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Latest news on data protection, privacy and cybersecurity regulatory developments, data breaches and enforcement actions happening around the world.

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Cyber Security News

CVE Program Gets Stay of Execution With Last-Minute Contract Extension for MITRE

April 17, 2025

MITRE, which has its headquarters in the US, has relied on federal funding for decades. Its contract for the development of the CVE program ended on April 16. The contract extension, put in place just before the deadline, grants it at least 11 more months of life.

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Cyber Security News

Planned Parenthood Lab Services Provider LSC Leaks Extensive Health Data of 1.6 Million People

April 17, 2025

Planned Parenthood lab services provider Laboratory Services Cooperative (LSC) has disclosed a data breach that exposed the health data of 1.6 million people after hackers breached its systems.

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Cyber Security News

Sensor-Rich Technology Giant Sensata Suffers a Ransomware Attack that Disrupted Various Operations

April 18, 2025

Sensata Technologies, a manufacturer of mission-critical sensors and electrical protection components, has suffered a ransomware attack that disrupted various operations.

China flag and server hardware showing cyber attacks on US critical infrastructure

Cyber Security News

WSJ: China Admitted to Volt Typhoon Cyber Attacks in Secret Meeting

April 21, 2025

The secret meeting took place in Geneva in December 2024. The source says that the remarks were "indirect" and "somewhat ambiguous," but were enough to implicate Volt Typhoon and the Chinese government in the cyber attacks that have plagued US critical infrastructure.

Hammer on US flag showing cybersecurity law

Cyber Security News

Extension to Federal Information Sharing Cybersecurity Law Introduced Ahead of September Expiration Date

April 21, 2025

A bipartisan bill has been introduced to the Senate that would extend the terms of the Cybersecurity Information Sharing Act of 2015, widely seen as a vital national cybersecurity law.

Digital brain on screen showing Irish DPC investigation of AI training data

Data Protection News

X Faces Investigation in Ireland Over Collection of AI Training Data

April 22, 2025

The Irish Data Protection Commission (DPC) has announced that it will be investigating X's use of the platform's posts, replies and user information as AI training data for its embedded "Grok" feature.

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Hertz Confirms Data Breach from Cleo Managed File Sharing Platform Zero-Day Vulnerabilities

April 23, 2025

Car rental giant Hertz Corporation has confirmed a data breach stemming from the Cleo managed file sharing platform's zero-day vulnerabilities that have affected nearly 100 organizations.

Data Privacy News

Google Seemingly Surrenders on Third Party Cookies, Even As Privacy Sandbox Project Rolls On

April 24, 2025

Since the start of the Privacy Sandbox project, Google has been strongly pushing to eliminate third party cookies entirely beginning with its Chrome browser. That initiative had seemed to be well underway, but now appears to be over.

NASCAR race showing data breach by ransomware gang

Cyber Security News

Medusa Ransomware Gang Claims NASCAR Data Breach Leaking Over 1 Terabyte of Sensitive Information

April 24, 2025

The Medusa ransomware gang is claiming responsibility for an alleged NASCAR data breach that allegedly leaked one terabyte of data.

Digital data showing Oracle Cloud credential leak

Cyber Security News

CISA Warns About Heightened Security Risks from the Alleged Oracle Cloud Credential Leak

April 28, 2025

CISA warns about heightened security risks from the alleged Oracle Cloud credential leak affecting about 140,000 tenants and advises organizations to apply recommended mitigations.

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CVE Program Gets Stay of Execution With Last-Minute Contract Extension for MITRE

Planned Parenthood Lab Services Provider LSC Leaks Extensive Health Data of 1.6 Million People

Sensor-Rich Technology Giant Sensata Suffers a Ransomware Attack that Disrupted Various Operations

WSJ: China Admitted to Volt Typhoon Cyber Attacks in Secret Meeting

Extension to Federal Information Sharing Cybersecurity Law Introduced Ahead of September Expiration Date

X Faces Investigation in Ireland Over Collection of AI Training Data

Medusa Ransomware Gang Claims NASCAR Data Breach Leaking Over 1 Terabyte of Sensitive Information

CISA Warns About Heightened Security Risks from the Alleged Oracle Cloud Credential Leak

Claude’s Great Escape: Anthropic AI Models Join OpenAI Agents in Hacking Their Way Out of Sandboxes

Leak of Microsoft Meeting Documents Indicates Company Is Struggling to Keep Up With Security Vulnerabilities Uncovered by Mythos

Cyber Attack by Suspected Iranian Hackers Hits 36 Minnesota Water Utilities, Causing Outages

Feds Warn About Iranian Hackers Expanding the List of Targeted PLCs to Compromise Critical Infrastructure