‘Mega breaches’ and AI drive surge in data breach notifications(WISH) — A new report highlights the growing impact of “mega breaches,” data breaches that result in more than 100 million victim notices. The Identity Theft Resource Center released its Data Breach Report for the first half of 2026. “We’ll exceed 3,600 data breaches in a single year for the first time if we stay on this same pace.” “The most we had ever seen data breaches caused by insider employees was two, and that was several years ago. Manufacturing also experienced a surge, producing 74 million victim notices compared to 1.97 million in 2025.