Critical Infrastructure, Data Breach News, News
July 31, 2025
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Zscaler warns that ransomware attacks on oil and gas surge 935%, as critical sectors targeted

Industrial Cyber reports: New data from Zscaler shows that manufacturing, technology, and healthcare remain the most frequently targeted sectors, representing high-stakes environments that are ripe for extortion and leverage, where disruption can yield maximum leverage for attackers. Meanwhile, ransomware attacks on the oil and gas industry surged 935.3% year-over-year, likely fueled by a growing reliance on automation across rigs, pipelines, […]

Data Breach News, News
July 30, 2025
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Inc Ransomware Claims 1.2TB Data Breach at Dollar Tree (UPDATED WITH CORRECTION)

Update and Correction of July 31: Dollar Tree has firmly denied any breach and states that the breach was a breach of 99 Cents Only Stores. Dollar Tree’s involvement with the bankrupt discount chain was limited and “did not acquire their corporate entity, systems/network, or data. Any allegation of Dollar Tree’s involvement is inaccurate.” HackRead […]

Data Breach News, News
July 29, 2025
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Orange, France’s largest telecoms company, hit by cyberattack

The Record reports: Orange, one of France’s largest companies and among the biggest mobile service providers in both Europe and Africa, announced on Monday detecting a cyberattack affecting one of its internal systems. The company — which serves a customer base of more than 290 million people, and has retail, business and enterprise clients — […]

Data Breach News, Malware Ransomware, News
July 29, 2025
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NASCAR confirms data breach after hackers ‘demanded $4m ransom’

NASCAR has confirmed it was the victim of a data breach after hackers demanded a $4million ransom following a ransomware attack. The racing organization says it suffered the breach between March 31, 2025 and April 3, 2025. Correspondence with multiple state regulators this week (including this example from New Hampshire) confirms the data breach, and says […]

Data Breach News, Insurance News, News
July 26, 2025
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Allianz Life says ‘majority’ of customers’ personal data stolen in cyberattack

TechCrunch reports: U.S. insurance giant Allianz Life has confirmed to TechCrunch that hackers stole the personal information of the “majority” of its customers, financial professionals, and employees during a mid-July data breach. The company disclosed the data breach on Saturday in a legally required filing with Maine’s attorney general, but did not immediately provide a number of […]

Malware Ransomware, News
July 25, 2025
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BlackSuit Ransomware Group’s Dark Web Sites Seized in Operation Checkmate

InfoSecurity Magazine reports: BlackSuit’s dark web data leak site and private negotiation panels have been taken offline in what appears to be a large-scale law enforcement operation. On July 24, the ransomware group’s leading site, usually accessible via The Onion Router (TOR), displayed a banner stating, “This site has been seized by U.S. Homeland Security […]

Data Breach News, Legal News, News, Vendor News
July 24, 2025
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Clorox lawsuit says help-desk contractors handed over passwords in 2023 cyberattack

The Record reports: Cleaning product giant Clorox has filed a lawsuit against Cognizant, a company it hired to operate its IT services call-in help desk, accusing the contractor of being directly responsible for a 2023 cyberattack that cost hundreds of millions. The case, filed on Tuesday in California Superior Court, alleges that contractors working for […]

Data Breach News, Legal News, News
July 23, 2025
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Major Russian-language hacking forum administrator arrested; forum seized

Help Net Security reports that an alleged administrator of xss.is, a dominant Russian-speaking cybercrime forum, was arrested in Kyiv, Ukraine, on 22 July. The takedown followed a long-running investigation led by the French Police and Paris Prosecutor, in close cooperation with Ukrainian authorities and Europol. As Help Net summarizes the allegations: The forum’s administrator is […]

Data Breach News, Healthcare, News
July 23, 2025
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Major European healthcare network discloses security breach

Bleeping Computer reports: AMEOS Group, an operator of a massive healthcare network in Central Europe, has announced it has suffered a security breach that may have exposed customer, employee, and partner information. The organization published a statement on its website, as required by Article 34 of the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), which mandates a […]