Seiko has confirmed that the July 2023 data breach resulted from a ransomware attack and leaked personal information. BlackCat/ALPHV ransomware gang, took responsibility for the attack and claimed to have exfiltrated 2 TB of data.
A number of Dutch market research firms using a piece of industry software called Nebu have been breached, and the fallout appears to include about two million Netherlands residents. The data breach seems to mostly consist of contact information, but also includes income data.
The White House budget is seeking a $145 million increase in cybersecurity spending for CISA, $245 million for training cybersecurity professionals in the energy sector, $63 million for the FBI's cyber investigations division, and $215 million for the Treasury Department to implement zero trust architecture and generally bolster its cyber defenses.
A significant data breach at Legal Aid Agency exposed over 2 million records, including criminal records and financial information of people who applied for legal assistance since 2010.
Onapsis and SAP say that cybercriminals are actively exploiting known SAP security vulnerabilities in the wild, sometimes with a cyber attack within 72 hours after patches are released.
Digital city services of Antwerp, Belgium, suffered disruption after a ransomware attack compromised IT provider Digipolis, impacting critical departments including police and fire.
Sony Interactive Entertainment has confirmed a MOVEit data breach that leaked the personal information of current and former employees and their family members.
Another social media platform API has been abused for data scraping. A listing offering 700 million LinkedIn profiles has appeared on an underground hacking forum.
The cover-up the security chief orchestrated was outed in 2017 when Uber appointed a new CEO and an internal investigation into the prior year's data breach was initiated. He was convicted on charges of obstruction of justice and knowing concealment of a felony.
Facebook is suing two websites for allegedly abusing its platforms to sell likes on Instagram and for data scraping of private information from users.
