FBI probes suspected breach at IDScan.net after dark web service Nexus offered 153M+ US and Canadian driver’s license scans

Pierluigi Paganini reports: A dark web identity theft service called Nexus appeared on September 1, 2026, offering searchable access to more than 153 million scanned driver’s licenses belonging to people in the United States and Canada. The FBI’s New O… Continue reading FBI probes suspected breach at IDScan.net after dark web service Nexus offered 153M+ US and Canadian driver’s license scans→

TR: Fine for famous kebab chain that allowed theft of 500 thousand customers’ data

The Turkish Data Protection Authority (KVKK) investigation into the data breach at the famous restaurant chain Baydöner, where the full names, phone numbers, emails, and city information of 505,337 customers were compromised, has been completed. The in… Continue reading TR: Fine for famous kebab chain that allowed theft of 500 thousand customers’ data→

CNIL: Health data breach: €500,000 fine imposed on the Loire Private Hospital

On September 3, 2026, the CNIL issued a €500,000 fine against the Loire Private Hospital, for not having taken appropriate measures to ensure the security of the data of its patients and some of their relatives. During the summer of 2025, an attacker m… Continue reading CNIL: Health data breach: €500,000 fine imposed on the Loire Private Hospital→

Two “Nephrology Associates” suffered cyberattacks. Only one of them has disclosed it.

Sometimes, first impressions are wrong. And in the case of “Nephrology Associates,” DataBreaches mistakenly thought one victim was attacked by two different groups. But no, there are actually two unrelated entities with the same name that s… Continue reading Two “Nephrology Associates” suffered cyberattacks. Only one of them has disclosed it.→

The New School Safety Perimeter: Where Cybersecurity Meets Physical Security

Kumar Sokka reports: At many institutions, the student ID number exposed in a data breach is the same number that unlocks dorm doors, sits behind classroom badge readers, controls laboratory access, and authenticates into building automation systems. T… Continue reading The New School Safety Perimeter: Where Cybersecurity Meets Physical Security→

The New School Safety Perimeter: Where Cybersecurity Meets Physical Security

Kumar Sokka reports: At many institutions, the student ID number exposed in a data breach is the same number that unlocks dorm doors, sits behind classroom badge readers, controls laboratory access, and authenticates into building automation systems. T… Continue reading The New School Safety Perimeter: Where Cybersecurity Meets Physical Security→

Agentic Ransomware Took Down Enterprise in Ten Hours: AI Left 80-Page Audit

Roger Satterfield reports: An attacker handed an unknown corporate victim a comprehensive, 80-page security audit on Wednesday — not as a service, but as a postscript to the ransomware attack that had just consumed the victim’s enterprise. Accord… Continue reading Agentic Ransomware Took Down Enterprise in Ten Hours: AI Left 80-Page Audit→

Russian National Indicted For Exploiting Online Platform Used For Freelance Employment And Distributing Malware To Thousands Of Victims

SAN FRANCISCO – A federal grand jury has indicted Searzhudin Tamirlanovich Aktulaev on charges of Conspiracy, Transmission of a Program, Information, Code, and Command to Cause Damage to a Protected Computer, and Aggravated Identity Theft, among other … Continue reading Russian National Indicted For Exploiting Online Platform Used For Freelance Employment And Distributing Malware To Thousands Of Victims→

North Dakota Supreme Court impacted by third-party data breach that has affected dozens of states

Joe Kurzewski reports: A criminal investigation is underway after data associated with the North Dakota Supreme Court was affected by a breach of a third-party vendor used by the court. According to a news release, the North Dakota Court System was inf… Continue reading North Dakota Supreme Court impacted by third-party data breach that has affected dozens of states→