Earlier this week we reported on Scotland’s Sunday Herald’s claim that the Best Western hotel group was hit with the world’s largest known data breach of eight million people’s sensitive information, as well as Best Western’s adamant denial. Even if the Sunday Herald story turns out to be true, the Best Western data breach would no longer hold the title of the world’s largest known data breach. That record now goes to the Bank of New York (BNY) Mellon, which “lost” the sensitive information of 12.5 million customers.