Data Breach 2024 And How To Protect Yourself From Hackers. A background check provider was hacked and lost data of 2.7 billion people, including names, emails, phone numbers, and ssns. The mother of all breaches as the researchers refer to it, is likely the biggest such data leak collection found to date.

And much of that information has made its way to the dark web. Install the latest software updates for your devices and applications because they can fix vulnerabilities and bugs that hackers can exploit.