James Hopkin reports: The Sault’s police chief says it’s currently unclear how many anonymous tips received by Crime Stoppers locally were potentially exposed in a massive data breach. Both the Sault Ste. Marie Police Service and the Anishinabek Police Service have paused their relationship with the local Crime…
John Rupolo reports: University of New Mexico Health is addressing concerns after a cyberattack on Monday, with reports surfacing this week that a ransomware group claimed responsibility for the incident. “So what I can say is we’re also aware of those claims by that group,” said Chris Ramirez, communications director…
Eric Weiss reports: The Florida Department of Education says a breach of its student financial aid website may have exposed personal information, including Social Security numbers, belonging to approximately 4.9 million people. The department said staff learned of unauthorized criminal access to the Florida Student…
Rowan Sterling reports: On 20 August 2026 an employee of RIZAP Inc., the Japanese fitness and health-guidance group, was pulling records out of the health-guidance management system it operates for insurers when the data went into a generative AI service on a personal account the company had never approved. The…
Lukas Brandt writes: Criminals using the Amadey malware lost control of about 180,000 infected computers after operators from the Australian Signals Directorate (ASD) gained access to the operation’s backend and severed the connection between the controllers and the victims. “The next steps that we took were to…
Kalleigh Lane reports: If your school district used Frontline Central or School Health Management, your Social Security number, date of birth, or government ID could have been caught up in a cybersecurity incident. That risk applies to some adults and minors whose information was processed through those products.…
David DiMolfetta reports: Searchable records identifying more than 41,000 current and former Department of Homeland Security employees and contractors were published Wednesday, exposing contact information and details about sensitive assignments across the department, according to the organizations behind the release.…
Maddie Baker and Spencer Landers As cyberattacks continue across Japan, companies are coming to realize the great financial risk of such attacks if their lax cybersecurity systems cause millions of peoples’ personal information to be leaked. Times Car, which saw personal data that included the driver’s licenses of…
CoinTelegraph reports: South Korea’s crypto exchange Bithumb is investigating the extent of a data leak caused by a hack of its internal mobile system earlier this week, Yonhap News Agency reported Wednesday. Bithumb discovered the breach of its in-house mobile system — the platform used by employees to communicate…
Sead Fadilpašić reports: Japanese internet giant GMO Group has told its customers to scan their computers for viruses, back up all of their data, disconnect the devices from the internet and then shut them down. The announcement, which literally told customers, “unplug any cords connected to your PC,” was made in…
Grace Atta reports: The Northern Territory health department has backtracked on its claim that only five patients were affected by a privacy breach that led to pregnant women’s confidential medical information being shared with 28,000 followers on Instagram by a “medical observer”. The admission comes after the ABC…
Abbye Alexander, Esq., Henry Norwood, Esq., and Emily Taing, Esq. of Kaufman Dolowich LLP write: Recent caselaw suggests a shift in how courts analyze healthcare data breach claims. For years, defendants largely prevailed by arguing that plaintiffs could not demonstrate a sufficiently concrete injury because…
In previous litigation involving Illuminate (J.M. v. Illuminate Educ. Inc.), the district court held that Illuminate could be considered a provider of healthcare under the wording of the California Confidentiality of Medical Information Act. With that opinion as precedent, PowerSchool failed to get plaintiffs’…
A press release from the U.S. Department of Justice: Artem Stryzhak, 36, a Ukrainian national, was sentenced today to 70 months in prison for conspiracy to commit computer fraud in connection with a series of ransomware attacks that targeted hospitals, government entities, law firms, and other businesses around the…
The Town of Whitsett, North Carolina issued an alert on Facebook on October 22: The Town of Whitsett is notifying residents, vendors, community partners, and other email recipients of a security incident involving the Town Hall email account. DESCRIPTION OF INCIDENT On October 22, 2026, at approximately 10:00 a.m.,…
Nicholas Jones reports: A major cyber attack has caused delays to coronial investigations, with one grieving family wanting answers after their mother’s unexpected death telling Stuff the wait had been “incredibly stressful”. The family has waited nine months and counting for answers after the death and had been told…
October 27, 2026 – Gatineau, Quebec Privacy Commissioner of Canada Philippe Dufresne has opened an investigation related to a cybersecurity incident involving tips shared with Crime Stoppers programs across Canada. The Commissioner initiated the investigation into Navigate360, the commercial organization that provides…