Alicia Hope, Staff Correspondent at CPO Magazine

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SimonMed Imaging Data Breach Leaks Sensitive Patient Information of Over 1.2 Million People

October 17, 2025

A data breach affecting American medical imaging provider SimonMed Imaging has leaked the personal information of 1.2 million people. SimonMed learned of the data breach on January 7 after a third-party vendor reported malicious activity on its network.

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“Payroll Pirate” Social Engineering Attacks on Workday Divert Employees’ Wages

October 15, 2025

Microsoft warns of social engineering attacks dubbed “payroll pirates” resulting in lost wages after hackers divert employees’ earnings to threat actor-controlled bank accounts.

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Discord Third-Party Data Breach Leaks Personal Information, Including Government IDs

October 14, 2025

A third-party data breach has leaked personal information, including government IDs, from the messaging app Discord after threat actors breached a customer support vendor.

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Cyber Security News

Credential Stuffing Attacks Compromise DraftKings User Accounts

October 13, 2025

Daily fantasy sports and gambling platform DraftKings has confirmed that numerous user accounts were compromised following a series of credential stuffing attacks.

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Redis Critical Vulnerability Exposes over 60,000 Instances to RCE and Host Take Over

October 13, 2025

Security researchers at Wiz Research have discovered a critical vulnerability in the Redis in-memory database that could allow an attacker to gain remote code execution (RCE) capabilities and take over the host.

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Cyber Security News

Red Hat Confirms Security Breach in Self-Hosted GitLab Instance, Customer Data Exposed

October 7, 2025

Open-source software company Red Hat has confirmed a security breach on one of its GitLab instances after a threat actor claimed to have stolen nearly 570 GB of data from across various repositories.

Man working on laptop showing cyber attack on Japanese brewer

Cyber Security News

Japanese Leading Brewer Asahi Suspends Operations After a Cyber Attack

October 7, 2025

Japan’s top brewer, Asahi, has indefinitely suspended domestic ordering and shipment operations following a major system failure caused by a disruptive cyber attack.

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Cyber Security News

Months-Long Data Breach Leaks FEMA and Customs and Border Protection Employee Information

October 6, 2025

A months-long data breach has exposed the personal information of the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) and U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) workers.

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Data Breach Hits WestJet, Canada’s Second-Largest Airline, Exposing 1.2 Million Customers

October 6, 2025

A WestJet data breach has exposed the sensitive personal information of 1.2 million passengers after sophisticated hackers breached the airline’s internal systems, locking some users out of their accounts.

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Cyber Security News

Third-Party Data Breach Hits Harrods, Leaking Over 430,000 Customer Records

October 2, 2025

Harrods has disclosed a third-party data breach after cybercriminals claimed to have stolen over 430,000 customer records. The luxury department learned of the breach after the attackers approached the company and demanded a ransom to avoid leaking the stolen data online.

SimonMed Imaging Data Breach Leaks Sensitive Patient Information of Over 1.2 Million People

Discord Third-Party Data Breach Leaks Personal Information, Including Government IDs

Credential Stuffing Attacks Compromise DraftKings User Accounts

Redis Critical Vulnerability Exposes over 60,000 Instances to RCE and Host Take Over

Red Hat Confirms Security Breach in Self-Hosted GitLab Instance, Customer Data Exposed

Japanese Leading Brewer Asahi Suspends Operations After a Cyber Attack

Months-Long Data Breach Leaks FEMA and Customs and Border Protection Employee Information

Data Breach Hits WestJet, Canada’s Second-Largest Airline, Exposing 1.2 Million Customers

Third-Party Data Breach Hits Harrods, Leaking Over 430,000 Customer Records

U.S. Banks are Blocking AI Agents from Accessing Customer Accounts Amid Safety Concerns

OpenAI: AI Agents Turned Off Safety Monitoring Guardrails, Even Lied About It

SafePay Ransomware Breached Over 600 Critical Infrastructure Organizations, CISA Warns

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