When a major e-commerce platform recently faced a record $470 million fine following a data breach, the business world took notice. But if you run a small clinic, accounting firm, or manufacturing shop, you might think penalties of that scale only apply to giants. You…

GDPR breach notification requires organizations to report qualifying personal data breaches to supervisory authorities within 72 hours of discovering a qualifying breach and notify affected individuals when the breach poses high risk, following a standardized template…

The FBI cybercrime takedown of a massive China-based fraud network offers a clear lesson for every small business owner: the criminals targeting your company are not lone hackers. They are organized operations with infrastructure, scripts, and a business model built…

Why did Labcorp pay $35 million for someone else’s data breach? Labcorp did not lose the data themselves. A billing vendor called American Medical Collection Agency (AMCA) suffered a breach that exposed personal and financial information belonging to Labcorp…

What does a data breach settlement actually include? When a Missouri bankruptcy court approved a $47 million settlement fund for 23andMe data breach victims, it put a number on something most small business owners never think about until it’s too late. That…

What happened in the recent PeopleSoft breach, and why does it matter to small businesses? In early 2025, the cybercrime group ShinyHunters targeted a vulnerability in Oracle’s PeopleSoft software, a platform used by more than 100 educational institutions and…