Timeline of Top US Government Data Breaches, 1996 to June 2023

Fifteen of twenty-seven major US federal government data breaches have been associated with foreign threat actors, with China topping the list.
Fifteen of twenty-seven major US federal government data breaches have been associated with foreign threat actors, with China topping the list.
NJ sues Discord for failing to protect young users, Hackers stole $700m from Japan's brokerages since February, Thai security forces dox pro-democracy activists, Chinese mobile networks can access and mess with mobile signaling data, Palantir is hunting down data on ICE targets, much more
Third parties step forward to insulate vulnerability reporting from US government whims, State Department shutters foreign disinformation monitoring office, Fraudulent bot students steal aid funding, DOGE returns to NLRB, UK minister's X account hacked, Apple issues emergency patches, much more
NLRB whistleblower faced harassment for DOGE misbehavior revelations, Hacker knocked 4Chan offline, Hacker stole $5m from ZKsync admin, Midnight Blizzard targets European diplomats in new campaign, SEC was hacked in 2016, TX bill gives $413m to UT-San Antonio for cyber programs, much more
Big banks limit info-sharing with Comptroller of the Currency following hack, Hertz suffered breach in Cleo zero-day theft, DOGE barged into NLRB violating security and conflict standards, Business services giant Conduent hacked, Dialysis chain hacked, much more