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Ask HN: Have major security breeches been less common lately?
A few years ago, it felt like we had another news story of a major security breech every other day or something. (I'm exaggerating of course but the stories were a regular occurrence.)
It occurred to me today that I couldn't remember the last time I'd seen a story like this.
Have news stories about major security breeches been less common during the (approximately) past two years compared to the two years before that?
I don't know how I would go about verifying this--I'd have to find a way to classify a "big news story" and "major security breech" and then go back through the news--but I'm wondering if others have noticed it.
If it's not just me, the next question would be why. Have actual security breeches gone down, or just reporting on it?
- balderdash 11mo agoIntuition tells me that these have not gone down, but it’s merely a combination, of not being discovered/disclosed and that reporting focused on us politics and regional conflict.
- al_borland 11mo agoSitusAMC was announced earlier this month. Based on this[0] article, they’re still trying to assess exactly how big it is. It impacts JPMorgan Chase, Citigroup, and Morgan Stanley. Also potentially pension funds and governments. DoorDash also had a breach this month. Others as well. [0] https://techcrunch.com/2025/11/24/us-banks-scramble-to-assess-data-theft-after-hackers-breach-financial-tech-firm/ https://techcrunch.com/2025/11/24/us-banks-scramble-to-asses...
- MrCoffee7 11mo agoThey haven't gone down - it is just that they are being disclosed less. Groups like this one track this: https://www.idtheftcenter.org https://www.idtheftcenter.org
- incomingpain 11mo agoSince AI, the quality of attacks has dramatically increased. AI fuzzers to POC pipeline is automated now. Social engineering is greatly enhanced. Major security breaches are going unnoticed.
- mkl 11mo agoYou mean "breaches". Breeches are trousers: https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/breeches https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/breeches
- a_lifters_life 11mo agoThey happen everyday if not every week but many aren't widely publisied