A Vast Trove of Exposed Social Security Numbers May Put Millions at Risk of Identity Theft

A database left accessible to anyone online contained billions of records, including sensitive personal data that criminals ...

Millions of passwords and Social Security numbers exposed as old hacks remain a threat

An unsecured database that likely contains tens of millions of unique Social Security numbers, alongside email addresses and ...

U.S. orders diplomats to fight data sovereignty initiatives

Data sovereignty initiatives have gathered pace, particularly in Europe, amid flaring tensions between the United States and ...
At Home Hustle on MSN

7 warning signs your household's personal data is already for sale on the dark web

Your personal information might be circulating on hidden online marketplaces right now, and you could have no idea. Let's be real, the thought itself is terrifying. While you're grocery shopping or ...
CNBC

Data breaches climbed to a record high in 2025. How to protect your personal information

The number of personal data compromises rose 5% last year — with 3,322 events in 2025 versus 3,152 in 2024 — a record, according to the Identity Theft Resource Center's new annual report. Even federal ...

Modern parenting means apps for sports, school and more. What this means for data privacy

This story originally appeared in Los Angeles Times.
The Santa Barbara Independent

In California, Data Protection Just Got Easier: Attorney General Bonta Reminds Californians to DELETE Their Data with Nation-Leading Privacy Tool

OAKLAND — California Attorney General Rob Bonta today issued a consumer alert to remind Californians that they can send one request to more than 500 ...
CNN

What DOGE could gain by accessing your Social Security data

When people think of Social Security, they typically think of monthly benefits — for the roughly 69 million retirees, disabled workers, dependents and survivors who receive them today. But word that ...
Forbes

The Second Coming Of Personal Health Records

Two decades ago, some of the biggest names in tech attempted to transform how individuals manage their health data. Microsoft’s HealthVault and Google Health both launched with bold ambitions: to ...