USAF cracks down on ‘need to know’ violations in wake of Discord leaks

Just because you’re cleared for secrets doesn’t mean you have a “need to know” them. After hundreds of classified documents were leaked earlier this year, the U.S. Air Force is trying to ensure that airmen clear both bars before they Read More …

PSNI data breach ‘wake-up call’ for UK forces, review says

A major data breach within the Police Service of Northern Ireland (PSNI) has been described as “a wake-up call” for forces across the UK. A report into the data leak has made 37 recommendations for improving information security within the Read More …

China: Foreign geographic information software collects sensitive data, posing threat to national security

China’s national security agencies have discovered that foreign geographic information system software used in important industries in China has been collecting and transmitting geographic information data with some of the information collected involving state secrets, posing a serious threat to Read More …

Millions of patient scans and health records spilling online thanks to decades-old protocol bug

Thousands of exposed servers are spilling the medical records and personal health information of millions of patients due to security weaknesses in a decades-old industry standard designed for storing and sharing medical images, researchers have warned. This standard, known as Read More …

France bans ministers from WhatsApp, Signal; demands French alternatives

French Prime Minister Élisabeth Borne has banned widely used messaging apps WhatsApp, Telegram and Signal for ministers and their teams due to security vulnerabilities, according to a memo obtained by French news outlet Le Point. “These digital tools are not Read More …

Medical test company’s ‘serious and systemic failures’ led to cyber-attack, watchdog says

Medical testing company Australian Clinical Labs had “serious and systemic failures” that resulted in a cyber-attack that led to more than 200,000 customer health records and credit card details being published on the dark web, the Australian information commissioner has Read More …

Maine government says data breach affects 1.3 million people

The government of Maine has confirmed over a million individuals had personal information stolen in a data breach earlier this year by a Russia-linked ransomware gang. In a statement published Thursday, the Maine government said hackers exploited a vulnerability in Read More …

Optus loses court bid to keep report into cause of cyber-attack secret

Optus has lost a bid in the federal court to keep secret a report on the cause of the 2022 cyber-attack – which resulted in the personal information of about 10 million customers being exposed – after a judge rejected Read More …

Online store exposed millions of Chinese citizen IDs

A security researcher said he discovered millions of Chinese citizen identity numbers spilling online after an e-commerce store left its database exposed to the internet. Viktor Markopoulos, a security researcher working for CloudDefense.ai, said he found the database belonging to Read More …