Data breaches are becoming increasingly common, affecting millions of consumers each year. Whether the breach involves a major retailer, financial institution or health care provider, the Better ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Kate O’Flaherty is a cybersecurity and privacy journalist. AT&T has suffered two significant data breaches over the last few years ...

Nearly 3.5 million University of Phoenix students and staff were affected by a data breach involving Social Security numbers ...

Any data breach affecting 1.6 million people is serious. It draws even more attention when it involves a company trusted to guard passwords. That is exactly what happened to LastPass. The U.K.

If you receive a data breach notice, first confirm it is legitimate by contacting the company directly. Immediately change your passwords for affected accounts and enable multi-factor authentication ...