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35,900,145,035 known records breached so far in 9,478 publicly disclosed incidents Welcome to our 2024 data breaches and cyber attacks page, where you can find an overview of the year’s top security incidents, the most breached sectors of 2024, month-on-month …
Expert insight from Leon Teale into the implications of this historic data breach The security researcher Bob Diachenko and investigators from Cybernews have discovered an open instance with more than 26 billion data records, mostly compiled from previous breaches – …
The royal family’s website, royal.uk, was knocked offline on Sunday, 1 October by a DoS (denial-of-service) attack. The outage began at around 10 o’clock and lasted about 90 minutes. No systems were compromised, nor any data breached. The pro-Putin hacktivist …
The gaming giant MGM Resorts has shut down large parts of its systems following a ransomware attack, causing widespread disruption across its hotels and casinos. TechCrunch reports that many of MGM’s casinos are “out of action” and staff have had …
Twelve Norwegian government ministries have fallen victim to a cyber attack, according to a press release issued on Monday. It’s the latest in a series of attacks against the country, with some reports suggesting that it could be linked to …
Cyber criminals have stolen text messages, call logs and location data from the popular phone monitoring app LetMeSpy. It’s a cruel twist of fate for the software provider, whose product enables customers to monitor other people’s phone activity. The technology …
More than 100,000 ChatGPT users have had their data stolen in malware attacks over the past year, according to research into dark web transactions. The cyber intelligence firm Group-IB discovered the compromised data within the logs of info-stealing malware traded …
The UK’s broadcasting regulator, Ofcom, has revealed that it’s among the organisations whose data has been stolen in the massive MOVEit cyber attack. In a statement, Ofcom said that a “limited amount” of confidential information was stolen by criminal hackers, …
The Eurovision Song Contest is set to take place in Liverpool this weekend, but amid the pageantry and political jostling, organisers are concerned about the threat of a cyber attack. Broadcasters at the BBC have said it’s their “biggest worry” …
Last month, a school district in Illinois was targeted in a ransomware attack that held its systems hostage. The criminals threatened to release the information on the dark web if it didn’t receive payment within a week. So far, there …
