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Fortive Reaches $3M Settlement Over Data Breach Exposing Thousands
USA Herald reports: Tech conglomerate Fortive Corp. has agreed to a $3 million settlement to resolve a sweeping class action after two ransomware attacks in 2023 exposed the personal data of more than 34,000 individuals, according to a Washington federal judge’s preliminary approval. U.S. District Judge Richard A. Jones, presiding in Seattle, signed off Thursday on the […]
Hundreds of Thousands Affected by Auchan Data Breach
Security Week reports: French retail chain Auchan is notifying hundreds of thousands of customers that their personal information was stolen in a data breach. The incident, the company said in notifications sent last week, impacted names, addresses, email addresses, phone numbers, and loyalty card numbers. No banking information, passwords, or PINs have been compromised in […]
FBI warns of Russian hacks targeting US critical infrastructure
Reuters reports: Aug 20 – Hackers associated with some of Russia’s most prolific cyber espionage units have over the last year been leveraging a vulnerability in older Cisco software to target thousands of networking devices associated with critical infrastructure IT systems, the FBI and Cisco said on Wednesday. Hackers working within the Russian Federal Security […]
‘Impersonation as a service’ the next big thing in cybercrime
First, they impersonated your email domains and vendors in business email compromise and phishing schemes. Then we read how members of “The Com” and “Scattered Spider” would call your helpdesk and claim to be employees who needed a password reset. Impersonation is being taken to the next level. The Register reports: English speakers adept at […]
CISA warns of Apple zero-day used in targeted cyberattacks
The Record reports: A recently disclosed vulnerability affecting Apple products has prompted an order for government organizations to patch the bug. The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) gave civilian federal agencies until September 11 to implement a fix for CVE-2025-43300 — a vulnerability affecting popular brands of Apple phones, iPads and Macbooks. Apple said on Wednesday that […]
U.K. criminal background check firm APCS discloses breach
A provider of criminal background checks in the U.K. is dealing with a breach at a third-party developer. The Register reports: A leading UK provider of criminal record checks for employers is handling a data breach stemming from a third-party development company. Access Personal Checking Services (APCS) has written to customers to notify them that […]
DaVita says ransomware gang stole data of nearly 2.7 million people
In what is currently the third largest health data breach of 2025, kidney dialysis provider DaVita has reported a ransomware attack to HHS. Bleeping Computer reports: Kidney dialysis firm DaVita has confirmed that a ransomware gang that breached its network stole the personal and health information of nearly 2.7 million individuals. DaVita serves over 265,400 […]
Intel Websites Exploited to Hack Every Intel Employee and View Confidential Data
Cyber Security News reports: A series of critical vulnerabilities across multiple internal Intel websites allowed for the complete exfiltration of the company’s global employee database and access to confidential supplier information. The flaws, stemming from basic security oversights, exposed the personal details of over 270,000 Intel employees and workers. The investigation from Eaton Works revealed […]