Data Incidents News Today

There were 1,862 data breaches, exposures and leaks impacting 294 million people in 2021, 23.6 percent higher than the previous record of 1,506 set in 2017. Eighty-three percent of the compromises involved sensitive personal data.

Many organizations realize that using technology to support both customer-facing and back-office tasks deliver the efficiency and accuracy that employees and customers have come to expect. These technological solutions often reduce overhead internally.

Federal banking regulators issued a final rule that impacts how banks and other regulated entities report certain data incidents. Those subject to these new reporting requirements include U.S. banks and bank service providers.