Data Breach News, Malware Ransomware, News
July 12, 2026
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Ryuk operator pleads guilty; Blackcat/AlphV conspirator gets nearly 6-year sentence

The Record reports two wins for law enforcement this week. U.S. prosecutors announced two milestones this week in their cases against major ransomware groups. Karen Serobovich Vardanyan, a 34-year-old Armenian national, pleaded guilty Wednesday in an Oregon federal court to conspiracy and computer fraud. For about six months beginning in November 2019, he accessed companies’ computer networks […]

Vendor News, Data Breach News, News
July 11, 2026
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Accenture admits to ‘isolated matter’ after crook tries to flog alleged 35GB haul

The Register reports: Accenture has confirmed an “isolated matter” after a cybercriminal put up for sale what they allege is 35GB of the consulting giant’s internal data, including source code, cryptographic keys, and cloud credentials. The listing, seen by The Register, appeared on a cybercrime forum on July 6 under the title “Accenture Data Breach,” posted […]

Legal News, Data Breach News
July 07, 2026
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AdaptHealth Notifies SEC About Material Incident

BankInfoSecurity reports: A publicly traded home medical equipment and services supplier has told U.S. regulators that hackers recently stole a potentially large volume of patients’ sensitive health and personal information, including data from external electronic health record portals, in a social engineering incident. Pennsylvania-based AdaptHealth in a July 2 filing to the U.S. Securities and […]

Data Breach News
July 07, 2026
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The “Anonymous” Tip System That Wasn’t: Three Months Later.

DataBreaches.net has followed up on a breach involving very sensitive personal information. The breach has been called “BlueLeaks 2.0” in some circles, and “Navigate360” in other publications, but it occurred when a hacktivist acquired 8.3 million tips from various tiplines that were supposed to protect the anonymity of the tipsters. As DataBreaches.net reports, neither P3 […]

Data Breach News
July 07, 2026
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Hacktivists call out Trump by hacking and defacing US Army websites

TechCrunch reports: The U.S. Army has reportedly fixed two of its websites that had been defaced to display pro-Kurdish messages and to call out President Donald Trump, the latest case of hackers compromising systems run by the federal government in recent months. Security researcher Ronald Lovelace told Cyberscoop, which first reported the defacements, that error pages were modified on […]

Data Breach News, News
July 07, 2026
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Major medical device manufacturer notifies nearly 4 million of breach

The Record reports: The world’s largest medical device company is notifying more than 3.8 million people that their data may have been exposed in an attack reportedly linked to the ShinyHunters cybercrime group. On April 24, Medtronic confirmed an unauthorized party had accessed data in certain corporate IT systems, but said it had not identified […]

Data Breach News, Malware Ransomware
July 06, 2026
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Ransomware Campaign Uses Fake Interpol Notices to Target Small Businesses

Security Boulevard reports: An emerging ransomware campaign is targeting small businesses with phishing emails that impersonate Interpol. The fake notices claim the recipient’s organization is under investigation for suspicious activity and that investigators have obtained information and video evidence tied to alleged criminal conduct. The lure is designed to create urgency and push the victim […]

Data Breach News, Vendor News
July 04, 2026
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AdaptHealth reports a contractor breach resulted in unauthorized access to patient data

On June 27, AdaptHealth notified the Securities and Exchange Commission of a data breach originating at an unnamed contractor: AdaptHealth Corp. (the “Company”) is investigating a security incident whereby a threat actor gained unauthorized access to Company systems and exfiltrated certain data therefrom. Upon learning of the incident, the Company promptly activated its incident response […]

Data Breach News, Malware Ransomware
July 01, 2026
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Fake Interpol Investigation Emails Push Ransomware at Small Businesses Globally

HackRead reports: Fake Interpol investigation emails are targeting small businesses with Proton Drive links that deliver ransomware, encrypt files, and route victims to Tox chat. Small businesses are being targeted by fake Interpol investigation emails that impersonate law enforcement officials and pressure recipients to open files presented as evidence of suspicious company activity. In reality, doing […]