According to TechCrunch, this year has seen some of the most damaging data breaches in history. In 2024 alone, hackers stole billions of personal records, and it’s almost guaranteed your data is among those stolen records. Let’s look at this year’s record-breaking attacks and what you need to know about protecting your information.

What happened: In December 2023, hackers accessed the systems of National Public Data, a background-check company. In April, 2.7 billion records with highly sensitive data for 170 million people were leaked onto the dark web.