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Hackers Threaten “Pay or Leak,” Kraken says “NO”
The Crypto Citizens Network reports on a somewhat different breach tactic where threat actors made a video of internal systems and threaten to leak the videos if their payment demands are not met. Kraken is standing firm that it won’t pay: In crypto, breaches usually start with code. This one didn’t. Kraken, one of the […]
Booking.com warns customers of possible data and security breach by ‘unauthorised parties’
ABC (Australia) reports: Some Booking.com customers are being warned their personal information may have been accessed by unauthorised third parties, prompting fresh concerns about the security of travellers’ data. The company operates more than 28 million accommodation listings globally, connecting travellers to hotels, apartments and other properties across hundreds of countries, as well as flights, […]
Hackers Demand GTA 6 Creator Rockstar Games Pay Them to Delete Hacked Data.
APB Live reports: A ransomware group known as ShinyHunters has added Rockstar Games to its dark web leak site, threatening to publish or sell stolen data if the gaming giant does not pay up. Rockstar Games has confirmed the breach, linking it to a third-party vendor, and says only a limited amount of non-material company […]
The AB Data Settlement Administrator Behind Billions in Class Action Payouts — And Why Most Americans Never Claim Their Share
Seen on The Creative Learning Guild: Some of the biggest consumer payout operations in the US are discreetly managed by a relatively small group of legal and technology experts in a building on A.B. Data Drive in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, which is somewhat surprisingly named after the company itself. The majority of people will never go there. The majority of […]
Act-of-War Clauses Cloud Cyber Insurance Coverage
Does it matter whether President Trump calls the situation with Iran a “war” or an “excursion” or something else if your company is hit by a cyberattack that may be in retaliation? The Wall Street Journal reports: From Europe to the Middle East, geopolitical conflicts have companies rereading the fine print on insurance policies that […]
Two patient data breaches in the first quarter of 2026: Valley Family Health Care’s Challenging Year
DataBreaches.net reports: On January 12, Valley Family Health Care (VFHC) notified HHS after learning that the TriZetto Provider Solutions (TPS) breach had affected 4,300 of their patients. The TPS breach, which began in November 2024, involved their patients’ names, addresses, dates of birth, Social Security numbers, health insurance member numbers (including Medicare beneficiary identifiers), health insurer names, […]
Ambulances diverted after cyberattack hits Brockton Hospital
A cybersecurity incident knocked out key systems, canceling chemotherapy appointments, closing pharmacies and pushing Brockton Hospital to divert ambulances while staff switch to paper records MassLive reports: Brockton Hospital is diverting ambulances and canceling some services as it responds to a cybersecurity incident that began impacting its information systems on Monday. Chemotherapy infusion services for […]
Jones Day confirms cyber attack after Silent Ransom Group acquired clients’ files
Legal Cheek reports: Jones Day has become the latest high-profile law firm to fall victim to a cyber attack, after hackers accessed files linked to a number of client matters. The US firm — which represented Donald Trump in both his 2016 and 2020 presidential campaigns and has placed several of its lawyers into senior White […]