750,000 patients’ medical records exposed after data breach at French hospital

November 21, 2024 0 Comments 5 tags

When we think about our data being leaked onto the internet, we often picture it as our financial records, our passwords, our names and addresses… what is less often considered

IT specialist Jack Teixeira jailed for 15 years after leaking classified military documents on Discord

November 14, 2024 0 Comments 6 tags

Jack Teixeira, the 22-year-old former Air National Guardsman who leaked hundreds of classified documents online, has been sentenced to 15 years in prison. Teixeira, who served as an IT specialist

Schadenersatz nach Datendiebstahl bei Facebook?

November 11, 2024 0 Comments 1 tag

Begründet der Verlust der Kontrolle über Daten einen immateriellen Schaden und wie dieser zu bemessen? TY Lim – Shutterstock.com Nach einem Datendiebstahl bei Facebook will der Bundesgerichtshof (BGH) in seinem ersten Leitentscheidungsverfahren

Schneider Electric suffers data breach, exposing critical project and user data

November 6, 2024 0 Comments 1 tag

A hacker group known as “Grep” has reportedly infiltrated Schneider Electric’s internal project tracking system, stealing about 40 GB of data in the latest cyberattack targeting the French multinational. Grep,

Internet Archive breached twice within days

October 21, 2024 0 Comments 1 tag

Hours later, Brewster Kahle, group chairman at the Internet Archive confirmed the attack on X. “Sorry, but DDOS folks are back and knocked http://archive.org and http://openlibrary.org offline,” he said in

A glimmer of good news on the ransomware front, as encryption rates plummet

October 17, 2024 0 Comments 5 tags

No-one would be bold enough to say that the ransomware problem is receding, but a newly-published report by Microsoft does deliver a slither of encouraging news amongst the gloom.  And

Ransomware attack leaks social security numbers of over 230,000 Comcast customers

October 10, 2024 0 Comments 5 tags

Over 237,000 Comcast customers have had their sensitive personal information compromising following a ransomware attack against a third party company. Financial Business and Consumer Solutions (FBCS), a debt collection agency

Data of 300k digiDirect customers leaked in alleged attack

October 1, 2024 0 Comments 1 tag

Sensitive customer data compromised In the BreachForum post, the threat actor claimed stolen data consists of customers’ sensitive personal information, including full names, email addresses, phone numbers, company details, zip

British man used genealogy websites to fuel alleged hacking and insider trading scheme

September 30, 2024 0 Comments 7 tags

A London-based man is facing extradition to the United States after allegedly masterminding a scheme to hack public companies prior to their earnings announcements and use the secrets he uncovered

Warnings after new Valencia ransomware group strikes businesses and leaks data

September 24, 2024 0 Comments 6 tags

A new ransomware operation has started to leak information it claims has been stolen from organisations it has compromised around the world. In recent days Valencia Ransomware has posted on