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Despite decades of hacking attacks, companies leave vast amounts of sensitive data unprotected

By ProPublica
| January 26, 2022

Such incidents helped make 2021 a record year for data breaches. Data exposure events, in which sensitive data is left sitting online, were responsible for cybersecurity incidents involving an estimated 164 million of the 294 million people victimized in 2021.

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