Collaborate Disseminate
Reading this, I kept hoping that we’d find out it’s just a hoax. But alas… Kevin Collier reports: A hacker has exploited a leading artificial intelligence chatbot to conduct the most comprehensive and lucrative AI cybercriminal operat… Continue reading A hacker used AI to automate an ‘unprecedented’ cybercrime spree, Anthropic says
A podcast from JacksonLewis: Class action lawsuits in response to data breaches have skyrocketed as plaintiffs look to take advantage of courts’ perceived leniency regarding standing. On this episode of We get privacy for work, we discuss what em… Continue reading We Get Privacy For Work — Episode 8: The Surge in Data Breach Lawsuits: Trends and Tactics
When companies have big breaches, they have to notify the big credit reporting agencies. However, it is now one of the major credit reporting agencies that must send notifications. TransUnion has notified the Maine Attorney General’s Office that … Continue reading TransUnion notifying more than 4.4 U.S. million consumers of data breach
A big monetary penalty was anticipated for SK Telecom after a massive data breach. Now we know how big. Muhammad Zulhusni reports: South Korea’s biggest mobile carrier has been hit with a record fine after a massive data breach exposed the personal det… Continue reading South Korea fines SK Telecom US$97M over data breach
Keoni Everington reports: Two alleged Taiwanese clients of a Chinese ransomware group behind attacks on the Mackay Memorial Hospital and other targets in Taiwan have been arrested and released on bail. According to a Ministry of Justice Investigation B… Continue reading Taiwanese associated with Chinese group behind cyberattacks arrested
Alexander Martin reports: A suspected ransomware attack on Miljödata, a Swedish software provider used for managing sick leave and similar HR reports, is believed to have impacted around 200 of the country’s municipal governments. The attack was detect… Continue reading Hundreds of Swedish municipalities impacted by suspected ransomware attack on IT supplier
It looks like ShinyHunters and Scattered Spider have found yet another way to compromise Salesforce customers. Lawrence Abrams reports: Hackers breached sales automation platform Salesloft to steal OAuth and refresh tokens from its Drift chat agent int… Continue reading Salesloft breached to steal OAuth tokens for Salesforce data-theft attacks
Jon Brodkin reports: A Social Security Administration (SSA) official alleged in a whistleblower disclosure that DOGE officials created “a live copy of the country’s Social Security information in a cloud environment that circumvents oversi… Continue reading DOGE accused of copying entire Social Security database to insecure cloud system
Brian Hamrick reports: West Chester Township is dealing with the fallout of a second cyber-attack this month. On Tuesday morning, cyber attackers the township calls a “malicious group” struck, targeting the email server. ”At approximately 6:45 a.m., we… Continue reading OH: West Chester Township investigates second cyberattack this month
Tim Sigsworth, Fiona Parker, and Janet Eastham report: The Church of England is investigating claims it breached the personal data of almost 200 abuse survivors. An official is reported to have failed to conceal the contact details of applicants to a c… Continue reading Church of England alleged to have breached abuse survivors’ data