VRT reports: Brussels University Hospital UZ Brussel (VUB) was the first hospital to report network problems. These are affecting the hospital’s IT infrastructure and telephone systems. There are also problems at AZ Monica in Antwerp, at the Heilig Hart Hospital in Lier and Sint-Andries Hospital in Tielt. As a result, at UZ Brussel scheduled operations...

Tess Ikonomou and Josh Butler report: OpenAI will not face criminal penalties over the Medicare data breach, but the prime minister has flagged changes to Australia’s criminal law to crack down on future breaches by artificial intelligence companies. Anthony Albanese on Tuesday released the recommendations of a “rapid review” into the June breach of a...

CNA reports: SPH Media has been hit by cyberattacks on five of its systems, but no customer financial information or account access was compromised, the company said on Tuesday (Nov 10). “(The cyberattacks) are believed to be a concerted effort that was carried out by the same threat actor,” an SPH Media spokesperson said in...

Othel V. Campos & Rex Espiritu report: The National Privacy Commission (NPC) said Tuesday it has received personal data breach notifications from 10 government agencies, including the Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR), the Department of Information and Communications Technology (DICT) and the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The other agencies are the Presidential Commission on...

Yonhap News reports: Korea’s state-run Financial Security Institute (FSI) reported a data leak following a hacking attack targeting its security assessment system, officials said on Tuesday. The FSI, which oversees financial information provided by banks and insurers, detected the breach the previous day, according to financial authorities. The leaked information reportedly came from the FSI’s...

Seen on Epichealth: 4 November 2026 What has happened Epichealth operates four medical clinics including the Warrnambool Medicare Urgent Care Clinic,  Epichealth Ocean Grove Marketplace, Epichealth Ocean Plaza, and Epichealth Portarlington. Epichealth recently experienced a cyber incident, during which an unauthorised third party accessed a part of our IT systems. As soon we became aware...

A breach involving a public figure prompted this press release from Italy’s data protection authority: Regarding the dissemination of personal data on the dark web relating to Vice President Antonio Tajani and his family members, the Italian Data Protection Authority warns media outlets, newspapers, websites, and platforms that the acquisition, dissemination, and republishing, by any...

Zach Weissmueller reports: The war against anonymity is raging in Europe. “The witch hunters work like a mob, and if enough of them phone the police, the police are going to come,” says Bernie Spofforth, a political activist who was detained by U.K. police for a social media post. It’s coming to the United States,...

Zack Whittaker reports: Security researchers have discovered hundreds of copies of a Chinese-made AI hacking tool publicly exposed to the internet for anyone to access, potentially allowing outsiders to launch cyberattacks against unsuspecting targets. The hacking software, called Artex, is an open source autonomous penetration testing tool, meaning software that automatically probes computer systems for...

From Norway’s aid agency, Norad, November 3: Norad has been targeted by a cyberattack in which the perpetrators may have gained access to the names and email addresses of 20,614 registered users of Norad’s Grant Portal. In addition, they extracted information related to grant applications submitted by at least three organizations. Norad is still working...

Robbie Meredith reports: Parents have been told to be alert for unexpected emails or phone calls after a Northern Ireland school app used by almost 50,000 people was affected by a data breach. The Equipple app is used by many schools to schedule and book meetings between parents and teachers. There have been concerns that...

ABC News reports: NT Health has issued a ban on smart glasses at all of its clinical sites, as part of an internal department review into its privacy policies prompted by a breach at Royal Darwin Hospital earlier this month. The breach involved a medical observer, Dr Neda Mogharehabed, who was visiting Royal Darwin Hospital...

Lee Trewhela reports: The Royal Cornwall Hospitals Trust (RCHT) has admitted a huge data breach has led to many affected staff experiencing “significant distress, loss of trust and ongoing anxiety”. The breach exposed sensitive personal health information relating to almost 8,000 current and former staff. An Excel spreadsheet published in February 2023 exposed hidden sickness...

There’s yet another update in the Coupang data breach case. Previous coverage on DataBreaches.net of the incident, enforcement actions, and Coupang’s objections to the fines and enforcement actions can be found in links under this update. Now Jeong Hye-Jeong reports: A Seoul court on Thursday rejected Coupang’s request to suspend a 423.6 billion won ($315.6 million) fine...

Iceland Review reports: A security breach affected Inna, the student-information system used by Icelandic upper-secondary schools. It allowed a student to attempt to alter other pupils’ grades and attendance records. Iceland’s Data Protection Authority has received three notifications, while schools and the system operator are still investigating what information may have been accessed. Schools discovered...

Nicole Wootton-Cane reports: At least 320,000 school files stolen during a cyber attack on Bristol City Council’s servers have been found posted to the dark web. Hackers targeted the council’s Trading with Schools platform and accessed data from 39 schools across the region in September. The council said specialist investigations have now identified a “significant...

Daryna Antoniuk reports: A major Russian web hosting provider is struggling to restore its services after a cyberattack destroyed data across its cloud infrastructure and disrupted hundreds of websites. Beget, one of Russia’s largest domain registrars and hosting companies, said Wednesday that it had begun bringing some servers back online following the attack, which took...

October 26, 2026 In the context of an investigation initiated by Privacy Commissioner of Canada Philippe Dufresne, Loblaw Companies Ltd. has committed to take actions aimed at strengthening its security measures following a cyberattack that impacted approximately two million Canadians. The breach occurred in February 2026 when Loblaw experienced a cybersecurity incident in which a...

OMM reports: Cold-storage facilities used by France’s national blood service were targeted in a cyberattack, with units containing blood samples reportedly programmed to reach 110 degrees Celsius (230 degrees Fahrenheit), French weekly Le Canard enchaîné reported on Tuesday. Anadolu Agency also reported the incident. The attack took place overnight from Sunday to Monday and targeted...

Richard Wood reports: A major cyber breach has been declared at NSW Health, but officials say patient data has not been affected. A spokesperson for Cyber Security NSW says investigations are under way. “Cyber Security NSW is responding to a cyber breach impacting an isolated server within NSW Health. “The breach has been declared a...