Following closely on the heels of the introduction of new tools designed to provide safety enhancements to WhatsApp users, Meta has announced that it has taken 6.8 million scam accounts off the platform in the first half of 2025.
North Korean hackers had their secrets exposed online after altruistic hacktivists breached a computer belonging to a member of the state-backed Kimsuky group.
The 2025 Cost of Data Breach Report is the first major study to survey a large sampling of data breach victims about their AI access controls, so the overall security picture in this area is only just starting to come into focus. Thus far it seems fair to say that control and security are not at all keeping pace with the feverish pace of deployment of AI tools.
Canada’s House of Commons experienced a data breach from a recent Microsoft vulnerability and leaked the personal information of lawmakers and legislative staff members.
A federal court filing system experienced a sweeping security breach that leaked sensitive non-public case documents, including the identities of witnesses and defendants.
A data breach on a third-party cloud-based SaaS application has hit luxury fashion retailers Chanel and Pandora, leaking the personal information of customers.
The news of Google’s own Salesforce hack is also accompanied by a warning that there is now more clear evidence that ShinyHunters and Scattered Spider have formally joined forces, and that ShinyHunters is escalating to launching a leak site to put added pressure on its data breach victims.
A data breach stemming from a third-party customer service database has affected European airlines Air France and KLM Royal Dutch Airlines.
Networking gear manufacturer Cisco has disclosed that a data breach stemming from a voice phishing (vishing) attack targeting a third-party CRM system leaked customer information.
French luxury giant Chanel has experienced a third-party data breach stemming from the ongoing Salesforce voice phishing campaign by ShinyHunters, affecting over a dozen companies.
