In this week's panel, four ISMG editors discussed how basic security failures are still opening the door to major breaches, ...

Attribution isn’t about one clue — it’s about connecting many Attribution investigations almost never hinge on a single “gotcha” artifact. Most of the work happens in the messy middle: weak signals, ...

In 2024, the landscape of data breaches remained largely unchanged in terms of the number of incidents, with 3,158 compromises reported, mirroring the previous year's figures. However, the year was ...

Data breaches hit the healthcare sector more than other industries last year, according to a report published this week by financial and risk advisory firm Kroll. In 2024, the healthcare industry ...

Hacking and IT incidents accounted for 88% of patient records exposed from 2010 to 2024, while ransomware made up nearly 40%, according to the research published in JAMA Network Open. The study, which ...

It may seem like data breaches have gotten a heck of a lot more common. Well, there’s something to that. The bad guys are getting badder faster than the good guys are getting better. This week, we’re ...

30% of data breaches that occurred last year involved a third party, new research shows. According to the Verizon 2025 Data Breach Investigations Report, during the year ended October 31, 2024, there ...

Oklahoma resident Ronald Allen was one of dozens of people who say their lives became more difficult in 2022 after customer data like names, email addresses, and birth dates was stolen from Samsung, ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Steve Weisman writes about white-collar crime. Data breaches at colleges and universities are common. In the last 20 years ...

AT&T is preparing to pay out $177 million to resolve lawsuits stemming from two major data breaches that exposed personal information of millions of customers, CNET reports. Current and former ...