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Breach Breakdown · September 16, 2026CenterPoint Energy Data Breach: 7.49 Million Records, and the Fake Bill Comes NextCenterPoint Energy data breach: a hacker claims 7.49 million customer records with names, emails, account numbers and partial SSNs. What to do now, in 6 steps.
Breach Breakdown · September 15, 2026Telus Data Breach: Someone Logged In as You. Here Is What They TookTelus data breach: compromised logins opened customer accounts from Feb 2025 to June 2026. Names, emails, account numbers, card digits. What to do now.
Breach Breakdown · September 14, 2026Chess.com Data Breach: 4.6 Million Emails Leaked, No Passwords, One RiskChess.com data breach: 4.6 million email addresses, names and usernames leaked in a 7.3M-row file. What was exposed, why no passwords still matters, what to do.
Breach Breakdown · September 13, 2026Revolut Data Breach: A Fake Government Request Got Your Passport and Your TransactionsRevolut data breach: a fake government request exposed passports, selfies, emails and full transaction histories. What was taken and what to do now.
Breach Breakdown · September 12, 2026IDScan Data Breach: 153 Million Driver’s Licenses Were Searchable. What Do You Do Now?IDScan data breach: names, driver's license numbers and photos copied from an ID-verification vendor and sold online. What was taken and what to do now.
Breach Breakdown · September 11, 2026McKesson Data Breach: 6.4 Million Email Addresses Are Out. What Do You Do Now?McKesson data breach: 6.4 million email addresses, names, dates of birth and health data leaked after a ShinyHunters extortion attack. What to do now.
Breach Breakdown · September 9, 2026Trezor Data Breach: 81,000 Addresses, a Fake Alert and QR-Code LettersTrezor data breach: names, email addresses, phone numbers and home addresses of 80,689 customers leaked via shipping provider ShipMonk. What to do now.
Breach Breakdown · September 8, 2026Mathspace Data Breach: What Parents Should Do About the Fake School EmailsMathspace data breach: names and email addresses of 1.08 million students, parents and teachers in Australia and NZ. What was exposed and what to do now.
Breach Breakdown · September 7, 2026Manchester Airports Data Breach: 8.8 Million Travellers, What It Means for YouManchester Airports data breach: 8.8 million email addresses, phone numbers and number plates published. What was exposed, what to do now, and a quieter inbox.
Privacy Guides · September 6, 2026Your Password Was in a Breach Last Month. Your Inbox Shouldn’t Care.When a company you shopped at gets breached, the leaked password gets tried on your email next. An OptMsg account has no password to try. Here's the mechanics.
Breach Breakdown · September 5, 2026Dropbox Data Breach — What Happened and What To DoAbout 5,000 Dropbox accounts were opened in August 2026 with no password, through a Lenovo login flaw. What was accessed, what comes next, and what to do.
Breach Breakdown · August 26, 2026Carhartt Data Breach — What Happened and What To DoHave I Been Pwned lists 12,933,413 verified email addresses in the Carhartt breach — roughly half the widely reported figure. What was exposed, and what to do about your inbox.
