The Washington Post reports an update to the breach affecting Kido Schools in the UK: In late September, parents at a chain of British nursery schools got shocking news: They’d been hacked. Cybercriminals had pilfered photographs and sensitive family data on thousands of children and demanded ransom not to release it. A week later, the […]
In June, WestJet disclosed a cyberattack. More details have now been made available as the airline has sent notification letters to 1.2 million people. In its notification, WestJet, the second-largest Canadian airline, emphasizes that credit card or debit card numbers, expiration dates, and CVV numbers, as well as guest user passwords, were not compromised, and […]
CNN reports: An unidentified hacker stole sensitive data from Customs and Border Protection and Federal Emergency Management Agency employees in a “widespread” breach this summer that lasted several weeks, according to an internal FEMA assessment reviewed by CNN. The incident led to an urgent cleanup operation by senior Department of Homeland Security IT officials after […]
Bleeping Computer reports: Asahi Group Holdings, Ltd (Asahi), the brewer of Japan’s top-selling beer, has disclosed a cyberattack that disrupted several of its operations. According to the company, the incident has affected its ordering and shipping activity, which have been completely suspended. Call center operations and customer service desk are currently unavailable to the public due to […]
Bleeping Computer reports that a breach at a third-party provider for the London luxury retailed has resulted in hundreds of thousands of affected customers: UK retail giant Harrods has disclosed a new cybersecurity incident after hackers compromised a third-party supplier and stole 430,000 records with sensitive e-commerce customer information. In a statement for BleepingComputer, the luxury department […]
Business Insurance Magazine reports: The theft of sensitive data from thousands of children at a London nursery chain has highlighted the growing financial and reputational risks posed by cybercrime – and renewed debate over the adequacy of insurance protection in the sector. Hackers styling themselves “Radiant” claim to have stolen information on more than 8,000 children […]
Claim Depot reports: On Aug. 19, 2025, Motility Software Solutions, a provider of dealer management software for specialty vehicle dealerships, identified suspicious activity on its network. The company quickly took the impacted server offline to contain the incident and began an investigation with the help of cybersecurity experts. According to Motility, the breach resulted in unauthorized […]
The Record reports: The Co-op retail chain took a £206 million (about $274 million) hit to its revenues due to a cyberattack in April that led to empty store shelves and the theft of customer data. The attack was one of several high-profile incidents in the spring affecting U.K. businesses, including the retail giant Marks & Spencer […]
The HIPAA Journal reports: Goshen Medical Center, a federally qualified healthcare organization serving patients in eastern North Carolina, is notifying 456,385 individuals about a recent security incident that exposed some of their personal and protected health information. Suspicious activity was identified within its computer systems on March 4, 2025. Third-party cybersecurity specialists were engaged to investigate […]
DataBreaches.net reports: On January 23, 2025, the Bian Lian ransomware gang added the Medical Associates of Brevard (“MAB”) to its dark web leak site. At the time, they listed the types of data they claimed to have acquired, but did not provide any screenshots or proof of claims. Months later, BianLian went offline. What happened […]
