Several major data breaches occurred in a year which is being branded as the worst for cybersecurity incidents. Among the affected companies were National Public Data, with hackers allegedly stealing 2.9 billion personal records; Ticketmaster, which had 1.3TB of customer data files stolen; Change Health Group with 100 million users affected; AT&T with 73 million impacted users; and the U.K. pathology lab Synnovis, hit by a ransomware attack affecting 300 million users. The breaches underline the importance of cybersecurity for both individuals and corporations.

Anne Arundel government has made progress in securing systems since cyber incident, officials say – CBS News
Anne Arundel County government officials have reported making progress in securing systems following a cyber incident. Specific details of the incident were not provided, but