Law firm Kirkland sued in class action over MOVEit data breach

U.S. law firm Kirkland & Ellis, the world’s largest law firm by revenue, has been pulled into U.S. litigation over a wide-ranging data breach linked to a file transfer tool that compromised data at hundreds of organizations. A proposed class Read More …

Frontier Communications: 750k people’s data stolen in April attack on systems

Frontier Communications has confirmed more than 750,000 individuals were affected in an April cyberattack on its systems, according to a regulatory filing. Lawyers representing the major US telco told the Office of the Maine Attorney General that data belonging to Read More …

Telangana Police hit by second major data breach in a week as TSCOP App compromised

Just a week after the hacking incident involving Telangana police’s HawkEye app, another app, TSCOP, has been compromised as well. As a result, policerelated data is currently available for sale on online forums. The same hacker responsible for the breach Read More …

MediSecure put into administration weeks after massive data breach

Online prescription provider MediSecure has collapsed into administration and liquidation just weeks after a large-scale ransomware attack resulted in customer details being leaked on the dark web. The Melbourne-based health provider last month confirmed the massive data breach had taken Read More …

Are data breaches the new normal? Should we just assume our data isn’t safe?

In recent days, both Ticketek Australia and Ticketmaster have experienced breaches which have exposed customer details to hackers. They join a growing list of high-profile data breaches that have put the privacy of millions at risk. For example, in 2022, Read More …