UK: Police Federation pays £15m to officers hit by cyber attack

The Police Federation has paid out £15 million to 19,000 current and former officers who had their personal details compromised and stolen by cyber criminals. Two huge attacks exposed the home addresses of some officers to hackers six years ago, Read More …

UK: NHS patient data at risk in major cyber attack

A newly uncovered cyber attack has exposed sensitive information at two major NHS trusts, raising fears that patient records could be at risk. University College London hospitals, NHS Foundation Trust, and University Hospital Southampton, NHS Foundation Trust were among the Read More …

Silent Ransom Group Targeting Law Firms

The cyber threat actor Silent Ransom Group (SRG), also known as Luna Moth, Chatty Spider, and UNC3753, is targeting law firms using information technology (IT) themed social engineering calls, and callback phishing emails, to gain remote access to systems or Read More …

Mysterious Database of 184 Million Records Exposes Vast Array of Login Credentials

The possibility that data could be inadvertently exposed in a misconfigured or otherwise unsecured database is a longtime privacy nightmare that has been difficult to fully address. But the new discovery of a massive trove of 184 million records—including Apple, Read More …

TeleMessage, a modified Signal clone used by US government officials, has been hacked

A hacker has exploited a vulnerability in TeleMessage, which provides modded versions of encrypted messaging apps such as Signal, Telegram, and WhatsApp, to extract archived messages and other data relating to U.S. government officials and companies who used the tool, Read More …

Cyber criminals claim to have private information of 20 million people who signed up to Co-op’s membership

Cyber criminals have told BBC News their hack against Co-op is far more serious than the company previously admitted. Hackers contacted the BBC with proof they had infiltrated IT networks and stolen huge amounts of customer and employee data. After Read More …

Health insurance firm Blue Shield data breach exposed data of over 4.7 million members

Health insurance firm Blue Shield has revealed a data breach has exposed protected health data of over 4.7 million members. The information was leaked to Google’s analytics and advertisement platforms following a misconfiguration of Google analytics on Blue Shield sites. Read More …