Disneyland, Disney Cruise guests and employees personal info leaked

Over the summer, Disney’s internal communications channels suffered a data breach. We now know that as a result of this breach, guests and employees were affected, with personal information being stolen by hackers. Earlier this summer, a hacker group called Read More …

US sanctions fail to deter Predator spyware utilization

Intellexa Group’s Predator spyware has experienced a resurgence in activity following a decline spurred by sanctions imposed by the Biden administration, reports The Record, a news site by cybersecurity firm Recorded Future. Angola and the Democratic Republic of Congo, which Read More …

Mystery database containing sensitive info on 762,000 car-owners discovered by researchers

In early August, cybersecurity researchers from Cybernews discovered an unprotected database containing sensitive information on hundreds of thousands of Chinese individuals. To this day, they haven’t figured out who the database belongs to, or why it was generated and left Read More …

Victoria: Simmering anger from firies over cyber attack details

Two years on from a cyber attack firefighters say their systems are not fully restored and they still do not know if their information was leaked. Victoria’s fire service says it continues to update the workforce about a cyber attack, Read More …

Planned Parenthood confirms cyber-attack as RansomHub threatens to leak data

Planned Parenthood of Montana’s chief exec says the org is responding to a cyber-attack on its systems, and has drafted in federal law enforcement and infosec professionals to help investigate and rebuild its IT environment. This comes as ransomware crew Read More …

City of Columbus sues researcher for sharing leaked ransomware data

The City of Columbus, Ohio, has taken legal action against a security researcher who shared leaked data from a ransomware attack against the city with members of the news media. A lawsuit filed last week alleges that the actions of Read More …

Northern Ireland: Police Ombudsman sorry for ‘distressing’ data leak as investigation is launched

An investigation has been launched after a data breach led to the details of current and former Police Ombudsman staff members being accidently released. The Police Ombudsman (PONI) has apologised for the data leak incident involving 160 current and former Read More …

UK: Watchdog reprimands Labour following data breach

The information watchdog has formally reprimanded the Labour Party for failing in its data protection duties following a cyber attack. More than 150 complaints were made to the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) about the handling of inquiries about personal data, Read More …

UK: Staff details stolen in poultry factory cyber attack

Staff at a poultry factory in Norfolk have had their personal details stolen in a cyber attack. Banham Poultry, based in Attleborough, said criminals had remotely accessed its system in the early hours of 18 August. In an email sent Read More …