An expanded data breach definition and the telcos’ desire to link notifications to “concrete harm” are among the most controversial aspects of the proposed FCC data breach reporting rules.

Data breaches have become so common that a basic formula has emerged for how organizations usually respond: advise customers to change their passwords, offer free credit monitoring, and suggest that ...

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, ...

Instagram accounts leaked through API scraping. Meta denies breach, but your data is on the dark web. Here's what actually happened.

On October 3, 2025, Governor Gavin Newsom signed into law Senate Bill No. 446, which makes important changes to the California data breach notification statute. The new law, which takes effect on ...