U.K.: Two arrested over cyber attack which stole thousands of nursery children’s data

There’s been an arrest in the Kido school cyberattack incident. itvX reports: Two people have been arrested after hackers stole information about thousands of children from a nursery chain. Two men aged 17 and 22 were arrested in Bishop’s Stortfo… Continue reading U.K.: Two arrested over cyber attack which stole thousands of nursery children’s data→

California hospitals can escape fines if workers expose patient info

Scott Holland reports that a California state appeals court agreed with a hospital that it should not be held liable for employee misbehavior if they had a clear policy in place but the employee knowingly violated it: A state appeals panel has agreed h… Continue reading California hospitals can escape fines if workers expose patient info→

I called American Income Life Insurance to alert them to a data breach involving 150,000 customers. Here’s why they didn’t find out.

Paging the Federal Trade Commission to Aisle 5…. The Federal Trade Commission has repeatedly emphasized the importance of having a mechanism in place to receive data security alerts or concerns. American Income Life Insurance (“AILife&#8221… Continue reading I called American Income Life Insurance to alert them to a data breach involving 150,000 customers. Here’s why they didn’t find out.→

NSW gov contractor uploaded Excel spreadsheet of flood victims’ data to ChatGPT

Ry Crozier brings us today’s installment of the “No Need to Hack When It’s Leaking” Files The victims of the breach are applicants to the Northern Rivers Resilient Homes Program, under which the government is offering to either … Continue reading NSW gov contractor uploaded Excel spreadsheet of flood victims’ data to ChatGPT→

Update on the emerging CL0P extortion campaign targeting Oracle E-Business Suite

UPDATE: On the emerging CL0P extortion campaign targeting Oracle E-Business Suite (EBS) customers, we can now confirm the actor likely exploited a zero-day vulnerability (CVE-2025-61882) to steal data. Here are the critical updates: ➡️ Confirmed Data E… Continue reading Update on the emerging CL0P extortion campaign targeting Oracle E-Business Suite→

Just days before its data might be leaked, Qantas Airways obtained a permanent injunction

In July, DataBreaches reported that Qantas had obtained a preliminary injunction prohibiting the publication of any customer data stolen from it in a cyberattack by “persons unknown.”  Those defendants were served with the injunction via em… Continue reading Just days before its data might be leaked, Qantas Airways obtained a permanent injunction→

PowerSchool hit by Salesloft Drift campaign, but hackers claim that there is no risk of harm or ransom

As noted on Reddit, PowerSchool appears to have been one of many victims of the Salesloft Drift/Salesforce campaign by Scattered LAPSUS$ Hunters. Like many other victims, PowerSchool did not disclose the incident publicly, but they did, however, post a… Continue reading PowerSchool hit by Salesloft Drift campaign, but hackers claim that there is no risk of harm or ransom→

More Salesforce customer attacks revealed in new leak site by Scattered LAPSUS$ Hunters

In their newest escalation of activities since saying “goodbye” and then determinedly trying to create more chaos on Telegram. the Scattered LAPSUS$ Hunters collective (for lack of a better word right now), has opened up a leak site in both… Continue reading More Salesforce customer attacks revealed in new leak site by Scattered LAPSUS$ Hunters→