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US healthcare provider hack exposes patient records

A healthcare provider has admitted to being breached, leaving patient data exposed to fraudulent use by cybercriminals.
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Medibank hacker identified to be Russian national

Aleksandr Ermakov, a hacker from Russia, was the likely culprit behind the cyberattack on Australia’s largest health insurer, Medibank, the federal government believes.
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Hacker claims 15M Trello client records exposed

Atlassian subsidiary and team management project tool provider Trello has reportedly been hacked into, exposing the personal data of possibly millions of clients.
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Jason’s Deli breach exposes almost 350K users

The popular US fast food chain Jason’s Deli experienced a credential stuffing attack that exposed the data of 344,000 individuals.
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Hollywood musicians follow actors and writers in demanding protection from AI

It’s not a strike – yet. But the union representing Hollywood musicians has now also officially demanded protection from artificial intelligence (AI) from major studios.
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Massive staff layoffs at Riot Games

The creator of “League of Legends” is letting about 11% of its staff go.
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SEC's X account hacked with 'SIM swapping,' experts weigh in

The US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) said hackers hijacked its phone lines via SIM swapping to infiltrate its official X account on January 10th. Meanwhile, one security expert tells Cybernews exactly how this tricky social engineering attack may have played out.
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LoanDepot ransom attack exposes sensitive data of 16.6M customers

Major US mortgage lender LoanDepot announces the sensitive data of more than 16 million individuals was compromised during a massive ransomware attack suffered in early January – yet stops short of revealing what that data is.
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AerCap ransomware attack latest to hit aviation sector

Global aviation leasing giant AerCap is hit by ransomware, making it the fourth company in the aviation industry to be targeted in the past six months.
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UK government now on WhatsApp

The UK government launches a WhatsApp channel to serve as a modern-day town crier.
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TikTok owner introduces LEGO language model, OpenAI not happy

TikTok’s parent company, ByteDance, is planning to launch its own LLM. Last month, OpenAI suspended ByteDance’s account for using GPT to build a competitor.
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Mozilla accuses Apple, Google, and Microsoft of dirty tricks undermining Firefox

Mozilla, the struggling software developer, has accused dominant browser makers – Apple, Google, and Microsoft – of using shortcuts to win more users and push them away from independent tools like Firefox.
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Columbus healthcare provider: we were hacked

A US emergency healthcare provider has finally broken its silence and confirmed rumors of a suspected data breach that occurred last year, exposing thousands of clients.
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Subway claimed by LockBit ransomware

Subway, an American multinational fast-food restaurant franchise, has been targeted by the LockBit ransomware.
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North Face, Vans maker VF Corp admits 35.5 million impacted in Dec breach

Lifestyle apparel brand VF Corp filed an amended breach disclosure with the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), revealing that the personal information of over 35 million individuals was stolen during a December ransomware attack.
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Facebook users monitored by thousands of companies

The scale of surveillance of internet users is massive, and a mind-boggling amount of data travels to Facebook’s ad platform daily, a new study claims.
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Ukraine police to step up war on cyber fraud

With 80,000 cases of fraud reported last year, police have announced a strategy to tackle the growing problem in 2024.
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ELO accounting data breach sparks tax fraud

Thousands of people have had their financial details, including credit card numbers and account PINs, exposed in a cyberattack .
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Mallorca’s Calvià City struggles to recover after €10M ransom attack

The Calvià City Council, which has refused to pay its attackers a €10 million ransom demand, says it's hoping to achieve a "prompt recovery of systems" after most city services were knocked offline over the weekend.
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Drupal advisory warns users to update or risk DoS attack

Drupal, a commonly used digital content management platform, has released a security warning about a denial of service (DoS) vulnerability affecting Drupal Core.
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