A cybersecurity breach at PowerSchool, a leading education software company, has compromised sensitive student and teacher information across K-12 school districts in the United States and Canada. The breach, first detected on December 28, 2024, resulted from hackers infiltrating PowerSchool’s
T-Mobile is facing a new lawsuit from the Washington State Attorney General over its handling of a 2021 data breach that compromised the personal information of 79 million customers. The lawsuit, filed by Attorney General Bob Ferguson, accuses the telecommunications giant of failing to secure its
The Clop ransomware gang has claimed responsibility for a cyberattack that has compromised at least 66 companies by exploiting vulnerabilities in Cleo Software’s widely used file transfer tools. The gang revealed the partial names of the targeted organizations on its dark web portal, threatening to
Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center (TTUHSC) and its El Paso division have suffered a massive data breach impacting the personal information of over 1.4 million patients. The cyberattack, which occurred between September 17 and September 29, 2024, disrupted the university’s computer
Cybersecurity Researcher, Jeremiah Fowler, discovered and reported to vpnMentor about a non-password-protected database that contained more than 4.8 million records belonging to Care1 — a Canadian company offering AI software solutions to support optometrists in delivering enhanced patient
A SecurityScorecard report released on November 20, 2024, shows that 97% of the top 100 US retailers experienced third-party data breaches in the past year, underscoring critical vulnerabilities in the retail sector ahead of the holiday shopping rush. The report analyzed over 14,000 domains
Maxar Technologies, a prominent US space technology firm, has disclosed a data breach that has compromised the personal information of its employees. The Colorado-based company, known for its satellite manufacturing and geospatial intelligence services, revealed that the breach occurred on October
Cybersecurity Researcher, Jeremiah Fowler, discovered and reported to vpnMentor about a non-password-protected database that contained more than 1.1 million records belonging to Conduitor Limited (trading as Forces Penpals) — a service that offers dating services, and social networking for military
Hot Topic, a well-known retailer of pop culture merchandise, has suffered a massive data breach affecting 57 million customers. The breach, first reported by Have I Been Pwned (HIBP) and highlighted in a post on the cybercrime forum BreachForums, exposed sensitive customer information, including
In a massive data breach affecting Ohio's state capital, the City of Columbus confirmed that the personal information of 500,000 residents was stolen during a July ransomware attack. The attack, claimed by the Rhysida ransomware gang, exposed a wide array of sensitive data, including Social