The personal details of serving and former members of UK special forces, and the security services, were included in the Afghan data breach

A data breach at Episource has exposed the personal information of 5.4 million individuals after attackers accessed systems for 10 days

Data breaches rage on. In the first half of this year, the Identity Theft Resource Center counted 1,732 total data breaches affecting 166 million people, marking a

Data breaches are up in 2025, according to a new report and researchers call the use of artificial intelligence in attempted data breaches an “emerging threat."

A ransomware group has claimed credit for Belk’s data breach in May. DragonForce stole 156 GB of data from the Charlotte-based department store chain, several cybersecurity news outlets reported Tuesday.

On Tuesday, a major data breach which led to thousands of Afghans being secretly relocated to the UK became public knowledge for the first time. Chris joins Adam to discuss the former government’s account of events, as well as what could happen next. And, Adam speaks to Larisa Brown, Defence Editor at The Times, about how she broke the story.

Despite the year-over-year increase in breaches, the number of victim notices in the first half of 2025 totaled 165.7 million, or just 12% of the victim notices issued by mid-year 2024. The decrease is due in part to fewer people being impacted by the small handful of mega breaches in 2025 compared to 2024, the ITRC says.

A judge will continue to preside over Qantas’ stolen data case despite being among the millions of customers “caught up” in the major data breach, arguing “every judge of this court” was likely a Frequent Flyer member.