data breach
French hospital fined €500,000 after breach exposes data of 727,000
France’s data protection authority (CNIL) has fined Hôpital privé de la Loire €500,000 ($580,000) for failing to adequately protect patients’ and their relatives’ data. The French agency says that the security failures led to a data breach in the summer of 2025, exposing sensitive data belonging to 524,867 patients and another 202,246 people designated as […]
Dropbox accounts breached through Lenovo email verification flaw
Dropbox is warning some users that an unauthorized party accessed their accounts by exploiting a flaw in Lenovo’s email verification process to register fraudulent Lenovo IDs. Although some affected users did not have Lenovo accounts, the cloud-storage provider said it uses Lenovo Identity Provider Services as part of its authentication infrastructure. This allows users to […]
Aesto Health says data breach affects over 9.5 million patients
Aesto LLC, operating as Aesto Health, disclosed that a data breach discovered recently affects more than 9.5 million individuals. The private technology company provides software-as-a-service solutions that help healthcare organizations migrate, archive, and access patient data when replacing electronic health record systems or acquiring medical practices. The company first informed the public of the attack […]
Novocure data breach affects more than 1,400 cancer patients
Healthtech company Novocure says the data of an undisclosed number of employees and more than 1,400 U.S. cancer patients has been exposed in a mid-August cyberattack. Novocure is a global oncology company with more than 1,300 employees and operations in North America, Europe, the Middle East, and Asia, known for inventing and commercializing Tumor Treating […]
Berlin confirms data theft after Rhysida ransomware attack claims
Berlin’s city administration has confirmed that cybercriminals are attempting to extort the city after the Rhysida ransomware gang listed it on their data leak site. The attack was discovered in mid-August, and the threat actor claimed it publicly last Friday, on August 28. Kai Wergner, the Mayor of Berlin, stated that the city will not […]
FulcrumSec claims Manchester Airports hack, theft of 86 GB of data
The Manchester Airports Group data breach has been claimed by extortion group FulcrumSec, which told GeekFeed that it stole approximately 86 GB of data. Samples reviewed by GeekFeed contained information consistent with MAG’s disclosure while indicating that the breach exposed considerably more detailed customer, booking, and travel information than initially revealed. Hackers claim theft of 86 […]
McKesson discloses breach after ShinyHunters claims patient data theft
Healthcare and pharmaceutical distribution giant McKesson has disclosed a cybersecurity incident involving unauthorized access to third-party applications and data theft, with the ShinyHunters extortion group claiming it stole 284 million patient data records. McKesson is a major U.S. healthcare company and pharmaceutical distributor that provides medicines, medical supplies, technology, and services to healthcare providers and […]
Toy-making giant Hasbro disclose data breach affecting employees
Hasbro, one of the world’s largest toy and game companies, has disclosed that attackers have accessed the personal and financial information of an undisclosed number of employees. Founded in 1923, Hasbro is a publicly traded American multinational entertainment conglomerate on the NASDAQ and owns many brands, including Monopoly, Clue, Nerf, Transformers, Play-Doh, Peppa Pig, Scrabble, […]
Manchester Airports Group says hackers stole travelers’ data
The Manchester Airports Group (MAG) disclosed that hackers breached its systems and stole customer data, including Wi-Fi sign-ups from Manchester, Stansted, and East Midlands airports. The intruder did not access customer payment details, and the attack had no impact on airport operations, the company said. A statement from the company today notes that the exfiltrated […]
Carhartt data breach exposes information of 12.9 million accounts
The ShinyHunters extortion group has published sensitive data from nearly 13 million accounts stolen from clothing retailer giant Carhartt earlier this month, according to data breach notification service Have I Been Pwned. Founded in 1889, Carhartt is an American apparel company with workwear and streetwear manufacturing facilities in Kentucky and Tennessee and more than 3,000 […]