How breach numbers get inflated
"40 million records breached" is usually a claim wearing the costume of a fact. Five ways breach statistics inflate on the way to a headline, and a verification checklist for catching it before you cite one.
"40 million records breached" is usually a claim wearing the costume of a fact. Five ways breach statistics inflate on the way to a headline, and a verification checklist for catching it before you cite one.
In April 2026 the group APT73/Bashe listed Kenya's IFMIS on its leak site. This is what can actually be verified, what can't, how Kenya's response machinery works, and why the responsible telling stays inside the Data Protection Act.
Tracing the Hive → Hunters International → World Leaks lineage, the encryption-less pivot, and why healthcare and education absorb the damage — with defanged sources and confidence-rated attribution.