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Israel Hacked Popular Iranian Prayer App to Urge Defections, Resistance
The Wall Street Journal reports: Israel hacked a popular Iranian prayer app to send notifications to potentially millions of phones Saturday morning urging the country’s military personnel to defect from the regime and join a fight to liberate the country, according to people familiar with the matter. The app, BadeSaba Calendar, is intended to help […]
Shutdown Stalls Compliance Plans for Cyber Breach Reporting Rule
Bloomberg reports: A partial government shutdown threatens to further derail a key federal cybersecurity agency’s incident reporting rule—and delay answers that companies need to comply. The Department of Homeland Security shutdown, now entering its third week, may push back the finish line for a Biden-era rule that would create stringent disclosure requirements for critical infrastructure entities after cybersecurity […]
Federal Court Refuses to Slice Up CiCi’s Cyber Extortion Coverage
From the Hunton Insurance Recovery Blog: In the rarely litigated space of cyber insurance, the Northern District of Texas issued a win for cyber policyholders this week, offering a clear reminder to insurers that if they want to restrict coverage, they must draft the policy to clearly do so. In CiCi Enterprises, LP v. HSB Specialty […]
Connecticut Senate Bill Raises the Stakes on Data Breach Response for “Massive” Breaches
If a bill introduced in the Connecticut Senate ever becomes law, there will be new requirements for entities whose breaches affect more than 100,000 Connecticut residents. As attorneys from Ballard & Spahr explain: Read more at JD Supra. The second provision above is certain to raise a lot of concerns and opposition. The language of […]
Coupang’s Q4 operating profit plunges 97% from data breach
Breaches have consequences. Some more than others. Yonhap News Agency reports the Coupang data breach has taken a significant toll on the firm’s fourth quarter profits: U.S.-listed e-commerce giant Coupang Inc. said Friday its operating profit plunged 97 percent in the fourth quarter from a year earlier due to the impact of a large-scale data […]
Hackers attack Mexico govt using Claude AI, steal 150GB data
India Today reports: A serious cybersecurity incident involving AI has put Mexico’s government networks under the spotlight, after hackers allegedly used an AI chatbot to pull off a large-scale data theft. According to a Bloomberg investigation, the attacker relied on Anthropic’s Claude AI to break into official systems, stealing close to 150GB of sensitive data […]
MediMap seeks urgent court orders after cyber patient data incident
Insurance Business Magazine reports: Digital medicines platform MediMap is seeking urgent court orders in New Zealand after an individual claiming to be behind a cyber incident circulated what appears to be patient information to news organisations – an incident that is drawing attention to cyber risk, privacy exposure, and the role of cyber insurance across […]
Attackers Now Need Just 29 Minutes to Own a Network
Dark Reading reports: In 2025, cybercriminals needed less time to move from break-in to lateral movement across a network than it takes to watch a typical sitcom. An analysis by CrowdStrike of threat activity last year found attackers took just 29 minutes on average to pivot to other systems after gaining an initial foothold in […]