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 ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Steve Weisman writes about white-collar crime. In August 2021, hackers offered for sale on the Dark Web data of what they said was ...

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Around four months is the average time it takes for a company to report a data breach but certain industries take even longer, an analysis of ransomware attacks since 2018 finds. Companies often take ...

The global average cost of a data breach fell by 9% to $4.44m in 2025, the first decline observed in five years, according to IBM’s Cost of a Data Breach Report 2025. The fall has been attributed to ...