In-depth coverage of data breach causes, consequences, and prevention tactics. These posts examine real-world breach incidents, regulatory requirements for breach notification, steps to contain and recover from breaches, and proactive measures organizations can take to reduce exposure.
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Your Employees' Passwords Are Probably Already There In 2024, the FBI's Internet Crime Complaint Center reported over $16 billion in losses from cybercrime — and a staggering amount of that activity traces back to marketplaces most people never see. If you've ever wondered what is the
In 2024, the average cost of a data breach hit $4.88 million globally, according to IBM's Cost of a Data Breach Report. That number keeps climbing. And yet, the root causes behind most breaches haven't changed much in the past decade. The same mistakes keep
We're barely halfway through 2026 and the breach disclosures are already piling up. From healthcare systems crippled by ransomware to credential theft campaigns that bypassed legacy MFA, the data breach examples of 2026 reinforce a pattern I've tracked for over a decade: organizations keep making the
In 2022, a former Amazon engineer named Paige Thompson was convicted for the Capital One breach that exposed over 100 million customer records. She wasn't an outside hacker who cracked through a firewall. She was an insider — someone with knowledge of the cloud infrastructure who exploited a misconfigured
In February 2024, Change Healthcare — one of the largest health payment processors in the U.S. — was hit by a ransomware attack that disrupted claims processing for thousands of hospitals, pharmacies, and clinics nationwide. UnitedHealth Group, its parent company, later confirmed the breach affected roughly 100 million individuals. The company
In 2023, a single MOVEit vulnerability gave threat actors access to data from over 2,500 organizations — and financial institutions were among the hardest hit. Banks, credit unions, wealth management firms, and insurance companies collectively reported hundreds of millions of compromised records. If you work in finance, you already know
We're barely halfway through 2026, and the breach disclosures are already stacking up at a pace that should alarm every executive, IT director, and business owner reading this. If you're searching for data breach examples 2026, you're probably trying to figure out what'
A Single Click Cost One Hospital Chain $100 Million In 2020, Universal Health Services — a Fortune 500 hospital operator — got hit by the Ryuk ransomware strain. The result: 400 facilities knocked offline, staff reverting to pen and paper, and an estimated $67 million in direct costs plus ongoing damages that
In February 2024, Change Healthcare suffered a ransomware attack that exposed the protected health information of roughly 100 million Americans. The fallout wasn't just technical — it was a regulatory nightmare. State attorneys general demanded answers. Congressional hearings followed. And organizations downstream from the breach scrambled to figure out
A Single Click Cost One Company $188 Million In 2020, Marriott disclosed its second major breach in two years — this time exposing 5.2 million guest records. The root cause? Compromised employee credentials at a franchise property. Two employees' login details were used to access data for weeks before
