ZDNET's key takeaways AT&T's $177 million settlement is for data breaches in 2019 and 2024.Claim up to $5,000 (first breach) and $2,500 (Snowflake hack), or both.File your claim by Dec. 18, 2025, ...

If customers can't trust you with their data, it will hurt your bottom line. Find out what you need to do to secure your business’s data.

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Data disasters resulting from cyberattacks and ransomware dominate news headlines. However, the most consistent and costly threats are actually caused by human error ...

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Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Steve Weisman writes about white-collar crime. Data breaches at colleges and universities are common. In the last 20 years ...

Another day, another breach story in the news. Hackers compromised Co-op's internal Teams chats. Attackers encrypted Marks & Spencer’s (M&S) systems, bringing online sales to a halt. And criminals ...

In a recent column, I described the recent data breach at Allianz Life which potentially affects 1.4 million people. The data included in this data breach included names, addresses, birth dates, ...

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Eligible AT&T customers have until Dec. 18 to file a claim in a data breach settlement. If you were an AT&T customer affected by one of the data breaches in 2024, an important deadline is coming up ...

Automotive giant Stellantis has just revealed that it suffered a data breach, exposing customer contact details, after attackers infiltrated a third-party platform used for North American customer ...