The amount of data breaches reported in the first half of the year is higher than the one prior, with AI playing a significant role in the increase, according to a new report from the Identity Theft Resource Center.
The entity noted that there were 1,803 reported data compromises in the mentioned period, compared to 1,732 in 2025. Overall, more than 471 million victim notices were associated with such episodes. One of them at educational tool Canvas accounted for more than half of them.
