Data Breaches news and trends

55% of COOs Use GenAI to Improve Data Security
artificial intelligence // March 07, 2025

As cyber threats become more sophisticated, chief operating officers (COOs) are turning to generative AI (GenAI) to enhance data security. According to a PYMNTS Intelligence December 2024 The AI MonitorEdge Report, “COOs Leverage GenAI to Reduce Data Security Losses,” COOs are optimistic about the long-term...

Ransomware Group Black Basta’s Internal Communications Leaked Online
Cybersecurity // February 23, 2025

More than 200,000 messages from high-profile ransomware group Black Basta have leaked online. The leak of more than a year of communications, as Ars Technica reported Friday (Feb. 21) exposes the group’s tactics, as well as an internal rift among its members. According to the...

Why CFOs and CISOs Should Care About B2B Cyber Audits
Cybersecurity // February 11, 2025

Today’s digital landscape is breaking down traditional silos — especially those around core business risks. Cybersecurity, which was at one point viewed primarily as an IT concern, has leapfrogged to the top of the priority list for chief financial officers (CFOs) and chief information security...

Hackers Don’t Need Keys If Companies Leave Cyber Doors Open
Cybersecurity // January 27, 2025

The data breaches of 2024 made it clear that enterprise cybersecurity is no longer just a reactive IT issue — it’s a core business challenge. One that isn’t going away any time soon, as revealed by the news Friday (Jan. 24) that the estimated total...

Interviews & Exclusives
55% of COOs Use GenAI to Improve Data Security

March 07, 2025
As cyber threats become more sophisticated, chief operating officers (COOs) are turning to generative AI (GenAI) to enhance data security. According to a PYMNTS Intelligence December 2024 The AI MonitorEdge Report, “COOs Leverage GenAI to Reduce Data Security Losses,” COOs are optimistic about the long-term benefits of integrating artificial intelligence (AI) into their security frameworks. […]

52% of Gen Z and Millennial Consumers Say They Might Give Community Banks a Try

October 02, 2024
As digital banking transforms the financial landscape, community banks and credit unions (CUs) are poised to capture Generation Z and millennials. These digital natives are gravitating toward smaller financial institutions...

Intellicheck CEO Warns: Every Data Breach Is a Step Closer to Someone Else Stealing Your...

September 03, 2024
In the wrong hands, digital footprints can turn into a blueprint for fraud. Particularly as identity theft proliferates and becomes more sophisticated, data breaches are increasingly turning personal and business...

Decoding Cybersecurity: Understanding FedRAMP and ISO 27001 Standards

August 30, 2024
Contemporary businesses operate in an era marked by surging cyberthreats and data breaches. That’s according to a Thursday (Aug. 29) joint cybersecurity advisory by the FBI, the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure...

Quick Reads
Ransomware Group Black Basta’s Internal Communications Leaked Online

February 23, 2025
More than 200,000 messages from high-profile ransomware group Black Basta have leaked online. The leak of more than a year of communications, as Ars Technica reported Friday (Feb. 21) exposes the group’s tactics, as well as an internal rift among its members. According to the report, researchers say the leak comes in the form of […]

Change Healthcare Breach Impacted 190 Million Americans

January 26, 2025
The biggest medical-related data breach in U.S. history was even larger than first estimated. The ransomware attack on UnitedHealth’s Change Healthcare business last year impacted around 190 million people, almost...

PayPal to Settle New York’s Allegations of Cybersecurity Failures

January 23, 2025
PayPal will pay a $2 million penalty to New York state to settle the state’s allegations that the company had cybersecurity failures that led to a data breach. New York...

AT&T to Offer Bill Credits After Widespread Outages

January 08, 2025
AT&T will begin offering customers bill credits for network outages. The new program, announced Wednesday (Jan. 8) in a press release and set to go live Thursday (Jan. 9), comes...