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💾 The Worst Data Breaches of 2025—And What You Can Do | EFFector 38.1

So many data breaches happen throughout the year that it can be pretty easy to gloss over not just if, but how many different breaches compromised your data.

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Jan 20, 2026 Source eff.org

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So many data breaches happen throughout the year that it can be pretty easy to gloss over not just if, but how many different breaches compromised your data. We're diving into these data breaches and more with our latest EFFector newsletter. Since 1990, EFFector has been your guide to understanding the intersection of technology, civil liberties, and the law. This latest issue tracks U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement's (ICE) surveillance spending spree, explains how hackers are countering ICE's surveillance, and invites you to our free livestream covering online age verification mandates. Prefer to listen in? In our audio companion, EFF Security and Privacy Activist Thorin Klosowski explains what you can do to protect yourself from data breaches and how companies can better protect their users. Find the conversation on YouTube or the Internet Archive. LISTEN TO EFFECTOR EFFECTOR 38.1 - 💾 THE WORST DATA BREACHES OF 2025—and what you can do Want to stay in the figh

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