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The recent cyber-incident against Canadian pharmacy chain London Drugs was indeed a full-blown ransomware attack, with sensitive data being stolen, and a major ransom being demanded, the company has confirmed. In a statement given to The Register, the company said Read More …
Australia’s Communications and Media Authority (ACMA) has begun legal action against Optus, the country’s second largest telco, over a data breach it suffered in 2022. The watchdog has filed legal proceedings to the Federal Court, alleging that Optus “failed to Read More …
A London council has warned residents their personal data may have been compromised after a healthcare provider was hit by a cyber attack. The City of London Corporation said it is working with NRS Healthcare to understand the extent of Read More …
Microsoft introduced a new series of products, named Copilot+ PCs, that are designed to be integrated with artificial intelligence technology in mind. The company has reportedly struggled with the laptop market in recent months, with sales of the flagship surface Read More …
U.S. mobile service provider Patriot Mobile fell victim to a security incident resulting in the leak of subscriber details including names, email addresses, zip codes, and account PINs, as reported by TechCrunch. The operator, Patriot Mobile, which boasts itself as Read More …
No patron information was compromised in a recent ransomware attack against John R. Wood Christie’s International Real Estate by a cyber gang known as Medusa, according to the company. Medusa announced the attack on its site, claiming it had stolen Read More …
A Texas-based company that provides health insurance and benefit plans disclosed a data breach affecting almost 2.5 million people, some of whom had their Social Security number stolen. WebTPA said in a data breach notice published earlier this month that Read More …
here’s been another large-scale ransomware data breach of an Australian company…this time at an e-script provider named Medi-Secure. Medi-Secure is a prescription exchange service, which offers electronic prescribing and dispensing of prescriptions. It’s not yet known how many data records Read More …
Spanish bank Santander has said data managed by an external party was recently accessed without permission, affecting some of its clients and all of its current staff. “We recently became aware of an unauthorized access to a Santander database hosted Read More …
Someone is combining information on Chinese citizens leaked in different data breaches into a single database, and has so far made more than 1.2 billion records. This compilation of many breaches (COMB) contains plenty of sensitive user information, including phone Read More …
