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Former cyber executive turned whistleblower accuses IBM of covering up several data breaches
Former cyber executive turned whistleblower accuses IBM of covering up several data breaches
IBM and two of its subsidiary companies were allegedly breached during the mid-2010s, which a lawsuit filed by a former cybersecurity executive accuses IBM of not disclosing and ac…
Court system 'in a shambles' after transcription service goes bust
There are fears mass redundancies at Australia's main transcription service could leave court cases around the country in limbo after it was revealed VIQ Solutions would be wound d…
Ultrahuman says hackers accessed customers’ wellness data via internal tool
The breach at wearable ring maker Ultrahuman stemmed from credentials stolen from a malware-infected employee laptop.…
Ultrahuman says recent security breach didn’t affect passwords or credit cards
Ultrahuman’s user database was recently hacked, and the smart ring company says there was “no evidence of misuse.” On March...…
The worst hacks and breaches of 2026 (so far)
From a massive DOGE data breach and the hacking of critical energy and water systems to the hack of an FBI surveillance system, here are the most damaging security incidents and da…
Healthcare cyber risk in 2026: What the claims data actually shows
Claims data reveals what's really driving healthcare cyber losses…
Password manager Dashlane suspends customer accounts amid brute-force attacks
Engineers' weekends ruined as Dashlane's automatic protections kicked in…
3 AdultFriendFinder security improvements made after the 2016 data breach
The attack exposed the records of more than 360 million users.…
6 million Carnival Cruise customers’ data impacted amid hacker group’s slew of breaches
It appears that Carnival Cruise has entered unforgiving waters.…
Carnival Cruise Just Had a Massive Data Breach
Carnival Corporation—the largest cruise line operator in the world—is alerting consumers of a recent hack affecting 6 million people.…
23andMe inherits lawsuit over 'disturbing' DNA data breach
California AG claims genetics biz downplayed 2023 mega-leak while paying ransom to attacker…
Carnival cruise operator confirms nearly 6 million people affected in data breach
Hackers gained access to "a limited portion of the company’s IT system."…
California sues 23andMe over alleged ‘lax’ data security that failed to protect nearly 7 million users’ data in 2023 breach
23andMe agreed to pay a $50 million settlement in a class-action lawsuit accusing the company of failing to protect customers whose personal information was exposed in the breach.…
ShinyHunters adds Charter to trophy shelf after 4.9M customer records leak
Telco giant says no sensitive data was taken, though names, addresses, phones, and emails are now out there…
California sues 23andMe over 2023 data breach that affected 7 million users
California AG Rob Bonta has sued 23andMe over the 2023 data breach that led to the sale of 7 million users’ data on the dark web.…
California Attorney General sues 23andMe successor for 2023 data breach
Attorney General Rob Bonta alleges the company lied about the breach's severity.…
23andMe Sued by California Over Massive 2023 Data Breach
Attorney general calls the company's security measures "lax" and says the company failed to adequately investigate warnings its systems had been compromised.…
California sues 23andMe over large 2023 data breach
Brazilian Food-Delivery Giant iFood Targeted in Alleged 43.8M Data Leak
A threat actor using the alias bacen claims to hold 43,847,219 Brazilian iFood customer records, said to include CPF national IDs, full names, emails, phone numbers, and credit-car…
California sues 23andMe over large 2023 data breach
Tucker Carlson, hacked on his own podcast, blames mental patients and asks for biometrics
A cybersecurity researcher who runs Pentester.com sat down across from Tucker Carlson, opened a laptop, and read out Carlson's Social Security number, hunting licenses in Alaska, O…
UK Visa Portal exposed thousands of applicants’ passports and selfies — then called the lawyers on us
The third-party website exposed passports, selfies, and the location data of applicants who submitted their documents as part of the U.K. visa application process. Instead of fixin…
The LastPass Data Breach Settlement Could Net You a Big Payout
If you were a LastPass user in 2022, you might be eligible for some cash—up to $10,000 in some cases.…
NHS trust issues public apology to Nottingham attack victims over medical data breaches
A medical director tells a public inquiry the NHS trust caused "additional distress".…
Charter Communications confirms data breach — ShinyHunters blamed after threat to leak user info online
ShinyHunters claims 40 million stolen records, including names…
UK Visa Portal website leaks thousands of user passport data and photos online
Passports, verification selfies and other supporting documents were stored in an unsecured cloud storage repository.…
Hackers allegedly stole 40 million records from Charter Communications — everything you need to know
Charter denies that customer information was taken though…
BTC wallets from 30,515 ransomed databases traced. 62% received nothing
A 5-year census of 65,907 exposed databases found 30,515 carry a ransom or wipe marker. Of 512 attacker wallets we traced on-chain, 318 received nothing. The 9.78 BTC ($753K) that …
Charter confirms a data breach after ShinyHunters claimed to steal 40M customer records from Charter's Salesforce instance and threatened to leak the data (Lawrence Abrams/BleepingComputer)
Hackers claim to be selling 340 million stolen OnlyFans records — but experts are already skeptical on how serious hack is
OnlyFans says the claims are false, so users can breathe easy.…
Complaint lodged with Canada's privacy commissioner over Australian court breach
Litigants in at least 146 court matters were potentially involved in a data breach that is now the subject of a formal complaint with the privacy commissioner in Canada, Senate est…
Iranian hackers blamed for breach of Los Angeles transit system that took weeks to recover
An Israeli cybersecurity firm said Iran’s government is behind Ababil of Minab, a fake hacktivist persona that has claimed a series of data breaches after the start of the war in I…
Trump Mobile probing second major data leak — additional breach allegedly exposes personal info of 27,000 pre-order customers
Trump Mobile website had a security vulnerability, through which contact data was seeping.…
Krispy Kreme’s $1.6M settlement can pay US customers $3,500 – how to claim your payment before upcoming deadline
Doughnut addicts stand to come into some serious dough.…
Krispy Kreme's $1.6 million data breach settlement deadline nears
Krispy Kreme is paying out $1.6 million over a data breach — but the clock is ticking
7-Eleven data breach affects over 185,000 people’s personal data
The data breach included names, dates-of-birth, postal addresses, and Social Security numbers, according to a state government listing.…
Australia’s Under-16 Social Media Ban Stumbles with ID Breaches and Widespread Evasion
Since Labour is laying the groundwork for an Australia-style social media ban for u16s, it is worth checking how the prototype is going. Less than a year…
Forget stolen passwords — this is how hackers are actually breaking into US companies in 2026
Employees using unauthorized AI tools are quietly creating massive new security risks inside companies worldwide every single day…
DeepSeek seems to be leaking random user chat history
Trump Mobile data breach may affect far more than its own customers
As Rob mentioned on Friday, the Trump phone can't be found in the wild: the only models out there, as far as any outlet can see, were the units sent……
A country of 2.9 million people on Russia’s border just had 600,000 national records stolen
Spy addresses may be among the national data records from Lithuania that are now compromised.…
Krispy Kreme data breach settlement deadline approaches. Claim $75 to $3,500.
You only have a few weeks left.…
Trump Mobile is investigating a data leak affecting thousands of T1 preorders
Trump Mobile’s T1 launch is already facing trouble after a preorder data exposure revealed customer details.…
Trump Mobile is investigating how the embarassing customer data leaked happened
Trump Mobile is investigating a potential customer data exposure after names, addresses, phone numbers, and preorder details were reportedly left accessible online.…
Megalodon Mass GitHub Actions Secret Exfiltration Across 5500 Public Repos
A forged commit. A workflow file disguised as a routine CI optimization. Within 6 hours, 5,561 GitHub repositories were backdoored. Cloud credentials harvested. SSH keys stolen. OI…
ICYMI: the week's 7 biggest tech news stories from Google's Search overhaul to Sony's priciest wireless headphones ever
Here's your firmware update for May 23, 2026…
What Is an Air Gap?
Air gapping, or creating an air gap, refers to the physical isolation of computer systems or networks so they can’t physically connect to other computers.…
Trump Mobile confirms data leak, still deciding whether or not it should bother notifying customers
The MVNO that's licensing the president's name from the Trump Organization hasn't decided whether it'll let affected customers know.…
Lawmakers Demand Answers as CISA Tries to Contain Data Leak
Lawmakers in both houses of Congress are demanding answers from the U.S. Cybersecurity & Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) after KrebsOnSecurity reported this week that a CISA …
Trump Mobile has exposed customers' personal data, including home addresses and phone numbers
Trump Mobile admitted to the leak after people started finding that their information was publicly accessible.…
This Week in Hacks: ShinyHunters Hit 7-Eleven, Trump Mobile Exposes Data, and Scammers Target World Cup Fans
Bitwarden is in trouble, ShinyHunters shows no sign of slowing down, and GitHub got hacked (again). It's not all bad news this week, though! I'm here to walk you through it.…
Data breach in name of protest
Xfinity Customers Still Have Time to Claim a Part of Comcast's $117.5M Data Breach Settlement
The settlement claim period has been extended. Here's how to file before the Sept. 14 deadline.…
3 hookup sites that have never been part of a data breach
Experience the internet's hookup culture without the exposure of the most popular sites.…
Trump Mobile website loophole exposes customers' personal data — 'do not order unless you’re ready for your information to be leaked'
Make America breached again…
Top arcade game maker leaks nearly 19 million user records via WeChat mini app
Researchers found a new Elasticsearch instance containing plenty of sensitive data.…
All the more reason to avoid crypto: data breaches give intel to scammers to steal from you
GitHub confirms breach — thousands of internal repositories hit after employee installs malicious VS Code extension
TeamPCP continues its attack on open source projects, now apparently asking for $50,000.…