The Signal 8/19/26 - Your breach letter is telling you less on purpose

Breach notices are arriving at a record pace. Over 471million victim notices in just the first half of 2026 and the letters themselves are quietly getting emptier. Only about a quarter now say what was actually taken, which is down from over ninety percent five years ago. Today: why the letters shrank, and the five-minute skill of reading one anyway, including where to find the details the letter left out.