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Minnesota governor calls in the troops after St Paul cyberattack
When a cyberattack reportedly overwhelmed the city’s cyberdefenses and resources, Governor Waltz called in the National Guard, whose cyber experts will assist the city with recovering from the attack. The Register reports: Minnesota Governor Tim Walz has activated the state’s National Guard and declared a state of emergency in response to a cyberattack on the […]
EU-wide Breach Notification Template On The Horizon
Alston & Bird writes: Read more at JDSupra.
Missouri Adopts New Data Breach Notice Law for Insurers – The 10 Things Insurers and Licensed Entities Need to Know
Fisher Phillips writes: As cybersecurity threats escalate, state legislatures across the country are tightening requirements for how insurance entities respond to data breaches – and thanks to a new law just passed several weeks ago, Missouri is getting in on the action. On July 2, Missouri’s Governor approved House Bill 974, “The Insurance Data Security […]
Inc Ransomware Claims 1.2TB Data Breach at Dollar Tree (UPDATED WITH CORRECTION)
Update and Correction of July 31: Dollar Tree has firmly denied any breach and states that the breach was a breach of 99 Cents Only Stores. Dollar Tree’s involvement with the bankrupt discount chain was limited and “did not acquire their corporate entity, systems/network, or data. Any allegation of Dollar Tree’s involvement is inaccurate.” HackRead […]
Sex toy maker Lovense left millions of users vulnerable to email ID leaks, account takeovers
The Indian Express reports: A cybersecurity researcher has identified critical vulnerabilities in an app developed by sex toy manufacturer Lovense that not only exposed the private email addresses of users but also enabled threat actors to hijack a user’s account on the platform. The anonymous researcher published their findings about the two in-app security flaws […]
Kentucky AG Sues Temu for “Stealing Kentuckians’ Data”
Robinson + Cole writes: Read more at JDSupra.
Orange, France’s largest telecoms company, hit by cyberattack
The Record reports: Orange, one of France’s largest companies and among the biggest mobile service providers in both Europe and Africa, announced on Monday detecting a cyberattack affecting one of its internal systems. The company — which serves a customer base of more than 290 million people, and has retail, business and enterprise clients — […]
NASCAR confirms data breach after hackers ‘demanded $4m ransom’
NASCAR has confirmed it was the victim of a data breach after hackers demanded a $4million ransom following a ransomware attack. The racing organization says it suffered the breach between March 31, 2025 and April 3, 2025. Correspondence with multiple state regulators this week (including this example from New Hampshire) confirms the data breach, and says […]