Latest News: Data Breaches

TalkTalk, a major UK telecom provider, is investigating a data breach involving the potential theft of personal information belonging to millions of its customers. The breach reportedly originated from a third-party supplier's system and was discovered on January 21. A hacker operating under the

After a recent PowerSchool data breach, affected school districts have confirmed that hackers accessed all historical student and teacher records, exposing decades of sensitive data. As reported earlier, PowerSchool first became aware of the breach in late December, publicly disclosing it on 8

A massive security breach has exposed sensitive data from over 15,000 FortiGate firewall devices. Hackers from the newly emerged “Belsen Group” leaked configuration files, IP addresses, and VPN credentials on the dark web, making the information freely available to other

A major data breach has compromised Gravy Analytics — a company that collects and sells smartphone location data — potentially exposing millions of users. Hackers claim to have stolen over 17 terabytes of sensitive data, including customer lists, industry insights, and precise location data of

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