Letters notifying people that their personal information has been involved in a data breach are becoming increasingly common.

For two weeks, attackers had access to a third-party support ticket system containing customer tax information.

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.

Origin Energy says it does not believe customer credit card or bank details have been affected by a suspected data breach at the company.

This week, customers of Origin Energy learned their personal details have been stolen in a data breach. They joined the customers of other major companies, including Qantas, Optus and Medicare, who ...

Console & Associates, P.C., a leading data breach law firm, is currently investigating a recent data security incident at Berkeley Research Group, LLC (also known as BRG). This Berkeley Research Group ...

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ADT confirmed a data breach exposing customer names, addresses, phone numbers, and partial SSNs, with millions of records reportedly affected. ADT says its home security systems were not compromised ...

A third-party data breach occurs when malicious actors compromise a vendor, supplier, contractor, or other organization to gain access to sensitive information or systems of the victim’s customers, ...

The lawsuits accused the AI training firm of violating data privacy and consumer protection laws.

Spread the loveHold onto your digital wallets, folks, because the future of cybersecurity looks a lot more expensive and a whole lot scarier than you might think. IBM’s latest 2026 Cost of a Data ...