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

4 points by Wowfunhappy ↗ HN
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?

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balderdash
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
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...

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