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Experian Netherlands Credit Rating Agency Gets €2.7 Million GDPR Fine for Personal Data Collection

October 27, 2025

Credit rating agency Experian's Netherlands branch has been assessed a €2.7 million (about $3.2 million) GDPR fine for improper collection of personal data, which was drawn from multiple public and private sources that data subjects were not necessarily aware of.

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Europol Dismantles SIM Farm Operation Linked to International Cybercrime Network in 80 Countries

October 24, 2025

Europol has dismantled a large-scale SIM farm operation, arresting seven suspects and seizing 1,200 SIM-box devices containing 40,000 SIM cards registered across 80 countries.

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RIP Google Privacy Sandbox: “Cookie Replacement” Project Officially Terminated Due to “Low Adoption”

October 24, 2025

Google's blog post on the subject simply announced that the 10 remaining available Privacy Sandbox APIs and tools were being deprecated, but follow-up questioning by various tech media sources produced statements confirming that it is all over for the project.

Hacker touching padlock showing data breach at lending platform

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Lending Platform Prosper Leaks Sensitive Personal Information Following a Data Breach

October 23, 2025

Popular lending platform Prosper Marketplace has disclosed a significant data breach that leaked the sensitive personal and financial information of more than 17.6 million people.

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Auction House Sotheby’s Data Breach Leaks Sensitive Personal Information

October 22, 2025

International auction house Sotheby’s has disclosed a data breach that leaked sensitive personal details, including financial information and Social Security Numbers.

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AWS Outage Ends After Worldwide Disruption, But Cleanup Continues

October 22, 2025

The AWS outage that caused widespread global disruption for about half of Monday has officially been resolved, but numerous lingering issues remain that could take days or even weeks to fully resolve.

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ICO Fines Capita £14 Million Over Data Breach That Exposed the Personal Information of 6 Million People

October 21, 2025

The U.K.’s Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) has fined outsourcing firm Capita £14 million ($18.8M) for its alleged failure to prevent a data breach that compromised the personal information of millions of people.

Hands on laptop showing third-party data breach at fashion retailer

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Third-Party Data Breach at Spanish Global Fashion Retailer MANGO Leaks Customer Information

October 21, 2025

Spanish multinational fashion retailer MANGO has recently experienced a third-party data breach that exposed customer information from a marketing partner.

Hacker in front of China flag showing security breach leaked source code

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Security Breach of F5 Involved BIG-IP Source Code Theft, Exposure of Customer Data to Nation-State Hackers

October 20, 2025

F5 has disclosed that an August breach exposed source code and customer data to what it calls "nation-state hackers." The company has not made an official attribution, but third-party security researcher sources are linking the attack to China's UNC5221.

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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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Europol Dismantles SIM Farm Operation Linked to International Cybercrime Network in 80 Countries

RIP Google Privacy Sandbox: “Cookie Replacement” Project Officially Terminated Due to “Low Adoption”

Lending Platform Prosper Leaks Sensitive Personal Information Following a Data Breach

Auction House Sotheby’s Data Breach Leaks Sensitive Personal Information

AWS Outage Ends After Worldwide Disruption, But Cleanup Continues

ICO Fines Capita £14 Million Over Data Breach That Exposed the Personal Information of 6 Million People

Third-Party Data Breach at Spanish Global Fashion Retailer MANGO Leaks Customer Information

Security Breach of F5 Involved BIG-IP Source Code Theft, Exposure of Customer Data to Nation-State Hackers

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

Meta AI Model Joins Hacking Party With Exploit of Third Party Security Vulnerability

AI Agents Turn to Hacking and Deception in AISI Security Tests

Self-Propagating Malware ChainDrop Hits Over 400 NPM Packages in Massive Supply Chain Attack

Russian Hackers Exploit Hotel Wi-Fi Networks to Compromise Microsoft 365 Accounts