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Cyber Attack Crippled Hospital Systems Disrupting Healthcare Services Across Several U.S. States

August 8, 2023

Leading U.S. healthcare provider shut down central hospital systems after experiencing a cyber attack, disrupting primary care services across several U.S. states. Healthcare facilities were forced to halt operations, reschedule appointments, and divert ambulances.

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Google Threat Intelligence Group: Some Scattered Spider Cyber Attacks May Have Actually Been the Work of ShinyHunters

August 5, 2025

The Scattered Spider ransomware gang has been grabbing headlines with a string of bold and high-profile cyber attacks. But researchers with Google's Threat Intelligence Group (GTIG) now believe that some of these attacks may have been misattributed, and that the similarly long-tenured ShinyHunters group may have instead been the culprits.

Hand on keyboard showing data breach at insurance company

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Farmers Insurance Hit by Third-Party Data Breach Exposing Personal Information of 1.1 Million People

August 28, 2025

A third-party data breach at Farmers Insurance has exposed the sensitive personal information of over 1.1 million people after hackers breached a vendor-managed database.

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Bipartisan Open Source Software Security Bill Proposed in Response to Log4j Issues

October 5, 2022

The fallout from the Log4j vulnerability has prompted bipartisan action to beef up open source software security. Proposed act would task CISA with developing a risk framework to evaluate open source code used by the federal government, and could be passed on to critical infrastructure businesses.

Handcuffs on a keyboard showing arrests for Lapsus$ hackers

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Suspected Lapsus$ Hackers Arrested; London Group Between the Ages of 16 and 21

March 30, 2022

Lapsus$ hackers appeared to be reckless – posting about their activities on Twitter and other social media sites, and reportedly broke into Zoom conference calls at the companies they had just breached to taunt employees.

Hacker working on computer showing Verizon DBIR on social engineering and ransomware

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Verizon DBIR 2023: Social Engineering Attacks Exploding, Ransomware Doubles in Cost

June 14, 2023

The annual Verizon DBIR provides further confirmation that attackers are showing a renewed interest in social engineering, particularly in conjunction with business email compromise (BEC) attacks. And the average financial damage of a ransomware attack has doubled and is almost certain to cost organizations at least $1 million to remediate.

A group of toy robots showing the surging automated attacks by malicious bots

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Automated Attacks Surge as Malicious Bots Take Center Stage

May 22, 2020

85% of business leaders in a new study believe that their public facing APIs and web applications have fallen victim to automated attack from malicious bots.

Hacker working on laptop showing the extent of underground hack-for-hire services with the unmasking of Dark Basin group

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Unmasking of the “Dark Basin” Group Indicates the Extent of Underground Hack-For-Hire Services

June 25, 2020

Market for hack-for-hire services could be expanding significantly with recent unmasking of a Dark Basin group that has been operating in the shadows for years.

U-Haul truck showing data breach of customer data

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U-Haul Data Breach Exposed Sensitive Customer Data of More Than 2 Million Clients Over 5 Months

September 21, 2022

A data breach of the third largest storage space provider and popular moving company, U-Haul, exposed sensitive customer data in the contractual information of 2.2 million users over five months.

Man using mobile phone connecting to cloud network showing government agencies using cloud extraction tools as surveillance technology

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Privacy International Report on “Cloud Extraction” Programs Sheds Light on Far-Reaching Government Surveillance Technology

January 20, 2020

New report shows government agencies are regularly using cloud extraction tools as surveillance technology to analyze and extract private data from major cloud services.

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Cyber Attack Crippled Hospital Systems Disrupting Healthcare Services Across Several U.S. States

Google Threat Intelligence Group: Some Scattered Spider Cyber Attacks May Have Actually Been the Work of ShinyHunters

Farmers Insurance Hit by Third-Party Data Breach Exposing Personal Information of 1.1 Million People

Bipartisan Open Source Software Security Bill Proposed in Response to Log4j Issues

Suspected Lapsus$ Hackers Arrested; London Group Between the Ages of 16 and 21

Automated Attacks Surge as Malicious Bots Take Center Stage

Unmasking of the “Dark Basin” Group Indicates the Extent of Underground Hack-For-Hire Services

U-Haul Data Breach Exposed Sensitive Customer Data of More Than 2 Million Clients Over 5 Months

Security flaw in Microsoft’s Analytics Platform Titan Exposes 17 Trillion Records

Meta Muse AI Assistant’s Zero-Day Vulnerability Could Enable Attackers to Inject Malware

New Disclosure of “Meddling” OpenAI Agents Includes Attacks on UN and US Government Websites

ShinyHunters Hacks the FBI in a Security Breach Exposing Personal Information of 38,000 People