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Experts hack FIA site, access Verstappen’s personal information
GP Blog reports: An FIA website containing sensitive information and documents relating to drivers, including Max Verstappen, has been hacked. Whilst this was not a malicious hacking attempt, the hackers were able to access sensitive personal information of any driver they chose. The FIA’s Driver Categorisation website contains the details of almost 7,000 drivers. The hackers, who breached […]
Montana Officials Looking Into BCBS Breach Tied to Conduent Breach
Bank Info Security reports: Montana state regulators are investigating a data breach affecting 462,000 Blue Cross Blue Shield of Montana members involving one of the health insurer’s third-party services providers – and they want to know why nearly 10 months have gone by without notifying the breach victims. It took nearly four months for the […]
Medusa Ransomware Leaks 834 GB of Comcast Data After $1.2M Demand
HackRead reports: The Medusa ransomware group has leaked 186.36 GB of compressed data it claimed to have stolen from Comcast Corporation, a global media and technology company. According to Hackread.com’s earlier report, the group stated that it breached Comcast in late September 2025 and obtained a total of 834 GB of data. The leaked 186 GB […]
Jaguar Land Rover cyberattack cost $2.5 billion, says monitoring group
The Record reports: The cyberattack that disrupted production at Jaguar Land Rover (JLR) for more than a month is estimated to have cost the British economy £1.9 billion ($2.5 billion), according to a monitoring group. An analysis by the Cyber Monitoring Centre (CMC), a nonprofit that aims to examine the cost of cyber incidents, said […]
NY DFS Issues New Cybersecurity Guidance to Address Risks Associated with the Use of Third-Party Service Providers
Given how many breaches are at third-party service providers this year, guidance on dealing with vendors with an eye towards cybersecurity seems timely. October 21, 2025 New York State Department of Financial Services (DFS) Acting Superintendent Kaitlin Asrow today issued new cybersecurity guidance addressing the risks associated with entities becoming increasingly reliant on third-party service […]
Before Their Telegram Channel Was Banned Again, ScatteredLAPSUS$Hunters Dropped Files Doxing Government Employees
DataBreaches.net reports: On October 16 and 17, the ScatteredLAPSUS$Hunters Telegram channel repeatedly violated Telegram’s TOS by leaking personal information on people — and in this case, information on employees of the Department of Justice (DOJ/FBI), U.S. Attorneys Office (DOJ/USAO), the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), and the Federal Aviation Authority (FAA). … The .csv file […]
Russian hackers ‘steal HUNDREDS of U.K. Ministry of Defence files and leak them to dark web’ in ‘catastrophic’ attack
The Sun reports: RUSSIAN cybercriminals have stolen hundreds of military documents and posted them on the dark web in a ‘catastrophic’ hack. The security breach compromised eight RAF and Royal Navy bases as well as emails and names of Ministry of Defence staff, as reported in The Mail on Sunday. The breach has been labelled ‘catastrophic’ and the MoD are investigating the […]
John Bolton Indictment Provides Interesting Details About Hack of His AOL Account and Extortion Attempt
Kim Zetter writes: The investigation into former national security advisor John Bolton’s handling of classified material stemmed in part from an admission Bolton made to the FBI in July 2021 that hackers – believed to be from Iran – had breached his private AOL email account and tried to extort him over classified information contained […]