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Breach Watch

What happened. What the attackers did. What you can learn.

We track significant breaches and translate them into program intelligence. Not just what happened — but what it means for your security posture.

Updated July 2026

$4.88M

Average breach cost 2025

↑ 10% YoYIBM

258 days

Avg. identify + contain

↓ 3 days YoYIBM

79%

Credential/phishing initial access

↑ 5pts YoYVerizon

45,000+

New CVEs in 2024

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Showing 6 incidents

CriticalRansomwareHealthcare

Change Healthcare

ALPHV/BlackCat ransomware group encrypted systems and exfiltrated 4TB of patient data. The attack disrupted prescription processing across the US for weeks.

CriticalCredentialCloud

Snowflake Customer Breaches

Threat actors used stolen credentials to access Snowflake environments at 165+ organizations including Ticketmaster, Santander, and AT&T. No MFA required on the accounts.

HighData BreachFinance/Telecom

AT&T Data Breach

Call and text records for nearly all AT&T wireless customers were exfiltrated from a third-party cloud environment. ~110 million customers affected.

CriticalRansomwareSupply Chain

CDK Global

Ransomware attack on automotive software provider CDK Global disrupted operations at 15,000+ car dealerships across North America for weeks.

CriticalCredentialSupply Chain

Ivanti VPN Zero-Days

Multiple zero-day vulnerabilities in Ivanti Connect Secure VPN were exploited by nation-state actors before patches were available. Thousands of organizations affected.

HighRansomwareHealthcare

Ascension Health

Black Basta ransomware disrupted clinical operations at 140 hospitals across 19 states. Staff reverted to paper records. Patient care impacted for weeks.

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