Critical Infrastructure, Cyberattack, Data Breach News, News
October 30, 2025
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US company with access to biggest telecom firms uncovers breach by nation-state hackers

Reuters reports: Hackers working for an unnamed nation-state breached networks at Ribbon Communications, a key U.S. telecommunications services company, and remained within the firm’s systems for nearly a year without being detected, a company spokesperson confirmed in a statement on Wednesday. Ribbon Communications, a Texas-based company that provides technology to facilitate voice and data communications […]

Consumer Alerts, News
October 28, 2025
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Google disputes false claims of massive Gmail data breach

Bleeping Computer reports: Google was once again forced to announce that it had not suffered a data breach after numerous news outlets published sensational stories about a fake breach that purportedly exposed 183 million accounts. This claim began over the weekend and into today, with news stories claiming that millions of Gmail accounts were breached, with some […]

Data Breach News, News
October 27, 2025
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Everest Ransomware Says It Stole 1.5M Dublin Airport Passenger Records

HackRead reports: Today, the Everest ransomware group published listings for two new victims, Dublin Airport and Air Arabia, on its dark web leak site. This announcement comes just days after the group claimed responsibility for breaching AT&T Careers, alleging the theft of 576,000 records containing personal details of applicants and employees. Like the AT&T listing, both […]

Vulnerabilities, News
October 24, 2025
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Experts hack FIA site, access Verstappen’s personal information

Max Verstappen after United States Grand Prix win. Picture: RacePictures

GP Blog reports: An FIA website containing sensitive information and documents relating to drivers, including Max Verstappen, has been hacked. Whilst this was not a malicious hacking attempt, the hackers were able to access sensitive personal information of any driver they chose. The FIA’s Driver Categorisation website contains the details of almost 7,000 drivers. The hackers, who breached […]

Data Breach News, Healthcare, News, Vendor News
October 23, 2025
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Montana Officials Looking Into BCBS Breach Tied to Conduent Breach

The Blue Cross Blue Shield of Montana building in Helena. Credit: Freddy Monares / Bozeman Daily Chronicle

Bank Info Security reports: Montana state regulators are investigating a data breach affecting 462,000 Blue Cross Blue Shield of Montana members involving one of the health insurer’s third-party services providers – and they want to know why nearly 10 months have gone by without notifying the breach victims. It took nearly four months for the […]

Commentaries and Analyses, Cyberattack, Data Breach News, Legal News, News
October 20, 2025
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John Bolton Indictment Provides Interesting Details About Hack of His AOL Account and Extortion Attempt

Kim Zetter writes: The investigation into former national security advisor John Bolton’s handling of classified material stemmed in part from an admission Bolton made to the FBI in July 2021 that hackers – believed to be from Iran – had breached his private AOL email account and tried to extort him over classified information contained […]

Data Breach News, News, Vendor News
October 19, 2025
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Russian hackers ‘steal HUNDREDS of U.K. Ministry of Defence files and leak them to dark web’ in ‘catastrophic’ attack

The Sun reports: RUSSIAN cybercriminals have stolen hundreds of military documents and posted them on the dark web in a ‘catastrophic’ hack. The security breach compromised eight RAF and Royal Navy bases as well as emails and names of Ministry of Defence staff, as reported in The Mail on Sunday. The breach has been labelled ‘catastrophic’ and the MoD are investigating the […]

Cyberattack, News
October 17, 2025
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Hackers Blast Pro-Hamas, Anti-Trump Messages Through Four Airport PA Systems

The Daily Beast reports: Four airports across the U.S. and Canada were hacked to display a series of pro-Hamas and anti-Trump messages, causing flights to be delayed. Videos posted by passengers at Harrisburg International Airport in Pennsylvania showed loudspeakers blasting pro-Palestinian messages in Arabic while flight information screens broadcast messages reading “Israel lost the war, […]

News, Critical Infrastructure
October 16, 2025
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CISA warns of ‘significant’ threat to federal networks after nation-state hackers stole F5 source code, undisclosed bug info

The Record reports: The federal government has issued an emergency directive ordering all civilian agencies to update products from F5 after the security company said a nation-state actor had long-term persistent access to source code and information about undisclosed vulnerabilities during a breach discovered in August. The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) said it “has identified […]