Data breaches are a persistent threat, affecting email service providers, retailers, and government agencies, exposing sensitive information like credit card numbers and personal identifiers. Significant incidents in 2024 included the breach of National Public Data, compromising data of 170 million individuals across the U.S., U.K., and Canada, and Ticketmaster’s theft of information from over 560 million customers. Understanding the interplay of cybercriminals and their stolen data markets is crucial, as excess personal data often leads to identity fraud and loss of financial assets, exacerbating the challenge of protecting individual information.
Also, the criminals often cannot utilize all the data they've stolen by themselves, which leads them to sell it in 'stolen data markets' to others.
In 2024, the breach of National Public Data exposed the sensitive information of 170 million people, illustrating the massive scale of such cyber incidents.
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