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Latest News: Data Breaches

Following the data breach at Western Digital, the ransomware group ALPHV, aka BlackCat, have leaked screenshots of recent internal emails, documents, and video conferences from the company. This indicates that the group may still have access to the company's systems even after Western Digital's

Zane Kennedy First published on May 05, 2023

PaperCut, a popular print management software, has suffered from severe security vulnerabilities in recent months that have been used to deploy ransomware attacks. The software is used by local governments, large companies, and education and healthcare institutions. PaperCut released a statement

Keira Waddell First published on April 28, 2023

The American Bar Association (ABA), the world's largest association of legal professionals, was hit by a data breach in March 2023. It has since been disclosed that hackers accessed the login credentials of 1.4 million members. A notice on the ABA’s website said they had detected “abnormal

Zane Kennedy First published on April 27, 2023

Capita, an outsourcing firm based in London, has released an update confirming that hackers stole data from its systems in a cyber incident that occurred in March. Capita provides critical services to various UK government departments, including the NHS, the military, and the Department for Work

Keira Waddell First published on April 25, 2023

NationsBenefits, a Florida-based healthcare giant, has submitted a data breach notification to the New Hampshire attorney general, revealing that over 7,100 customers within the state had their data compromised. This was due to a ransomware attack on the widely used Fortra GoAnywhere file transfer

Keira Waddell First published on April 21, 2023

Data storage giant Western Digital has been hacked by cybercriminals who claim to have stolen around 10 terabytes of data, including customer information. The hackers are demanding a ransom of a minimum of eight figures from Western Digital in exchange for not publishing the stolen data. On

Zane Kennedy First published on April 21, 2023

Last month, Latitude Group Holdings, an Australian consumer finance company, faced a massive cyberattack that resulted in criminals obtaining 14 million customer records, which included driver's licenses, passports, and financial statements. The cybercriminals have since demanded ransom, but the

Husain Parvez First published on April 12, 2023

Procter & Gamble (P&G) is the latest of many companies to disclose that they were affected by a vulnerability in Fortra’s GoAnywhere file-sharing solution. This resulted in a breach in early February that exposed the personal information of an unknown number of its employees. In a

Zane Kennedy First published on April 04, 2023