of motives...

This is a list of reports about data breaches, using data compiled from various sources, including press reports, government news releases, and mainstream...

and that "no significant breaches" took place. In interviews with The Guardian and The New York Times, information about the data misuse was disclosed in...

behind the breach as 25-year-old Aleksanteri Julius Kivimäki. Kivimäki was charged in absentia at Helsinki District Court for aggravated data breach, aggravated...

the largest data breaches on record. Although Yahoo was aware, neither breach was revealed publicly until September 2016. The 2013 data breach occurred on...

whose data was breached. The released data included records of nearly $1,000 of transactions on a credit card account in his name. The news of the data release...

of data on 140+ million customers "one of the biggest data breaches in history." Equifax shares dropped 13% in early trading the day after the breach was...

Data breach incidences in India were the second highest globally in 2018, according to a report by digital security firm Gemalto. With over 690 million...

Security breach notification laws or data breach notification laws are laws that require individuals or entities affected by a data breach, unauthorized...

The stolen data contains records for people in the US, UK, and Canada. National Public Data confirmed on August 16, 2024, there was a breach originating...