Data Breach News, Education Sector, News
June 11, 2026
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ShinyHunters claims breach of Oracle PeopleSoft servers at 100-plus organizations

TechCrunch reports that ShinyHunters has claimed responsibility for hacking Oracle PeopleSoft servers at more than 100 organizations, many of them universities. The breaches, first reported by BleepingComputer involved: “Student, applicant, financial aid, immigration, health, and administrative data has been exfiltrated,” read a message that the hacker said was sent to one of the victims. The hackers claimed […]

Vendor News, Data Breach News, Legal News
June 11, 2026
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St. George Fire sues cybersecurity company, alleging negligence left network open to 2023 cyberattack

WBRZ reports: he St. George Fire Protection District is suing Baton Rouge cybersecurity company General Informatics, blaming them for allowing hackers to gain access to the fire department’s network in 2023. The lawsuit, filed by the fire department on May 23, claims that General Informatics was hired to prevent cyberattacks and now seeks damages from […]

Data Breach News, Malware Ransomware, News
June 10, 2026
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Mississippi Hospital Hit in 2023 by Ransomware Gang Hit Again in 2025 by Second Gang

In 2023, Singing River Health System in Mississippi was hit by the Rhysida gang. In October 2023, Singing River Health System and its wholly owned subsidiary, Singing River Gulfport notified HHS that 895,204 patients had been affected. In response to the incident, they reportedly implemented a series of improved technical safeguards. Whatever they did was […]

Healthcare, Data Breach News
June 09, 2026
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Senate HELP committee chairman seeks info on NYC Health + Hospital data breach

Fierce Healthcare reports that a legislator is seeking answers about the recently disclosed breach affecting 1.8 million patients: Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP) Committee Chairman Sen. Bill Cassidy, M.D., R-La., is seeking information from New York City officials about a late 2025 cybersecurity breach at NYC Health + Hospitals, the largest public U.S. health system. […]

Data Breach News, Miscellaneous News
June 07, 2026
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Data of 600,000 Gaza households exposed in WFP cyberattack

The New Humanitarian reports: A cyber-attack targeting the World Food Programme has exposed sensitive personal information belonging to some 600,000 households in Gaza, the UN’s food agency has confirmed, in what may be the largest-known breach of humanitarian beneficiary data to date. WFP is investigating a “security-related incident” in which “unauthorised actors” accessed personal information […]

Vendor News, Data Breach News, News
June 06, 2026
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Conduent Hack Victim Count Now Tops 62.2 Million

HealthcareInfoSecurity reports that Conduent has updated its already-large data breach numbers: The victim tally in back-office support services firm Conduent Business Services‘ 2024 hack has more than doubled to over 62.2 million people. The revised, eye-popping total Conduent reported to federal regulators apparently in recent days brings the breach closer to tying the nearly 79 […]

Data Breach News, News
June 02, 2026
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Hackers Asked Meta AI to Change the Passwords of High-Profile Instagram Accounts. It Did.

404 Media reports: Hackers say that they used Meta’s AI support chatbot to break into a host of high-profile Instagram profiles by asking the support bot to change the email address associated with the target account. The claims coincide with a series of high-profile Instagram account takeovers, including the Barack Obama White House account, the Chief Master […]

Legal News, Data Breach News, News
May 29, 2026
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California AG’s lawsuit claims 23andMe hack exposed 855,000 Californians’ genetic data

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KRCR reports: California Attorney General Rob Bonta announced a lawsuit Thursday against genetic testing company 23andMe, now known as Chrome Holding Company, accusing the company of failing to protect millions of users’ sensitive genetic information during a massive 2023 data breach. According to the lawsuit, the breach exposed the personal information of nearly 7 million users […]