Australia: Rogue AI agents worked together for months to gain access to government health data

A swarm of OpenAI rogue AI agents appear to have gone on a spree of trying to access Australian government health data, in what some researchers say is the first autonomous hack of a government website. Communications between AI agents Read More …

CenterPoint Energy confirms hackers compromised networks and stole data, and the hackers claim theft of 7.5 million files

CenterPoint Energy has confirmed suffering a cyberattack and data theft, days after a criminal advertised the stolen files on an underground hacking forum. CenterPoint Energy is a large US energy utility company that delivers electricity and natural gas to homes Read More …

Hackers publish thousands of drivers’ data after breaching Florida motor vehicle database

The ShinyHunters hacking group has published hundreds of thousands of files from a Florida state database of vehicles and driver information. The hackers said they published the stolen data on its leak site “because the victim did not pay a Read More …

Revolut confirms customer data breach through fake government requests

British fintech Revolut confirmed that it disclosed sensitive customer information to an unauthorized third party after receiving fraudulent requests sent from a legitimate government agency email domain. The exposed data included customers’ identity and contact details, including their birth date, Read More …

Crypto customers targeted by scammers after email marketing provider breach

An attacker breached an email marketing platform and launched targeted attacks against the newsletter subscribers of some of its customers, especially those working in cryptocurrency and adjacent fields. The incident was a supply-chain phishing campaign carried out through Brevo, an Read More …

ShinyHunters expose 6.4M in attack on medical supplier McKesson

McKesson’s cyberattack last month affected roughly 6.4 million individuals, according to Have I Been Pwned (HIBP). The breach notification service added data leaked by serial extortionists ShinyHunters, revealing the scale of the attack for the first time. ShinyHunters initially claimed Read More …

More than 1 million users affected in Mathspace data breach across Australia and New Zealand

More than a million people, including students, school staff, and parents, have been affected following a data breach at Mathspace, according to the learning provider. The company said, in a blog post, “unauthorised parties had accessed an internal reporting system Read More …

P&O Ferries data blunder as it sends out passengers’ personal details by text message

P&O Ferries was hit by a data breach after mistakenly sending out a full list of passengers’ personal details by text message this morning, we can reveal. A blunder saw the details of 432 passengers travelling on the 12pm P&O ferry Read More …