A common thread running through many of the biggest cyberattacks and data breaches in 2025 was a lack of visibility by organizations into their own IT systems—a weakness that attackers exploited again ...

Cybersecurity incidents like the one that hit Instructure threaten the faith placed in schools to protect children and their data, says a leading expert.

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Every year, TechCrunch looks back at the cybersecurity horror shows of the past 12 months — from the biggest data breaches to hacks resulting in weeks of disruption — to see what we can learn. This ...

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 few days ago, on November 26th, right before Thanksgiving, OpenAI, the maker of ChatGPT, confirmed a recent security breach incident that started towards the beginning of November, which impacted ...

If your data was jeopardized in a Circle K data breach, you might be eligible for a payment up to $2,000, but only if you ...

Data disasters resulting from cyberattacks and ransomware dominate news headlines. However, the most consistent and costly threats are actually caused by human error ...

Automotive giant Stellantis has just revealed that it suffered a data breach, exposing customer contact details, after attackers infiltrated a third-party platform used for North American customer ...

The vast majority of Senegal's adult population seems to have just lost its biometric data to hackers. On Jan. 19, a new ransomware outfit calling itself "The Green Blood Group" breached two servers ...

UNITED STATES - FEBRUARY 12: Sen. Maggie Hassan, D-N.H., (Tom Williams/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images) Senator Maggie Hassan (D-NH) the ranking member of the Senate’s Joint Economic Committee ...