Data Breach News, News, Vendor News
November 21, 2025
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Salesforce cuts off access to third-party app after discovering ‘unusual activity’

The Record reports: Cloud giant Salesforce warned customers of a potential data breach on Wednesday evening after discovering “unusual activity” related to a third-party application called Gainsight.  Salesforce posted a message on its website saying an investigation revealed that the activity “may have enabled unauthorized access to certain customers’ Salesforce data through the app’s connection.”  Gainsight is […]

Vendor News, Data Breach News, Education Sector, Legal News, News
November 20, 2025
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Ontario and Alberta privacy commissioners release investigation findings into PowerSchool breach affecting school boards and other educational bodies

TORONTO, ON (November 18, 2025) — Ontario and Alberta information and privacy commissioners have released the findings of their investigations into a massive privacy breach involving PowerSchool education technology (edtech) used by schools in their respective provinces. The incident, which affected millions of Canadians across the country, highlights the importance for educational bodies, including school boards, […]

Data Breach News, Healthcare, News, Vendor News
November 19, 2025
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From bad to worse: Doctor Alliance hacked again by same threat actor

DataBreaches.net reports that Doctor Alliance, a business associate to covered entities in the healthcare sector, recently fell prey to a cyberattack that allegedly comprised 353 GB of patient files. Making matters even worse, after assuring clients that the vulnerability had been addressed and everything was secure, it was attacked again by the same threat actor […]

Data Breach News
November 18, 2025
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Logitech discloses data breach after Clop claims

The Record reports: Technology manufacturer Logitech filed documents with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) on Friday about a recent cybersecurity incident that involved a zero-day vulnerability. The company told the SEC that an investigation revealed that hackers exploited a bug “in a third-party software platform and copied certain data from the internal IT system.”  “The zero-day […]

Data Breach News, New Threats, News
November 17, 2025
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AI-Powered Hacking: Anthropic Reports First Largely Automated Cyberattack Linked To China

The Dallas Express reports: Anthropic researchers say they have disrupted what they described as the first reported use of artificial intelligence to direct a hacking campaign in a largely automated fashion, marking what they called a troubling development in cybersecurity. According to a threat report released this week, the operation was linked by Anthropic to the Chinese […]

Data Breach News, News
November 16, 2025
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Defying Hackers: Checkout.com’s Bold Stand Against Ransom Demand

WebProNews reports on an unusual, and praiseworthy, response to a cyberattack with a ransom demand. They erroneously describe it as a ransomware attack, but no encryption was involved. ShinyHunters exfiltrated data and then attempted to ransom it: In a striking rebuke to cybercriminals, Checkout.com’s chief technology officer has turned a ransomware attack into an opportunity […]

Data Breach News
November 15, 2025
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 DoorDash hit by new data breach in October exposing user information  

Bleeping Computer reports: DoorDash has disclosed a data breach that hit the food delivery platform this October. Beginning yesterday evening, DoorDash, which serves millions of customers across the U.S., Canada, Australia, and New Zealand, started emailing those impacted by the newly discovered security incident. Your personal information affected “On October 25, 2025, our team identified a cybersecurity […]

Insurance News, Data Breach News, Malware Ransomware
November 11, 2025
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Cyber insurers paid out over twice as much for UK ransomware attacks last year

The Register reports: The number of successful cyber insurance claims made by UK organizations shot up last year, according to the latest figures from the industry’s trade association. The Association of British Insurers (ABI) said £197 million ($259 million) in cyber insurance payouts were made to victimized organizations in 2024, up from £59 million ($77 […]