Cyber criminals claim to have private information of 20 million people who signed up to Co-op’s membership

Cyber criminals have told BBC News their hack against Co-op is far more serious than the company previously admitted. Hackers contacted the BBC with proof they had infiltrated IT networks and stolen huge amounts of customer and employee data. After Read More …

Germany designates rising far-right AfD party as ‘extremist’ group

Germany’s domestic intelligence agency on Friday designated the far-right Alternative for Germany party, or AfD, as an “extremist endeavor,” a move that lowers hurdles for the spy agency in conducting certain kinds of surveillance on the party, the second-largest in Read More …

Millions of users possibly at risk after Ascension healthcare reveals new data breach, potentially linked to Cl0p ransomware

One of the biggest private healthcare systems in the US, Ascension, has notified patients that personally identifiable information (PII) including health data, was stolen in a previously unannounced attack affecting a former business partner in December 2024. The incident follows Read More …

Apple notifies new victims of spyware attacks across the world

Apple sent notifications this week to several people who the company believes were targeted with government spyware, according to two of the alleged targets. In the past, Apple has sent similar notifications to targets and victims of spyware, and directed Read More …

Health insurance firm Blue Shield data breach exposed data of over 4.7 million members

Health insurance firm Blue Shield has revealed a data breach has exposed protected health data of over 4.7 million members. The information was leaked to Google’s analytics and advertisement platforms following a misconfiguration of Google analytics on Blue Shield sites. Read More …

Over 1.6 million customers now hit in massive insurance data breach

More than 1.6 million people are now thought to have been affected by the May 2024 cyberattack at Landmark Admin, twice as many as originally thought. The company confirmed the news in an updated report filed with the Office of Read More …

Hertz Data Breach Included Credit Card, Personal Data

The car-rental company Hertz is warning its customers that a data breach exposed personal information including driver’s licenses, credit-card data, contact information and in some cases social security or passport numbers. The company said that hackers breached Cleo Communications, a Read More …

Court document reveals locations of WhatsApp victims targeted by NSO spyware

NSO Group’s notorious spyware Pegasus was used to target 1,223 WhatsApp users in 51 different countries during a 2019 hacking campaign, according to a new court document. The document was published on Friday as part of the lawsuit that Meta-owned Read More …