Ask HN: Have major security breeches been less common lately?

4•Wowfunhappy•2mo ago

A few years ago, it felt like we had another news story of a major security breech every other day or something. (I'm exaggerating of course but the stories were a regular occurrence.)

It occurred to me today that I couldn't remember the last time I'd seen a story like this.

Have news stories about major security breeches been less common during the (approximately) past two years compared to the two years before that?

I don't know how I would go about verifying this--I'd have to find a way to classify a "big news story" and "major security breech" and then go back through the news--but I'm wondering if others have noticed it.

If it's not just me, the next question would be why. Have actual security breeches gone down, or just reporting on it?

Comments

balderdash•2mo ago

Intuition tells me that these have not gone down, but it’s merely a combination, of not being discovered/disclosed and that reporting focused on us politics and regional conflict.

al_borland•2mo ago

SitusAMC was announced earlier this month. Based on this[0] article, they’re still trying to assess exactly how big it is. It impacts JPMorgan Chase, Citigroup, and Morgan Stanley. Also potentially pension funds and governments.

DoorDash also had a breach this month. Others as well.

[0] https://techcrunch.com/2025/11/24/us-banks-scramble-to-asses...

MrCoffee7•2mo ago

They haven't gone down - it is just that they are being disclosed less. Groups like this one track this: https://www.idtheftcenter.org

mkl•2mo ago

You mean "breaches". Breeches are trousers: https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/breeches

incomingpain•2mo ago

Since AI, the quality of attacks has dramatically increased. AI fuzzers to POC pipeline is automated now. Social engineering is greatly enhanced.

Major security breaches are going unnoticed.

a_lifters_life•2mo ago

They happen everyday if not every week but many aren't widely publisied

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