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Missouri regulators escalate pressure on Conduent over data breach potentially affecting millions

Sarah Motter reports: Missouri regulators say a major national vendor is stonewalling their investigation into a cybersecurity breach that could affect millions of consumers. The Missouri Department of Commerce and Insurance now says it is escalating its response to the cybersecurity breach at Conduent Business Services. Conduent is a national vendor that handles sensitive insurance...

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Vimeo data breach exposes personal information of 119,000 people

Sergiu Gatlan reports: The ShinyHunters extortion gang stole personal information belonging to over 119,000 people after hacking the Vimeo online video platform in April, according to data breach notification service Have I Been Pwned. Vimeo is a video hosting and streaming platform publicly traded on the Nasdaq stock market, with over 300 million registered users...

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Michigan residents sue Thomson Reuters over public display of Social Security numbers

Caitlyn Rosen reports: A class of Michiganders asserted in a federal lawsuit filed Thursday that a Thomson Reuters search engine wrongfully published their Social Security numbers. In an 11-page lawsuit filed in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan, the class claims Reuters search engines publicly displayed plaintiffs’ social security numbers in...

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Over 200 Japanese firms have paid ransomware attackers; 60% fail to recover data

Data from Japanese firms indicates that paying ransom is unlikely to enable full recovery of encrypted data. Japan Today reports: At least 222 Japanese companies have paid ransomware attackers in the past, yet about 60 percent of them still failed to recover their data, according to a recent survey. Of 1,107 firms that responded to...

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Cyberattack targeting Asian Football Confederation involves personal info of high-profile athletes like Ronaldo

Nogo Mania reports: The football world faces a serious security crisis. A large-scale cyberattack targeted the Asian Football Confederation, exposing sensitive data linked to more than 150,000 players and staff. The breach ranks among the most serious incidents in football history. Reports state that the leaked information includes passport copies, contracts, email addresses, and personal identification data. The...

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KR: Data of 100,000 leaked from Lee & Lee Country golf club; N. Korean hacking suspected

Oh Seok-min reports: Personal information of around 100,000 customers has been leaked from a golf course, prompting a police investigation, sources said Sunday. The Korean National Police Agency is probing the case after the website of Lee & Lee Country Club in the county of Gapyeong, about 55 kilometers northeast of Seoul, was hacked, with...

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South Korea’s regulator fines matchmaking service Duo $830,000 over data breach

Hyun Su-a reports: Duo Info, South Korea’s top matchmaking company, leaked the personal information of 430,000 members, authorities said. The leaked items went far beyond names and email addresses to include religion, hobbies, height, weight, education and remarriage history. Excluding income and asset information, virtually all of the members’ personal details were exposed externally. The...

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Breach at BE PRIME cybersecurity company exposes client data and surveillance systems; Be Prime threatens journalists

Alberto Payo reports: A cybersecurity company based in Mexico, BePrime, was reportedly the victim of a cyberattack that allegedly resulted in the leak of 12.6 GB of data and access to network infrastructure and video surveillance, according to information published by the supposed attacker on a cybercrime forum. The company, which provides connectivity and security services to large corporations...

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Defendant Sentenced To Prison For Hacking Betting Website

Not everyone complies with the conditions of pre-sentencing release. After pleading guilty to a credential stuffing attack, this defendant reopened his online criminal shop and advertised what he was doing. Unsurprisingly, he was re-arrested and remanded into federal custody. Although the DOJ announcement does not name the betting site, it was reported in news as...

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Booking.com warns customers their private travel details may have been accessed by ‘unauthorised party’

Here we go again?  Lara Pearce reports: Popular travel website Booking.com has warned customers that their personal information including booking details and names may have been accessed by an “unauthorised third party”. Booking.com is one of the largest digital travel companies globally, with more than 28 million accommodation listings worldwide. The company sent emails to some of its Australian...

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Silent Ransom Group leaked another big law firm: Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe

Jones Day wasn’t the only big law firm to recently fall prey to threat actors variously known as Silent Ransom Group, Luna Moth, Chatty Spider, or UNC3753. DataBreaches will refer to them as the Silent Ransom Group (“SRG”).* In January, SRG gained access to the law firm of Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP (“Orrick”). In...

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Ex-Meta worker investigated for downloading 30,000 private Facebook photos

Laura Cress reports: A former Meta employee suspected of downloading around 30,000 private images of Facebook users is being investigated by the Metropolitan Police. The engineer, who lives in London, is believed to have designed a program to be able to access personal pictures on the site while avoiding security checks. A Meta spokesperson told...

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Capita under investigation after workers hit by pensions data breach

Rob White reports: A major pensions administrator is under investigation after admitting its second data breach in three years, the Government has confirmed. Capita, which runs the Civil Service Pension Scheme, confirmed that up to 138 retirees received the wrong annual statement or had theirs accessed by other scheme members during a data breach in...

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Madras High Court Dismisses Plea By Cyber Security Expert Seeking Probe Into Star Health Security Lapses

Upasana Sajeev reports an update to a case previously noted on this site: The Madras High Court has dismissed an appeal filed by cybersecurity specialist Himanshu Pathak against a single judge’s order dismissing his plea seeking directions to the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology, the Ministry of Finance, the Ministry of Home Affairs, the...

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Two data security incidents affected immigration law firms and their clients

DocketWise is an immigration and case management solution designed for immigration attorneys. The firm informed the Maine Attorney General’s Office on April 3 of a September 1, 2025, data breach that affected the personal information of its law firm clients’ clients.  The types of information involved varied by individual client. Their notification to Maine states...

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Fitness tracking under scrutiny as Strava military data leak exposes personnel

Paulo Vargas reports: Your Strava runs might feel private, but a new Strava military data leak shows how easily that information can reveal more than your workout. In the latest case, activity logs have been linked to more than 500 UK military personnel, connecting everyday exercise to sensitive locations. This goes beyond visible routes. Shared histories and account details...

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The breach lasted 25 minutes. How long will the litigation last?

Unauthorized access to Auger & Auger‘s network lasted all of 25 minutes on February 17, 2026.  On March 30, the North Carolina personal injury law firm notified those affected and offered them 1 year of complimentary identity protection services from EPIC-Privacy D Solutions. In their notification letter, Auger & Auger informed those affected that the...

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