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...

Maddie Baker reports: “Cybersecurity insurance normally covers compensation for costs arising from data breaches such as hacking, internally caused cyber leaks and, in some cases, IT security assessments to prevent similar data compromises from happening in the future. It also covers costs for conducting digital forensic analysis to identify cyberattackers and where vulnerabilities lie in...

Park Boram reports: The presidential office held an emergency meeting Tuesday to address the leak of personal information of President Lee Jae Myung and members of an entourage that accompanied him on his overseas trip in June. The meeting, presided over by presidential chief of staff Lim Kwang-hyun, followed news reports that a computer file...

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...

Rowan Sterling reports: On 20 August 2026 an employee of RIZAP Inc., the Japanese fitness and health-guidance group, was pulling records out of the health-guidance management system it operates for insurers when the data went into a generative AI service on a personal account the company had never approved. The records covered 726 members of...

From the Information Commissioner’s Office: We have reprimanded Staffordshire Police after the force unlawfully disclosed a domestic abuse victim’s home address to their alleged abuser. The incident occurred in March 2024 when Staffordshire Police issued a Domestic Violence Protection Notice (DVPN), an emergency measure intended to protect a victim from violence or threats of violence....