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Catastrophic MoD data breach that put up to 100,000 lives at risk finally revealed as superinjunction lifted
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Catastrophic MoD data breach that put up to 100,000 lives at risk finally revealed as superinjunction lifted

A huge Ministry of Defence leak in 2022 is first being revealed in detail after a superinjunction was lifted. The Independent reports: A huge Ministry of Defence data breach put the lives of up to 100,000 at risk and prompted thousands of Afghans to be evacuated to Britain under a covert £7bn scheme – then was kept secret for almost two years by an unprecedented superinjunction, it can be revealed today. The leak, in February 2022, exposed the details of thousands of Afghans who said they

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Ransomware Group Claims Attack on Belk
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Ransomware Group Claims Attack on Belk

Major retailers remain vulnerable to attacks by ransomware gangs. The same gang thought to be involved in the Marks & Spencer attack has now claimed another victim. Security Week reports: The DragonForce ransomware gang has claimed responsibility for a disruptive cyberattack on US department store chain Belk. The incident was identified on May 8 and prompted Belk to disconnect affected systems, restrict network access, reset passwords, and rebuild impacted systems, which disrupted the chain’s online and physical operations for several

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CISA orders agencies to immediately patch Citrix Bleed 2, saying bug poses ‘unacceptable risk’
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CISA orders agencies to immediately patch Citrix Bleed 2, saying bug poses ‘unacceptable risk’

Recorded Future reports: The federal cybersecurity watchdog ordered all civilian agencies to immediately patch a vulnerability impacting several NetScaler products used by organizations to manage network traffic. The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) added the bug — tracked as CVE-2025-5777 — to its catalog of known exploited vulnerabilities on Thursday afternoon but took the extraordinary step of giving federal civilian agencies just one day to patch it.  When asked why the bug had the shortest patching deadline ever issued by the

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McDonald’s AI Chatbot Breach Exposes 64 Million Job Applicant Chat Records
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McDonald’s AI Chatbot Breach Exposes 64 Million Job Applicant Chat Records

Cyber Magazine reports: McDonald’s job applicants had their personal information exposed when security researchers accessed 64 million records through basic password attacks on the McHire platform. The breach occurred through vulnerabilities in systems operated by AI software firm Paradox.ai, which provides chatbot technology to screen candidates for the fast-food chain. Security researchers Ian Carroll and Sam Curry gained access to backend systems by guessing administrator credentials, including an account that used “123456” as both username and password. The attack exposed names,

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