Data Breaches

The warning is a rare admission from the FBI about the threat from fake emergency data requests submitted by hackers with access to police email accounts.

The mobile device maker continues to investigate IntelBroker's claims of another high-profile data breach, with the cybercriminal group posting on BreachForums internal data allegedly stolen from Nokia through a third-party contractor.

Nokia is investigating whether a third-party vendor was breached after a hacker claimed to be selling the company's stolen source code.

​The City of Columbus, Ohio, notified 500,000 individuals that a ransomware gang stole their personal and financial information in a July 2024 cyberattack.

Schneider Electric has confirmed a developer platform was breached after a threat actor claimed to steal 40GB of data from the company's JIRA server.

The Housing Authority of the City of Los Angeles (HACLA), one of the largest public housing authorities in the United States, confirmed that a cyberattack hit its IT network after recent breach claims from the Cactus ransomware gang.

​Interbank, one of Peru's leading financial institutions, has confirmed a data breach after a threat actor who hacked into its systems leaked stolen data online.

Politicians in Italy have called for better protection of citizens' online data following a probe into a hacking scheme that allegedly breached law enforcement, tax authority and other sensitive public data.

Free, a major internet service provider (ISP) in France, confirmed over the weekend that hackers breached its systems and stole customer personal information.

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A cybersecurity researcher discovered a massive data leak exposing over 115,000 sensitive documents associated with the UN Trust Fund to End Violence against Women. The leaked data includes personal information, financial records, and victim testimonies, posing a serious risk to privacy and security.

UnitedHealth, the largest U.S. health insurance provider, blamed a Russia-based ransomware gang for the huge data breach of U.S. medical data.

Henry Schein has finally disclosed a data breach following at least two back-to-back cyberattacks in 2023 by the BlackCat Ransomware gang, revealing that over 160,000 people had their personal information stolen.

Insurance administrative services company Landmark Admin warns that a data breach impacts over 800,000 people from a May cyberattack.

The Internet Archive was breached again, this time on their Zendesk email support platform after repeated warnings that threat actors stole exposed GitLab authentication tokens.

Nidec Corporation is informing that hackers behind a ransomware attack is suffered earlier this year stole data and leaked it on the dark web.

The BianLian ransomware group has claimed the cyberattack on Boston Children's Health Physicians (BCHP) and threatens to leak stolen files unless a ransom is paid.

The bankrupt company may not see any consequences.

Insurance giant Globe Life says an unknown threat actor attempted to extort money in exchange for not publishing data stolen from the company's systems earlier this year.

Cisco has confirmed to BleepingComputer that it is investigating recent claims that it suffered a breach after a threat actor began selling allegedly stolen data on a hacking forum.

A ransomware and extortion racket called Underground has claimed responsibility for the breach on its dark web leak site, which TechCrunch has seen.

Japanese video game developer Game Freak has confirmed it suffered a cyberattack in August after source code and game designs for unpublished games were leaked online.

A recent data breach is not the only way that Internet Archive users have been left vulnerable online.

Jerico Pictures, the data brokerage company operating as National Public Data, recently filed for bankruptcy in the Southern District of Florida. The organization was compromised by a cybercriminal group known as "USDoD," which listed a massive trove of personal information for sale on the dark web at the discounted price of $3.5 million.