Cybernews reports that accounts worldwide impacted by data breaches dropped from 302 million during the first six months of 2024 to 15.8 million during the first six months of 2025, signifying a nearly 20-fold decline.
More than 624,000 individuals were confirmed to have had their personal information compromised following a cyberattack against Healthcare Services Group last year, according to SecurityWeek.
Suspected Russian hackers' recent compromise of the U.S. Judiciary's electronic legal case management that reportedly exposed confidential informants' identities has prompted Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Ore., to urge an evaluation of the federal court system's cybersecurity posture, according to Nextgov/FCW.
Major U.S insurance provider Farmers Insurance had information from more than 1.1 million customers pilfered following the compromise of a third-party vendor-hosted database in late May, reports BleepingComputer.
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