Breaking news on recent data breaches
A regional health insurer's security breach exposed thousands of Illinois members' personal and medical information, raising questions about how insurers protect sensitive customer data.
GitHub's May 2026 breach exposed internal repositories through a poisoned VS Code extension; months later, South Korean police discovered widespread token leaks during an unrelated investigation.
Multiple prison systems exposed inmate and staff data in breaches affecting hundreds of thousands of people, from the federal level down to state facilities.
The Argentine Football Association's systems fell to infostealer malware on a developer's machine, exposing databases and compromising institutional email accounts during the 2026 World Cup.
A ransomware negotiator secretly provided attacker intelligence to hackers, helping them extort $75 million from victims.
million social media accounts were hacked in 2025; victims of intimate image theft now have federal tools and resources to fight back.
Saint Paul disclosed a July 2025 cyberattack affecting 12,484 residents and city employees, with 43 GB of sensitive data stolen including Social Security numbers.
A ransomware negotiator secretly passed victim intelligence to BlackCat attackers, enabling $75M in extortion while billing clients for his protection.
Accenture's breach exposes 35GB of source code and critical credentials, with no independent verification yet published.
Ransomware attacks targeting universities expose thousands of students and employees to years of identity theft risk through compromised personal financial and academic data.
