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38% of small businesses experienced breaches or scams last year, and 41% of the attacks were AI-powered
The San Diego Union-Tribune reports: A survey by the Identity Theft Resource Center, a San Diego-based education and victim resource nonprofit, found that 38% of small businesses hit by a cyberscam or breach in the previous 12 months passed those losses to customers by raising prices. Another key finding: Cybercrime against small businesses is increasingly […]
Data Breach Cases Require Some Technological Issue for Business Court Designation in North Carolina
Preetha Suresh Rini of Robinson Bradshaw explains: In recent years, defendants in data breach class action lawsuits filed in the state courts in North Carolina have succeeded in designating these disputes to the North Carolina Business Court. The Business Court has accepted data breach cases involving ransomware attacks, phishing email incidents and tracking technology cases. […]
University of Phoenix notified almost 3.5 million people of the Oracle E-Business Suite incident
On November 21, 2025, the University of Phoenix learned it had been affected by the Oracle E-Business Suite vulnerability that Clop threat actors had been exploiting to exfiltrate data between August 13, and August 22, 2025. The incident involved personal information for 3,489,274 people nationwide, as reported to the Maine Attorney General’s Office on December […]
Former Conti and Black Basta member now known as “Devman” added to Interpol’s wanted list
Interpol has issued a red notice for Oleg Evgenievich NEFEDOV based on the filing by prosecutors in Frankfurt, Germany: via DataBreaches.net
Verizon says major service outage is resolved, affected customers will be compensated
What caused a massive Verizon outage yesterday? The firm still hasn’t said. The Gothamist reports: Verizon service is back for affected customers in the New York area after a widespread outage disrupted cellphones across the country for much of Wednesday, the company said. Affected customers will receive account credits, according to Verizon, which said details […]
Canadian Investment Regulatory Organization update regarding unauthorized access to some Canadian investors’ data
CIRO provides an update on the phishing incident previously disclosed in August 2025: The Canadian Investment Regulatory Organization (CIRO) confirms that as a result of a sophisticated phishing attack, first disclosed in August 2025, approximately 750,000 Canadian investors have been impacted. We deeply regret this occurred and apologize for any inconvenience or concern. CIRO is […]
Cloud marketplace Pax8 accidentally exposes data on 1,800 MSP partners
BleepingComputer reports: Cloud marketplace and distributor Pax8 has confirmed that it mistakenly sent an email to fewer than 40 UK-based partners containing a spreadsheet with internal business information, including MSP customer and Microsoft licensing data. Pax8 is a fast-growing cloud commerce marketplace with more than 1,700 employees, over 47,000 partners worldwide, and operations in 18 countries. […]
Regulator urges Coupang to take down independent data leak probe results from website
Yonhap News reports: Korea’s data protection watchdog on Wednesday urged online retailer Coupang to take down its independent probe results into a massive data leak from its mobile application and website, describing them as unverified information. The Personal Information Protection Commission took issue with the company’s notice that claims a former employee breached the personal […]