The Swedish Authority for Privacy Protection (IMY) is investigating a data breach at major government software supplier Miljödata that has compromised the personal information of 1.5 million people.
Nikkei, the world’s largest business news outlet, which owns over 40 affiliates, including The Financial Times, and has more than 3.7 million paid subscribers and over 1.7 million daily readers, has confirmed a data breach that leaked personal information after threat actors compromised its Slack accounts.
The apparently partially politically motivated attacker claimed to have exfiltrated over 1.2 million records of personal information in the data breach, some of which dates back decades and included banking information.
Toys “R” Us Canada, a subsidiary of the American toy giant, has confirmed a data breach after threat actors leaked the stolen customer information on the dark web.
Google issued an explanatory series of posts on X outlining that there were no new passwords stolen, and that any legitimate credentials came from an assortment of prior data breaches stretching back years that have been circulating on underground forums. Much of the collection was built via infostealer malware.
An FIA data breach has exposed the sensitive personal information of F1 drivers, including government-issued IDs, after a group of security researchers breached the sporting body’s Driver Categorisation portal.
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.
International auction house Sotheby’s has disclosed a data breach that leaked sensitive personal details, including financial information and Social Security Numbers.
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.
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.
