Data Breach

Data watchdog put cops on naughty step for lost CCTV footage

Greater Manchester Police reprimanded over hours of video that went AWOL

Storage30 May 2025 | 21

Attack on LexisNexis Risk Solutions exposes data on 300k +

Data analytics and risk management biz says software dev platform breached, not itself

Cyber-crime28 May 2025 | 2

The cost of compromise: Why password attacks are still winning in 2025

Poor password management is responsible for thousands of data breaches, but it doesn’t have to be this way.

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Adidas confirms criminals stole data from customer service provider

Hackers take personal data bytes from the brand with three stripes

Cyber-crime27 May 2025 | 2

Eeek! p0wned Alabama hit by unspecified 'cybersecurity event'

Infosec In Brief PLUS: Euro-cops take down investment scammers; Fancy Bear returns to Ukraine; and more

Security19 May 2025 | 8

Coinbase extorted for $20M. Support staff bribed. Customers scammed. One hell of a SNAFU

Expert tells us: 'It is the most unique breach disclosure I've ever seen'

Cyber-crime15 May 2025 | 14

Marks & Spencer admits cybercrooks made off with customer info

Market cap down by more than £1B since April 22

Cyber-crime13 May 2025 | 76

Disney Slack attack wasn't Russian protesters, just a Cali dude with malware

25-year-old fella pleads guilty to stealing, dumping 1.1TB of data from the House of Mouse

Cyber-crime02 May 2025 | 18

Healthcare group Ascension discloses second cyberattack on patients' data

This time criminals targeted partner’s third-party software

Cyber-crime01 May 2025 | 1

From 112K to 4M folks' data – HR biz attack goes from bad to mega bad

It took a 1 year+ probe, plenty of client calls for VeriSource to understand just how much of a yikes it has on its hands

Cyber-crime28 Apr 2025 | 7

Back online after 'catastrophic' attack, 4chan says it's too broke for good IT

Image board hints that rumors of a poorly maintained back end may be true

Security28 Apr 2025 | 39

Blue Shield says it shared health info on up to 4.7M patients with Google Ads

Tech giants don't need smartphone mics to target adverts – your insurer just gives your data away, anyway

CSO23 Apr 2025 | 25

Law firm 'didn't think' data theft was a breach, says ICO. Now it's nursing a £60K fine

DPP Law is appealing against data watchdog's conclusions

Security16 Apr 2025 | 23

Where it Hertz: Customer data driven off in Cleo attacks

Car hire biz takes your privacy seriously, though

Cyber-crime15 Apr 2025 | 7

Old Fortinet flaws under attack with new method its patch didn't prevent

Infosec In Brief PLUS: Chinese robodogs include backdoor; OpenAI helps spammer; A Dutch data disaster; And more!

Security14 Apr 2025 | 6

Oracle faces Texas-sized lawsuit over alleged cloud snafu and radio silence

Victims expect to spend considerable time and money over privacy incident, lawyers argue

PaaS + IaaS02 Apr 2025 | 9

Check Point confirms breach, but says it was 'old' data and crook made 'false' claims

Explanation leaves a 'lot of questions unanswered,' says infosec researcher

Cyber-crime31 Mar 2025 | 4

Cardiff's children's chief confirms data leak 2 months after cyber risk was 'escalated'

Department director admits Welsh capital's council still trying to get heads around threat of dark web leaks

Security28 Mar 2025 | 3

Infosec pro Troy Hunt HasBeenPwned in Mailchimp phish

16,000 stolen records pertain to former and active mail subscribers

Cyber-crime25 Mar 2025 | 37

23andMe's genes not strong enough to avoid Chapter 11

CEO steps down after multiple failed attempts to take the DNA testing company private

Cyber-crime24 Mar 2025 | 46

Oracle Cloud says it's not true someone broke into its login servers and stole data

Despite evidence to the contrary as alleged pilfered info goes on sale

Cyber-crime23 Mar 2025 | 29

Names, bank info, and more spills from top sperm bank

Cyber-crime is officially getting out of hand

Bootnotes19 Mar 2025 | 17

'Uber for nurses' exposes 86K+ medical records, PII in open S3 bucket for months

Exclusive Non-password-protected, unencrypted 108GB database … what could possibly go wrong

Security11 Mar 2025 | 14

Allstate Insurance sued for delivering personal info on a platter, in plaintext, to anyone who went looking for it

Crooks built bots to exploit astoundingly bad quotation website and made off with data on thousands

CSO10 Mar 2025 | 10

Wallbleed vulnerability unearths secrets of China's Great Firewall 125 bytes at a time

Boffins poked around inside censorship engines – here's what they found

Networks27 Feb 2025 | 38

Rather than add a backdoor, Apple decides to kill iCloud encryption for UK peeps

Infosec in brief Plus: SEC launches new crypto crime unit; Phishing toolkit upgraded; and more

Security24 Feb 2025 | 89

Twin Google flaws allowed researcher to get from YouTube ID to Gmail address in a few easy steps

Infosec In Brief PLUS: DOGE web design disappoints; FBI stops crypto scams; Zacks attacked again; and more!

Security17 Feb 2025 | 13

2 charged over alleged New IRA terrorism activity linked to cops' spilled data

Officer says mistakenly published police details were shared 'a considerable amount of times'

Security14 Feb 2025 | 21

Have I Been Pwned likely to ban resellers from buying subs, citing 'sh*tty behavior' and onerous support requests

'What are customers actually getting from resellers other than massive price markups?' asks Troy Hunt

Channel13 Feb 2025 | 33

DeepSeek's iOS app is a security nightmare, and that's before you consider its TikTok links

Infosec In Brief PLUS: Spanish cops think they've bagged NATO hacker; HPE warns staff of data breach; Lazy Facebook phishing, and more!

Security10 Feb 2025 | 23

Grubhub serves up security incident with a side of needing to change your password

Contact info and partial payment details may be compromised

Cyber-crime04 Feb 2025 |

Medical monitoring machines spotted stealing patient data, users warned to pull the plug ASAP

Infosec in brief PLUS: MGM settles breach suits; AWS doesn't trust you with security defaults; A new .NET backdoor; and more

Security03 Feb 2025 | 9

CDNs: Great for speeding up the internet, bad for location privacy

Infosec in brief Also, Subaru web portal spills user deets, Tornado Cash sanctions overturned, a Stark ransomware attack, and more

Security27 Jan 2025 | 5

Datacus extractus: Harry Potter publisher breached without resorting to magic

Infosec in brief PLUS: Allstate sued for allegedly tracking drivers; Dutch DDoS; More fake jobs from Pyongyang; and more

Security20 Jan 2025 | 7

Infoseccer: Private security biz let guard down, exposed 120K+ files

Assist Security’s client list includes fashion icons, critical infrastructure orgs

Security16 Jan 2025 | 14

GoDaddy slapped with wet lettuce for years of lax security and 'several major breaches'

Watchdog alleged it had no SIEM or MFA, orders rapid adoption of basic infosec tools

CSO15 Jan 2025 | 13

Europe coughs up €400 to punter after breaking its own GDPR data protection rules

Infosec in brief PLUS: Data broker leak reveals extent of info trading; Hot new ransomware gang might be all AI, no bark; and more

Security13 Jan 2025 | 15

Turbulence at UN aviation agency as probe into potential data theft begins

Crime forum-dweller claims to have leaked 42,000 documents packed with personal info

Cyber-crime07 Jan 2025 |

Telemetry data from 800K VW Group EVs exposed online

Infosec in Brief PLUS: DoJ bans data sale to enemy nations; Do Kwon extradited to US; Tenable CEO passes away; and more

Security06 Jan 2025 | 45

Ireland fines Meta for 2018 'View As' breach that exposed 30M accounts

€251 million? Zuck can find that in his couch cushions, but Meta still vows to appeal

Security17 Dec 2024 | 13

Deloitte says cyberattack on Rhode Island benefits portal carries 'major security threat'

Personal and financial data probably stolen

Cyber-crime16 Dec 2024 | 2

RansomHub claims to net data hat-trick against Bologna FC

Crooks say they have stolen sensitive files on managers and players

Cyber-crime30 Nov 2024 | 2

Ransom gang claims attack on NHS Alder Hey Children's Hospital

Second alleged intrusion on English NHS org systems this week

Cyber-crime29 Nov 2024 | 21

Helpline for Yakuza victims fears it leaked their personal info

Organized crime types tend not to be kind to those who go against them, so this is nasty

Security22 Nov 2024 | 20

Keyboard robbers steal 171K customers' data from AnnieMac mortgage house

Names and social security numbers of folks looking for the biggest loan of their lives exposed

Cyber-crime15 Nov 2024 | 6

Cybercriminal devoid of boundaries gets 10-year prison sentence

Serial extortionist of medical facilities stooped to cavernous lows in search of small payouts

Cyber-crime14 Nov 2024 | 6

Kids' shoemaker Start-Rite trips over security again, spilling customer card info

Updated Full details exposed, putting shoppers at serious risk of fraud

Cyber-crime14 Nov 2024 | 14

Amazon confirms employee data exposed in leak linked to MOVEit vulnerability

Over 5 million records from 25 organizations posted to black hat forum

Cyber-crime12 Nov 2024 | 2

FBI issues warning as crooks ramp up emergency data request scams

Just because it's .gov doesn't mean that email is trustworthy

Cyber-crime11 Nov 2024 | 12

Cyberattackers stole Microlise staff data following DHL, Serco disruption

Experts say incident has 'all the hallmarks of ransomware'

Cyber-crime06 Nov 2024 | 5

Columbus, Ohio, confirms 500K people affected by Rhysida ransomware attack

Victims were placed in serious danger following highly sensitive data dump

Cyber-crime04 Nov 2024 | 5

Healthcare Services Group discloses 'cybersecurity incident' in SEC filing

Laundry and dining provider still investigating cause and scope

Cybersecurity Month18 Oct 2024 | 5

Troubled US insurance giant hit by extortion after data leak

Globe Life claims blackmailers shared stolen into with short sellers

Security17 Oct 2024 |

Brazilian police claim they've cuffed serial cybercrook behind FBI and Airbus attacks

Early stage opsec failures lead to landmark arrest of suspected serial data thief

Cybersecurity Month17 Oct 2024 | 3

US contractor pays $300K to settle accusation it didn't properly look after Medicare users' data

Resolves allegations it improperly stored screenshots containing PII that were later snaffled

Cybersecurity Month16 Oct 2024 | 7

US healthcare org admits up to 400,000 people's personal info was snatched

It waited till just before Columbus Day weekend to make mandated filing, but don't worry, we saw it

Cybersecurity Month14 Oct 2024 | 3