Data Security news and trends

CFPB Clears Hardware From Vacated Offices After Watchdog Security Warning

October 01, 2026
CFPB
Cyera Raises $400 Million for AI Data Security Platform
Artificial Intelligence // January 08, 2026

AI/data security provider Cyera is a $9 billion business following a new funding round. The company’s $400 million Series F round, announced in a news release Thursday (Jan. 8), will allow it to fund product innovation, hiring, expansion and new partnerships as the need for...

Coupang Data Breach Targets 34 Million Customer Accounts
Cybersecurity // November 30, 2025

A data breach at Coupang has exposed personal information of nearly 34 million customers. The eCommerce company, considered the “Amazon of South Korea,” revealed the breach on Saturday (Nov. 29), Reuters reported. Coupang said the unauthorized access to customer info appears to have begun in...

TransUnion Data Breach Hits 4.4 Million Customers
Cybersecurity // August 28, 2025

TransUnion said a third-party data breach affected more than 4.4 million customers. The credit reporting agency revealed the breach in a filing with the Maine’s attorney general’s office on Thursday (Aug. 28). The company said the breach on July 28 involved unauthorized access of a...

Apple Patches Security After ‘Extremely Sophisticated’ Cyberattack
Cybersecurity // August 25, 2025

Apple has reportedly patched a zero-day flaw in its ImageIO framework. That’s according to a report Friday (Aug. 22) by Dark Reading, which noted this is the latest in a string of zero-day vulnerabilities the company has disclosed this year. Zero-day vulnerabilities—unknown security flaws in...

Interviews & Exclusives
Payment Friction Taps the Brakes on Digital Growth in Brazil

July 07, 2025
Brazil has become a global leader in mobile shopping adoption, with its consumers consistently demonstrating high engagement in digital commerce activities. The 2025 Global Digital Shopping Index: Brazil edition, commissioned by Visa Acceptance Solutions and researched by PYMNTS Intelligence, reveals that 61% of Brazilian consumers used a mobile phone for their latest retail purchase, whether […]

Digital Blind Spots Leave FinTech Firms Exposed as Cyber Litigation Explodes

May 15, 2025
The internet may have rewritten data rights, but courts are starting to catch up. The lawsuits of the future are already being drafted today, and in today’s age of digital...

How One Credit Union Spreads AI Across the Whole Organization

March 24, 2025
Credit unions can grow with new members, and assets swell from the millions to the billions of dollars, but when it comes to technology and mobile banking, what got you...

A Matter of Trust: How AI Is Reshaping Risk Assessment

March 19, 2025
Financial services institutions have long relied on machine learning for risk management, but the threat landscape has grown exponentially in the age of generative artificial intelligence (AI), according to executives...

Quick Reads
CFPB Clears Hardware From Vacated Offices After Watchdog Security Warning

October 01, 2026
A government watchdog issued a report Wednesday (Sept. 30) saying that it had recommended that the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) secure hardware assets that it left at former regional offices it vacated in early 2025. The watchdog, the Office of Inspector General for the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System and the […]

Cyera Raises $400 Million for AI Data Security Platform

January 08, 2026
AI/data security provider Cyera is a $9 billion business following a new funding round. The company’s $400 million Series F round, announced in a news release Thursday (Jan. 8), will...

Coupang Data Breach Targets 34 Million Customer Accounts

November 30, 2025
A data breach at Coupang has exposed personal information of nearly 34 million customers. The eCommerce company, considered the “Amazon of South Korea,” revealed the breach on Saturday (Nov. 29),...

TransUnion Data Breach Hits 4.4 Million Customers

August 28, 2025
TransUnion said a third-party data breach affected more than 4.4 million customers. The credit reporting agency revealed the breach in a filing with the Maine’s attorney general’s office on Thursday...