2024 Roundup: Top Data Breach Stories And Industry Trends
SecurityIntelligence, Tuesday, December 24th, 2024
With 2025 on the horizon, it's important to reflect on the developments and various setbacks that happened in cybersecurity this past year. While there have been many improvements in security technologies and growing awareness of emerging cybersecurity threats, 2024 was also a hard reminder that the ongoing fight against cyber criminals is far from over.
We've summarized this past year's top five data breach stories and industry trends, with key takeaways from each that organizations should note going into the following year.
Billions of US citizens have private data exposed
On April 8, 2024, one of the largest personal data breaches took place, leading to nearly 3 billion US citizens having their information leaked on the dark web. Even more shocking was that all of this information came from only one source - National Public Data, a background check and fraud prevention service located in Coral Springs, Florida.