Security
Kettering Health struck by cyberattack, scam calls reported
Kettering Health, a major healthcare provider in Ohio, is currently dealing with a “system-wide technology outage”, limiting its ability to help patients. The health organization has also received multiple reports of scam calls.
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Belgian federal police equipped with 3,000 bodycams, emergency services will follow later this year
The Belgian government has bought 3,000 body cameras to equip federal police officers. Before the end of the year, Minister of Security and Home Affairs Bernard Quintin wants to expand the legal framework to emergency services.
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Personal data of legal aid applicants stolen from the Legal Aid Agency
The United Kingdom government has leaked a ‘significant amount of personal data’ of legal aid applicants, as well as crime suspects and others seeking help with legal matters.
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Amnesty International pleads for a total ban on spyware
Amnesty International is asking governments to implement a comprehensive ban on tools that serve only one purpose: spying and eavesdropping on innocent people.
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Half of Flemish companies had to deal with a cyberattack in 2024
Last year, 45.8% of all Flemish businesses fell victim to a cyberattack, a study of the Flemish Agency for Innovation and Entrepreneurship (VLAIO) shows.
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Confidential information of Ahold Delhaize found on the dark web
INC Ransom, the hacking group responsible for the ransomware attack on Ahold Delhaize in November 2024, claims it has stolen 6 terabytes of confidential and sensitive information and published a portion of it on the dark web.
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Oracle contradicts company’s Oracle Cloud data breach
Oracle wasn’t breached by a threat actor who claims to have stolen over 6 million data records from the company’s Oracle Cloud federated SSO login servers.
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Texas man convicted of sabotaging former employer’s computer systems
Davis Lu, a disgruntled 55 year old man from Houston, Texas, has been found guilty of writing and deploying malicious code on his former employer’s network.
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Former Google employee charged with cyberespionage for China
Linwei Ding, also known as Leon Ding, is being charged for planning to steal sensitive corporate information related to artificial intelligence (AI) technology from Google and handing it over to the People’s Republic of China (PRC).
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Dutch National Police takes down criminal marketplace HeartSender
With the help of the US Department of Justice and the FBI, the Dutch National Police has seized multiple servers belonging to illicit marketplace HeartSender.
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Otelier data breach exposes personal information of millions of guests
Hotel management platform Otelier has been exposed to a data breach, revealing personal information of millions of guests of well-known hotel brands.
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UN aviation agency ICAO looking into security incident
The International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO), a United Nations (UN) agency that diplomatically and technically helps 193 countries to share their skies, is actively investigating reports of a potential security incident.
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State of Washington files lawsuit against T-Mobile for massive data breach
The state of Washington has filed a lawsuit against telecommunications carrier T-Mobile for failing to adequately secure sensitive and personal information of millions of consumers.
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AT&T and Verizon also targeted by Salt Typhoon, networks are secure
Both AT&T and Verizon have confirmed they were victims of an ongoing cyberattack by Salt Typhoon. The hackers no longer have access to their corporate networks.
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Report: A quarter of finance organizations fail the cybersecurity exam
Finance companies are responsible for a lot of sensitive customer data. Unfortunately, with the threat of cyberattacks continuing to grow,...
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Law enforcement authorities disrupt two Russian money laundering operations
An international coalition of law enforcement agencies, led by the United Kingdom’s National Crime Agency (NCA), has exposed and disrupted two Russian-speaking money laundering networks with links to drugs, ransomware and espionage.
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Department of Justice seizes illicit marketplace PopeyeTools
The United States’ Department of Justice (DOJ) has announced that PopeyeTools, an illegal marketplace that sold stolen credit cards and tools for carrying out cybercrime, is taken offline. Three alleged administrators are in custody.
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Canadian DPA launches investigation into World Anti-Doping Agency
The Office of the Privacy Commissioner of Canada has announced it will look into the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) for allegedly violating privacy rules.
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Ahold Delhaize struck by cyberattack, stores remain open
Dutch-Belgian multinational retail company Ahold Delhaize has recently detected a ‘cybersecurity issue’ within its United States network.
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Eight Dutch holiday parks forced to remove facial recognition
The Dutch data protection authority (DPA) has forced eight holiday parks to get rid of cameras equipped with facial recognition software.
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