TechRepublic looks back at the biggest cybersecurity stories of 2024, from record data breaches to rising ransomware threats and CISO burnout.

IT pros at U.K. companies are not regularly testing their data recovery processes, largely due to a lack of support from higher-ups.

The Secure Future Initiative was created around the same time the U.S. Cyber Safety Review Board chided Redmond for having a poor security culture.

Implementing multi-factor authentication, supplier risk-management frameworks, and staff security training could help to reduce data breaches.

In August, 2.7 billion records from National Public Data, including Social Security numbers, were leaked on a dark web forum.

Perforce reveals that companies are struggling with increased sensitive data in non-production environments, leading to higher breach risks and compliance challenges.

Businesses and individuals with AT&T accounts from May 1, 2022 to October 31, 2022 and on January 2, 2023 will be notified if their data was affected.

Nearly 10 million devices were infected with data-stealing malware in 2023, with criminals stealing an average of 50.9 credentials per device.