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Stryker still working through cyberattack after-effects, stock down more than 10% this week
Most companies rebound fairly quickly if their stock prices are impacted by a data breach. But an update to the Stryker incident is an exception. MassDevice reports: Stryker (NYSE: SYK) stock plunged this week after its CFO said the orthopedic and surgical device giant is still managing supply disruptions after an Iran-backed cyberattack earlier this year. SYK […]
Plant City police employee credentials led to Florida DMV data breach: FLHSMV
ShinyHunters told BleepingComputer they accessed the Florida DMV “DAVID” database through a password-reset flaw that let them compromise multiple accounts in the system—accounts that allegedly belonged to DMV employees and an FBI agent. But last night, the Florida Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles (FLHSMV) issued its own explanation, which does not quite match […]
FTC Withdraws Obsolete Policy Statement on Notifications
Statement by the Federal Trade Commission: The Federal Trade Commission rescinded the 2021 Policy Statement on Breaches by Health Apps and Other Connected Devices. This controversial policy statement purported to apply the FTC’s Health Breach Notification Rule to health apps and connected devices that collect consumer health information. In 2024, however, the Commission updated the Health Breach […]
ShinyHunters claims Florida DMV breach, puts data on the clock
After a major breach involving 153 million driver’s licenses and an open want-to-buy message to the person who listed it for sale, it’s not surprising that when ShinyHunters added the Florida DMV to its leak site, people may have assumed the data came from that breach. But according to ShinyHunters, the Florida DMV breach was unrelated. CSO […]
The party’s over for crypto scammers who went on a spending spree after a $240M bitcoin theft
Many people are waiting today to see what happens in a federal court case involving a young man named Malone Lam. He was part of a group that pulled off a major crypto heist but then bragged about it and left a trail leading right back to them. As ABC News reports: They pulled off […]
Why Are So Many Security Professionals Keeping Breaches Quiet?
According to Bitdefender, almost half of 1,200 IT and security professionals surveyed reported a breach or security incident in the last 12 months, and 55.2% of them said they had been asked to keep a breach confidential even when it should have been disclosed. Read that again, because it’s an actual finding from the 2026 Bitdefender […]
Trezor data breach impact now reaches 81,000 customers
Trezor has revised their estimate of how many customers were affected by a recent breach at its shipping and logistics provider. Bleeping Computer reports: Cryptocurrency hardware wallet maker Trezor says an August data breach at its shipping and logistics provider, ShipMonk, affects an additional 67,000 U.S. customers. In total, the breach has affected 81,000 customers […]
Berlin cyberattack: hackers leak highly sensitive data across dark web
EuroNews reports that the Rhysida ransomware group has published almost six TB of data from Berlin’s state administration on the dark web. Among the data is said to be highly sensitive information. The scale of the leak is enormous: 1,439,893 files. So far, there has been hardly any response from Berlin’s administration and political leaders. […]