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Genea IVF confirms sensitive patient health information leaked on dark web
There is an update to a data breach reported in February involving Australia IVF giant Genea. ABC News in Australia now reports: Patients of Australia’s third-largest IVF provider, Genea, have been informed that their sensitive information — including medical history — has been posted on the dark web. The update comes more than five months […]
Major European healthcare network discloses security breach
Bleeping Computer reports: AMEOS Group, an operator of a massive healthcare network in Central Europe, has announced it has suffered a security breach that may have exposed customer, employee, and partner information. The organization published a statement on its website, as required by Article 34 of the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), which mandates a […]
PowerSchool commits to strengthened breach measures following engagement with the Privacy Commissioner of Canada
July 22, 2025 – Gatineau, Quebec
Two more entities have folded after ransomware attacks
DataBreaches.net reports that two entities have recently ceased operations following ransomware attacks. One was in the healthcare sector while the other was in the business sector: It is still fairly rare for a ransomware victim to totally shutter its doors permanently as a result of an incident, but a relatively small breach in Georgia was […]
UK moves forward with plans for mandatory reporting of ransomware attacks
The Record reports: The British government’s proposals to overhaul its ransomware strategy reached a minor milestone on Tuesday as the Home Office published its formal response to a consultation on amending the law, but questions remain regarding how effective the measures will be. Public consultations are a regular part of the British legislative process. In […]
Critical SharePoint Zero-Day Actively Exploited, Breaches 75+ Company Servers (Updated)
The Hacker News reports: A critical security vulnerability in Microsoft SharePoint Server has been weaponized as part of an “active, large-scale” exploitation campaign. The zero-day flaw, tracked as CVE-2025-53770 (CVSS score: 9.8), has been described as a variant of CVE-2025-49704 (CVSS score: 8.8), a code injection and remote code execution bug in Microsoft SharePoint Server that was […]
For privacy and security, think twice before granting AI access to your personal data
TechCrunch explains: AI is being forced on us in pretty much every facet of life, from phones and apps to search engines and even drive-throughs, for some reason. The fact that we’re now getting web browsers with baked-in AI assistants and chatbots shows that the way some people are using the internet to seek out and consume information today is very different […]
Episource Data Breach Hits Over 5 Million Patients, Sensitive Medical and Insurance Data Potentially Exposed
The Daily Security Review reports: Episource, a key healthcare services provider under UnitedHealth Group’s Optum division, has disclosed a significant data breach that exposed the sensitive personal and medical data of more than 5.4 million individuals. The company, which offers risk adjustment and medical coding services to healthcare providers and insurers, identified unauthorized access to […]