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Major Japanese defense contractor breached by ALPHV
Japan Aviation Electronics (JAE), a multi-billion tech manufacturer, has confirmed that it’s been hit with a cyberattack that impacted its workflow.
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Sun Life third-party breach exposes 212K individuals
Sun Life data was exposed after MOVEit hackers breached Pension Benefit Information (PBI), jeopardizing hundreds of thousands of individuals.
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Meta bars political advertisers from using generative AI ads tools
Meta is barring political campaigns and advertisers in other regulated industries from using its new generative AI advertising products, denying access to tools that lawmakers have warned could turbo-charge the spread of election misinformation.
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UnitedHealth’s Crystal Run impacted by ongoing cyber incident
Crystal Run Healthcare, a New York-based multi-specialty medical group, continues to grapple with a “system interruption” that has impacted its network systems since last week.
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Internet outages cost $43 billion a day
Internet outages disrupt countless sectors, underscoring the importance of stable internet access as a basic human right.
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Boeing breach: LockBit leaks 50 GB of data
The Boeing Company, a jetliner manufacturer and US defense contractor, had the company’s data leaked by the LockBit ransomware gang. So far, around 50 gigabytes of compressed data was uploaded LockBit's dark web blog.
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Ace Hardware struggles to restore systems after ‘malicious’ cyberattack
Home improvement retail giant Ace Hardware is struggling to recover multiple online supported business operations nearly a week after its IT systems were hit by a ‘malicious’ cyberattack.
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Henry Schein ransom negotiations fail, attacks claimed by ALPHV/BlackCat
Henry Schein, a major global distributor of healthcare products, is undergoing what appears to be intense negotiations after being breached by the ALPHV/BlackCat ransom group in October. The gang says it will begin publishing portions of its trove by Friday.
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Infosys US unit hit by cyber event
India's IT service provider Infosys said its US subsidiary, Infosys McCamish Systems, was impacted by a "cybersecurity event" that disrupted its operations.
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Insurance broker falls for phishing attack, leaves 80K people affected
The Hilb Group was hit by a phishing attack, and employee mistakes caused its clients’ financial data to be leaked.
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Okta employees impacted by Rightway third-party breach
Okta cloud authentication software provider confirms another breach – this time, through Rightway Healthcare, a third-party healthcare vendor it uses – exposing the sensitive data of thousands of employees.
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Boeing confirms impact from 'cyber incident,' vanishes from LockBit ransom list
The Boeing Company has confirmed to Cybernews that some operations have been impacted due to a 'cyber incident' previously claimed by the LockBit ransom gang. This, as the company and its logo mysteriously disappear off LockBit's official victim leak page.
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Summit Health network hit by possible ransom attack
The northeast healthcare network Summit Health of thousands of medical providers, has allegedly been breached in an attack by the LockBit ransomware gang.
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Over 170,000 patients affected in Deer Oaks breach
Deer Oaks, a Texas-based mental healthcare provider, reported a data breach exposing the personal information of thousands of its patients, including Social Security numbers and diagnosis codes.
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800m Indians reportedly exposed in massive data breach
Highly sensitive personal information belonging to more than 800 million Indians is being offered online for $80,000, according to a US security firm.
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Experts cautiously welcome Biden’s order on AI safety, but risks still lurk
US President Joe Biden’s new executive order – which seeks to reduce the risks posed by artificial intelligence (AI) – demonstrates that this is now a national priority, experts say.
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Western Washington Medical Group breach exposes 350K+ individuals
An attack on US-based healthcare provider Western Washington Medical Group (WWMG) likely impacted protected health data.
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NASCO exposes data of 800K people in MOVEit breach
NASCO stored files with private data on MOVEit servers, which were attacked by Russia-related threat actors.
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Stanford university confirms breach, Akira threatens to publish data
Akira, the notorious ransomware gang, listed Stanford University as the target of a ransomware attack. The university has since confirmed the cybersecurity incident.
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Boeing claimed by LockBit ransom gang
Leading global aerospace, commercial jetliner manufacturer, and US military and defense contractor The Boeing Company is being claimed by the LockBit ransomware gang.
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