These were the badly handled data breaches of 2024

TechCrunch's annual roundup of badly handled data breaches and security incidents of 2024 highlights 23andMe, which blamed users after nearly 7 million customers' genetic and ancestry data was lost, and Change Healthcare, which took until October to reveal that more than 100 million people had their health information stolen. Other entries include Hot Topic's silence after 57 million customer records spilled online, MoneyGram's unclear disclosure of stolen customer data, and Columbus, Ohio's lawsuit against a security researcher who reported a ransomware breach. The article also covers pcTattletale's owner deleting victims' data instead of notifying them.