Massive data breach sees 16 million PayPal accounts leaked online

Hackers recently announced on a well-known forum that they were selling a dataset of 15.8 million stolen PayPal credentials, allegedly including login emails and plaintext passwords. The cybercriminals claim the information was stolen in May 2025, and the dataset contains Read More …

Orange Belgium informs its customers about a cyberattack

At the end of July, Orange Belgium detected a cyberattack on one of its IT systems, resulting in unauthorised access to certain data from 850,000 customer accounts. No critical data was compromised: no passwords, email addresses, bank or financial details Read More …

Australia’s second-largest internet provider iiNet customers’ data exposed in cyber attack

Hundreds of thousands of customers of Australia’s second-largest internet provider have had their email addresses or phone numbers compromised in a cyber attack. A list of about 280,000 active email addresses and roughly 20,000 active landline phone numbers were extracted Read More …

US spy chief says UK has dropped its Apple backdoor demand

The U.K has dropped its demand for special access to Apple’s cloud systems, or a “backdoor,” following negotiations with the Trump administration, according to U.S. National Intelligence Director Tulsi Gabbard. “As a result, the U.K. has agreed to drop its Read More …

Workday hit by data breach targeting CRM systems

The US company was affected by a social engineering campaign that bears similarities to a recent wave of attacks by extortion group ShinyHunters. Enterprise software company Workday recently suffered a data breach after threat actors targeted a third-party customer relationship Read More …

UK: Thousands of Afghans, troops and civil servants may be victims of new data breach

Some 3,700 Afghans, British troops and civil servants may have fallen victim to a new data breach, after an incident involving a company linked to the Ministry of Defence. Stansted-based Inflite The Jet Centre Ltd suffered a data security incident Read More …

Canada: House of Commons hit by cyberattack from ‘threat actor’

The House of Commons and Canada’s cybersecurity agency are investigating a significant data breach caused by an unknown “threat actor” targeting employee information. According to an internal email obtained by CBC News, the House of Commons alerted staff on Monday Read More …

Russia restricts Telegram, WhatsApp calls, citing law breaches

Russia has started restricting some Telegram and WhatsApp calls, accusing the foreign-owned platforms of failing to share information with law enforcement in fraud and terrorism cases, the digital development ministry said on Wednesday. The blocking measures, which extend only to Read More …

WestJet says some passengers’ personal information stolen in cyberattack

WestJet says some personal data including information about travel documents such as passports was stolen in a cyberattack earlier this year, but credit and debit card numbers as well as user passwords were not compromised. In a note to customers, Read More …

Bouygues Telecom data breach could affect millions of customers

French telco giatn Bouygues Telecom has confirmed suffering a cyberattack in which it lost sensitive customer data. In a short announcement published on its website, the company said it detected the attack on August 4, and following an investigation, determined Read More …