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More US investors sue South Korean government over handling of Coupang data breach
TechCrunch reports: Coupang’s massive data breach in South Korea has now become a geopolitical flashpoint as a growing number of the company’s U.S. investors take legal action against the South Korean government. What began as a regulatory investigation into data security failures has expanded into a broader dispute over alleged unfair treatment of the U.S.-headquartered company. While […]
Comcast agrees to $117.5M data breach class action settlement over 2023 “Citrix Bleed” Incident
Top Class Actions reports: Read more at Top Class Actions. The official settlement website has not been posted yet. All consumers should be alert to the possibility that you may receive scam or phishing attempts claiming you are entitled to a settlement. Wait for the official settlement site to learn how class members are being […]
Discord Age Verification Faces Backlash — Could Your ID Leak Like Before?
The International Business Times reports: Discord is preparing to enforce a global age verification system from early March that will require users to confirm their age using a face scan or a government‑issued ID before accessing adult content. The new measures are designed to protect younger users but have prompted backlash from privacy advocates and […]
Hacktivist Exposes 536,000 Stalkerware Buyers in Security Breach
When the spyer becomes the spyee? TechBuzz reports: A hacktivist just turned the tables on half a million people who paid to spy on others. More than 536,000 payment records from customers of phone surveillance apps like uMobix, Xnspy, and Geofinder hit the open web this week, exposing email addresses and partial card numbers of […]
Even Small-Time Crypto Investors Are At Risk of Violent Attacks
It’s not just those with millions of dollars in cryptocurrency who are at risk of violent kidnappings these days. Bloomberg News recently reported on a terrifying case: The pecking at the sliding glass door awoke Julia Goodwin shortly before midnight. She and her husband, Glenn, retirees in their 60s, first thought the noise might be […]
CISA gives federal agencies one year to rip out end-of-life devices
The Record reports a federal mandate that is likely to give a lot of agencies major headaches in compliance: Federal civilian agencies have been ordered to remove end-of-life devices within 12 months due to widespread exploitation campaigns by sophisticated hackers. The U.S. cyber defense agency issued an operational directive on February 5 mandating federal agencies to “remove […]
SoundCloud data breach exposes 29.8 million user accounts
Fox News reports: Hackers have exposed personal and contact information tied to SoundCloud accounts, with data breach notification service Have I Been Pwned reporting impacts to approximately 29.8 million users. The breach hit one of the world’s largest audio platforms and left many users locked out with error messages before the company confirmed the incident. SoundCloud […]
Vendors to be(a)ware of: Conduent Business Solutions
Down, down, down go Conduent’s stock prices. Breaches by third-party vendors or business associates account for the majority of patient records breached in incidents. The 2025 Breach Barometer report, which includes more than HIPAA-covered entities, found that 77% of breached patient records resulted from business associate breaches. Some business associate breaches affect millions of patients […]