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2024 Data Breaches Wrapped
- Billions of records on millions of people have been exposed in data breaches, costing nearly $10 trillion dollars to people and businesses worldwide. Here are five noteworthy data breaches that occurred in 2024: National Public Data (NPD) breach, Ticketmaster breach, breach at Infosys McCamish Systems (IMS), breach at U.S. debt collector (FBCS), and the AT&T breach.
- The National Public Data (NPD) data breach involved nearly three billion records. Sensitive information stolen included names, current and past addresses, social security numbers, and personal information. No notices were immediately sent to potential victims.
- The Ticketmaster data breach compromised the personal information of over half a billion people. Information stolen included names, addresses, email addresses, phone numbers, order information, and partial payment card details. Notifications went out to potential victims via physical mail.
- The breach at Infosys McCamish Systems (IMS) compromised sensitive information such as social security numbers, dates of birth, medical records, biometric data, email address and passwords, usernames and passwords, driver’s license and state ID numbers, financial account info, payment card info, passport numbers, tribal ID numbers, and US military ID numbers. Notifications went out to potential victims in several ways from Bank of America, Fidelity Investments Life Insurance, and IMS eight months after the initial attack.
- The breach at a U.S. debt collector, Financial Business and Consumer Solutions (FBCS), compromised the personal information of more than four million people. Information stolen included consumer names, addresses, date of birth, Social Security numbers, driver’s license numbers, other state identification numbers, health insurance information, and medical claims information. FBCS went on to say that the compromised info varied from person to person.
- Mobile carrier AT&T learned that hackers had stolen the call and text logs of nearly all its estimated 100 million customers. The compromised data covered a period between May 1, 2022, and October 31, 2022. The stolen data revealed the phone numbers customers communicated with, along with the frequency and total duration of calls and texts for specific periods.
- Preventive measures offer the strongest protection from data breaches. To fully cover yourself, it's recommended to check your credit, consider a security freeze and get ID theft protection. Further, it's advisable to monitor your identity and transactions, keep an eye out for phishing attacks, update passwords, and use two-factor authentication.
- To help protect against data breaches, McAfee offers McAfee+ Advanced or Ultimate plans that offer features like credit monitoring, security freeze, ID theft and restoration coverage, identity monitoring, and various types of transaction monitoring for banks, loans, and investments. Plus, the Text Scam Detector scans links in texts.
- Breaches often take months before we receive any kind of notification, giving hackers plenty of time to do their damage. Therefore, it's advisable to take the necessary steps to protect ourselves from the fallout of such data breaches.
- The Ticketmaster and the AT&T data breaches affected a half-billion people and nearly 100 million people, respectively. The breaches at National Public Data, Infosys McCamish Systems, and U.S. debt collector, Financial Business and Consumer Solutions, each compromised millions of personal information.
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