A Dutch IT firm has exemplified a severe failure in data protection measures, following the troubling discovery of multiple hard drives containing sensitive medical information for sale at a flea market in Belgium. This incident was initially reported by Dutch broadcaster Omroep Brabant, which highlighted that Robert Polet, a 62-year-old…
PowerSchool Admits to Major Data Breach Affecting Millions of Students In a significant cybersecurity incident within the education sector, PowerSchool, one of the largest student information system (SIS) providers in the United States, has confirmed a data breach that has compromised the records of millions of students. The breach was…
Massive Exposure of API Keys and Credentials Discovered in Common Crawl Dataset Recent findings from researchers at Truffle Security have revealed a staggering number of nearly 12,000 valid API keys and passwords embedded within the Common Crawl dataset, a prominent open-source web archive that has been utilized extensively by major…
Fraud Management & Cybercrime, Geo Focus: The United Kingdom, Geo-Specific Experts Advocate for Resilience Rather Than Ransom Payment Bans Akshaya Asokan (asokan_akshaya) • March 3, 2025 Image: Shutterstock In a recent testimony before a parliamentary committee, security experts recommended that the UK government prioritize operational resilience over implementing bans on…
Qilin Cyber Gang Takes Responsibility for Lee Newspaper Data Breach In a recent development in the realm of cybersecurity, the Qilin Cyber Gang has publicly acknowledged its involvement in a significant data breach affecting a prominent newspaper, specifically targeting Lee Newspaper. This breach has raised alarms across various sectors, particularly…
T-Mobile to Compensate Customers Following Major Data Breach T-Mobile has officially announced plans to compensate customers impacted by a significant data breach that occurred in 2021, allocating a total of $350 million for this purpose. This decision follows the breach that reportedly affected around 76 million individuals, exposing a wealth…
Data Breach at Reading Cooperative Bank Poses Risk to Thousands of Customers Reading Cooperative Bank (RCB), a financial institution based in Massachusetts with over $1.2 billion in total assets, has reported a significant data breach that may compromise the sensitive information of approximately 24,041 customers. In a filing with the…
Assessing the Effectiveness of E-mail Security: An OnDemand Workshop In an era where cyber threats are pervasive, the importance of robust e-mail security cannot be overstated. Recent incidents have reinforced the need for businesses to evaluate their defenses against increasingly sophisticated attacks. The OnDemand workshop, titled "How Effective is Your…
Data Breach Exposes Millions of Customer Records at Zacks Investment Research In recent news, Zacks Investment Research, a prominent American investment analysis firm, has fallen victim to a significant data breach that has compromised the personal information of millions of its customers. Security incidents in the financial sector continue to…
