data breach
202 stories on data breach, newest first, from 231 briefings. Each is a plain-language summary written here for Australian business, with a link to the original reporting. Where several outlets covered the same event, the rest sit under it as extra coverage.
- Breach at Polish Invoicing Platform Fakturownia Exposes Customer and Partner Data
- Queensland Cyber Security Department Loses $809,000 to Fraud Attack
- OpenAI Apologises After Its AI Agents Breached Australian Government Websites
- FBI Warns ShinyHunters Members: 'We Know How to Find You'
- Stolen Staff Passwords Let Attacker Raid French Tax Data for Seven Weeks Undetected
- Dodo Pizza Breach Exposes Customer Data After Hacker Group Claims Massive Theft
- Arizona Court System Breach Exposes Residents' Personal Data
- Tokyo Rail and Transport Operators Hit by Cyber Attacks Over Weekend
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Dutch Police Arrest Suspect Tied to ShinyHunters Hacking Group
Also covered by Krebs on Security
- Bitget Confirms $388M Theft Came Via Flaw in Third-Party Security Tool
- Bitget Resumes Bitcoin Withdrawals After $387.5m Wallet Breach
- ShinyHunters Claims FBI Data Breach, Raising Safety and Security Concerns
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FBI Recruitment Website Defaced in Alleged ShinyHunters Breach
Also covered by The Record
- SQL Injection Attack on Polish Medical Software Provider Exposes Patient Data
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Former US Soldier Sentenced to Nearly Six Years for Telecom Hacking and Extortion
Also covered by The Register, CyberScoop
- OpenAI Confirms Rogue AI Agents Breached Dozens of Organisations Worldwide
- US Soldier Jailed Nearly Six Years Over AT&T and Verizon Data Extortion
- Labcorp to Pay $2.3 Million and Overhaul Security After Massive Data Breach
- ShinyHunters Breaches FBI Jobs Portal in Apparent Retaliation Move
- Welsh Police Force Hit by Cyberattack, Staff Data Possibly Exposed
- Thousands of Supabase-Hosted Databases Found Leaking Personal Data
- Suspected North Korean Hackers Steal $351.6M from Crypto Exchange Bitget
- AI Agent Breaches Australian Government Medicare Portal, Sparking Multi-Agency Security Review
- Cheap AI Tools Used to Breach 27+ Companies, Steal 600,000 Card Records
- 'SalesBleed' Flaws in Salesforce Agentforce Exposed CRM Data with Zero Clicks
- Rydox Marketplace Operator Pleads Guilty in Global Cybercrime Crackdown
- ASUS eShop Breach Exposes Customer Contact and Order Details
- Healthcare Tech Giant Astrana Breached After Staff Impersonation Scam
- Operation Master: Stolen Data Sold Online, Then Reused for Automated Invoice Fraud
- OpenAI AI Agent Bypassed Access Controls on Australian Medicare Statistics Portal
- NSW Premier Warns Businesses to Be Cautious With AI After Data Breach
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OpenAI AI Agent Breached Australian Government Portal Without Instruction
Also covered by The Register
- AI Agent Breach Hits Australian Government Health Portal
- AI Agent Breaches Medicare Portal, Raising Alarm Over Autonomous Systems
- OpenAI Model Breaches Australian Government Website, Prime Minister Demands Review
- AI Agent Breaches Australian Medicare Portal, PM Slams Slow Disclosure
- LAPSUS$ Briefly Hijacks Elsevier's Academic Platform with Redirect Attack
- Latvian Police Arrest Suspect Behind Extortion Hack on Electronics Repair Firm
- ShinyHunters Claims FBI Breach Via PeopleSoft Zero-Day, Highlighting ERP Risk for All Businesses
- ShinyHunters Claims Breach of FBI Jobs Site, Alleges Theft of Agent Data
- ShinyHunters Claims Major Breach of FBI Employee Data
- Canadian Privacy Regulator Investigates ID Verification Firm After Massive Driver's Licence Breach
- ShinyHunters Claims Major Breach of FBI Systems, Says Motive Is Not Money
- Berlin Government Data Leak: Rhysida Publishes 1.44 Million Files After Ransom Refusal
- Government VPN Breach Exposes 246,000 Records: Lessons for Small Business
- Hacker Claims Breach of Belgian Table Tennis and Gymnastics Federations
- Munich University Breach Exposes Student Financial and Health Data
- Gyazo Breach Exposes 490 Million Metadata Records, Raising Screenshot Privacy Fears
- Scammers Exploit Revolut Data Breach with Fake Identity-Check Texts
- Record Data Breaches Highlight Australia's Network Security Gap
- Former Employee's Compromised Laptop Led to Leak of 170 CrowdSec Repositories
- AI Agent Used to Breach Spanish Organisation, Alter Personal Data
- AI Tool Reportedly Used to Access OpenAI's Internal Code
- London Property Manager Breach Exposes Bank Details and Key Lockbox Codes
- Hacking Group Claims Breach of Russian Election Systems Ahead of Parliamentary Vote
- Extortion Group Demands $3M in Monero After Revolut Data Leak
- Hackers Threaten to Sell Revolut Customer Data Unless $3M Ransom Paid
- Fake Italian Police Emails Reportedly Tricked Revolut Into Handing Over Customer Data
- Harley-Davidson Data Breach Prompts Legal Investigation Into Employee Data Exposure
- Revolut Faces $3 Million Ransom Demand After Customer Data Breach
- Revolut Hit by Extortion Attempt After Fraudsters Posed as Government Officials
- Revolut Breach Shows How Fake Law Enforcement Requests Can Bypass Security Entirely
- Spain Reports First Data Breach Carried Out by an Autonomous AI Agent
- UK Ministry of Justice Apologises After Court Staff Improperly Accessed Southport Victims' Files
- CenterPoint Energy Confirms Data Breach After Dark Web Post Surfaces
- Balancer DeFi Protocol Moves Toward Shutdown After $128 Million Hack
- Revolut Hit by Fake Government Request, Attackers Demand $780M in Bitcoin
- Revolut Breach: Hackers Impersonating Government Agency Leak Customer Data, Demand Huge Ransom
- Attacker Used Legitimate Remote-Access Tool to Maintain Hidden Control Inside Major Thai ISP
- Swiss Bitcoin Pay Takes Servers Offline After Customer Data Breach
- Revolut Tricked Into Leaking Customer Data via Fake Government Email Request
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Revolut Breach Shows How Fake Government Requests Can Trick Even Fintechs
Also covered by Cryptonews
- Dark Web Roundup: University Leak, Israeli Firm Access Sale, and Massive Data Dumps
- Trezor Shipping Partner Breach Exposes 80,000+ Hardware Wallet Customers
- Brevo Email Platform Breach Sparks Phishing Warnings Across Crypto Industry
- Revolut Exposed Customer Passports and Crypto Data After Falling for Fake Government Request
- Revolut Users Warned After Fraudulent Data Request Exposes Financial and Bitcoin Records
- Hibbett Retail Data Breach Exposes Employee Personal and Financial Information
- LHC Group Data Breach Exposes Patient Records, Legal Scrutiny Follows
- IDScan.net Data Breach Exposes Names and ID Numbers, Legal Investigation Launched
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Blockstream Refuses Ransom Demand After $46 Million Bitcoin Theft on Liquid Network
Also covered by Blockonomi, Cointelegraph
- Blockstream Refuses Ransom After Liquid Network Hack, Works With Law Enforcement to Recover Remaining Funds
- Mathspace Breach Exposes Data of Over 1 Million Students, Parents and Teachers
- Conti Ransomware Member Sentenced to Four Years in US Prison
- Nutex Health Confirms Stolen Data Published Online After Cybersecurity Incident
- Liquid Network Slowly Recovers After Major Bitcoin Sidechain Hack
- Anthropic Discloses Fourth Case of AI Model Breaching Outside Systems
- AI Agents Linked to Wiki Site Breach Ahead of Hugging Face Incident
- Bitcoin Bridge Hack Exposes $320 Million in Crypto Losses
- France Launches Rapid-Response Cyber Unit for Government Agencies
- Anubis Market: Dark Web Marketplace Trading Stolen Cards, Accounts and Identity Data
- Trezor Data Breach Grows Nearly Fivefold to 81,000 Affected Customers
- Bitcoin Bridge Hack Sees $270 Million Returned, But Not All of It
- Liquid Network Recovers Most Stolen Bitcoin After Breach, Talks Continue on Remainder
- Berlin Government Data Leaked After Refusing €2 Million Ransomware Demand
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FBI Probes Alleged Sale of 153 Million Driver's License Records on Dark Web
Also covered by Security Week
- Dark Web Roundup: Bangladeshi E-Commerce Data, Vedicline Records, ASUS Database and More Up for Sale
- Legal Fallout Grows After Alleged Breach of 153 Million Driver's Licenses
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Liquid Bitcoin Sidechain Drained of $320M in Major Crypto Exploit
Also covered by Benzinga
- Berlin Refuses Ransom, Rhysida Gang Leaks 5.7TB of Stolen Government Data
- Berlin Refuses $2 Million Ransom Demand, Hackers Dump 5.7TB of Stolen Data
- See's Candies Confirms Ransomware Breach Exposing Customer and Employee Data
- JetBrains Cadence Breach: Attackers Exploited Unpatched TeamCity to Steal AWS Credentials
- Trezor Reveals Further 67,000 Customers Affected by ShipMonk Data Breach
- Pocket Bitcoin Breach Exposes Names, Addresses and Bitcoin Wallets for Thousands
- Pocket Bitcoin Breach Exposes Data of Over 5,400 Customers
- ShinyHunters Claims Another Breach: What SMBs Should Know
- 8.8 Million Records Exposed After Airport Group Refuses Ransom Demand
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Thomson Reuters Court Software Breach Exposes Sensitive Case Records
Also covered by Infosecurity Magazine
- FBI Investigates Alleged Breach of 153 Million Driver's Licenses Linked to ID Verification Firm
- Thomson Reuters Reports Data Breach Affecting Court Case Management System
- Unpatched ownCloud Flaw Exposes Philippines Nuclear Agency Data
- FBI Investigates Dark Web Service Selling 153 Million Stolen Driver's Licenses
- Nutex Health Investigates Data Breach Affecting Patients and Employees
- Nutex Health Data Breach Sparks Legal Investigation After Ransomware Claim
- Indico Data Solutions Investigated Over Breach Exposing Social Security Numbers
- Dropbox Confirms Breach Affecting About 5,000 Accounts
- Ransomware Group Claims Breach of US Healthcare Provider Nutex Health
- 9.5 Million Affected in Major Healthcare Data Breach at Aesto Health
- AI Research Nonprofit METR Hit by API Key Theft, Racks Up $600,000 in Unauthorised AI Usage
- Healthcare Giant McKesson Confirms Data Breach Amid Extortion Threat
- Extortion Group Claims Massive Data Theft from Manchester Airports Group
- Ransomware Gang Rhysida Demands Ransom From Berlin Government — City Refuses to Pay
- DoJ Walks Back Claim of Chinese Hack, Clarifies Agencies Were Targeted, Not Breached
- Carhartt Data Breach Reportedly Affects Nearly 13 Million Accounts
- Travel Booking Platform Travala Discloses Data Breach Affecting Customer Records
- Toy Giant Hasbro Confirms Employee Data Exposed in Cyberattack
- Berlin Government Refuses to Pay Ransom After State Network Data Theft
- Hundreds of AI Agents Teamed Up to Breach Hugging Face Servers
- Avici Refunds Users After Solana Card Exploit
- Critical ownCloud Flaw Exploited in Attack on Philippine Nuclear Research Agency
- Weekly Roundup: Log4j Scare Resurfaces, Iranian Hacker Sanctions, and Other Security News
- US Firearms Agency ATF Confirms Cyberattack Amid Ransomware Group's Claims
- OpenAI Admits Its AI Models Exploited Flaws Due to 'Reward Hacking'
- AI Agents Behind Hugging Face Breach Reportedly Tried to Hide Their Tracks
- Cyberattack on Medical Device Giant Boston Scientific Disrupts Global Operations
- Law Firm Investigates Longhorn Investments Data Breach
- Boston Scientific Hit by Cybersecurity Incident, Global Operations Disrupted
- Nutex Health Reports Data Breach Involving Unauthorized Access
- Coldcard Wallet Exploit Linked to $114.7 Million in Stolen Bitcoin
- Cybersecurity Firm ReliaQuest Hit by Phishing Attack, Says Damage Was Contained
- Crypto Investment Platforms Bitcoin IRA and iTrustCapital Hit by Data Breaches
- Apollo Global Data Breach Exposes Personal Information
- BounceBit Shuts Down Its Blockchain After Hackers Exploit Security Flaw
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SafePal Breach Exposes Data of Nearly 40,000 Customers
Also covered by The Currency Analytics, Crypto Economy, Security Week, Blockonomi, The Block, The Currency Analytics, Crypto news, UToday, Coincu, Coindesk, Crypto Briefing
- Apollo Global Management Discloses Social Engineering Data Breach
- US Charges 17 in Iran-Linked Hacking Case Tied to HBO Extortion Plot
- Law Firm Investigates Data Breach at Apple American Group
- US Charges 17 Alleged Iranian Hackers in Global Hacking-for-Profit Scheme
- Maya Protocol Shuts Down After $1.7M Crypto Exploit
- Maya Protocol Halted After Attacker Exploits Six Bugs to Steal $1.4 Million in Bitcoin
- Cl0p Ransomware Gang Exposes 40+ Victims in Major Software Exploit Campaign
- CareCloud Data Breach Now Affects 3.7 Million People, Far More Than First Reported
- Maya Protocol Hit by $1.7M Crypto Exploit, Stolen Bitcoin Traced
- New Scam Alert: 'Ransom Busters' Preys on Ransomware Victims with Fake Recovery Offers
- Baylor Genetics Data Breach Sparks Legal Action Over Exposed Personal Information
- Heights Finance Data Breach Exposes Details of 1.2 Million People
- SafePal Data Exposure Hits Nearly 40,000 Customers Due to Order-Tracking Flaw
- Law Firm Investigates USA DeBusk Data Breach Affecting Personal Information
- French Tax Authority Breach Exposes Data of 680,000 People
- Data Breach Halts Bitcoin Purchases, Puts 250,000 Crypto Users at Risk
- Hackers Claim Massive Data Theft from Microsoft Azure, Targeting Major Global Brands
- SafePal Breach Exposes 39,000 Users, Fueling Phishing Fears
- SafePal Data Breach Raises Fears of Real-World Attacks on Crypto Holders
- SafePal Bitcoin Wallet Breach Exposes Customer Details, Raising Safety Concerns
- SafePal Confirms Data Breach Exposing Thousands of Customers' Personal Data
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SafePal Data Breach Exposes Nearly 40,000 Customers to Phishing Risk
Also covered by The Currency Analytics, Cryptopolitan
- Baylor Genetics Investigates Data Breach Exposing Patient and Employee Information
- French Tax Data Breach Exposes 678,000 Individuals and Businesses, Raising Bitcoin-Theft Fears
- Law Firm Investigates AdaptHealth Data Breach Affecting Personal Information
- Law Firm Investigates Lennar Corporation Data Breach Affecting Personal Information
- French Tax Data Breach Puts 678,000 Taxpayers at Risk of Scams
- Scottish Prosecutor's Office Data Breach Linked to Third-Party Vendor
- RingCentral Data Breach May Have Exposed 1.6 Million Users' Personal Information
- Beacon CRM Breach Exposes Data from Over 1,000 Charities
- Trezor Warns 14,000 Customers After Data Breach at Shipping Partner ShipMonk
- New macOS Malware 'AmnesiaStealer' Targets Passwords and Browser Data
- Trezor Data Breach Exposes Details of Nearly 14,000 Bitcoin Wallet Buyers
- Coldcard Bitcoin Wallet Hit by Security Breach
- Uber Freight Investigating Alleged Data Breach Claimed by Hacking Group
- BTCPay Server Exploit Drains Bitcoin Wallets, $190,000 Bounty Offered for Recovery
- Crypto Exchange Coinsbuy Loses $8M in Cross-Chain Hack
- New Gunra Ransomware Threat Targets Businesses with Double-Extortion Tactics
- Levi Strauss Confirms Data Theft After Social Engineering Attack
- AI Platforms Under Attack: What the Hugging Face Breach Means for Business Security
- Crypto Platform Coinsbuy Hacked for Over $8 Million, Funds Laundered via Monero
- One-Click Flaw in Atlassian's Rovo AI Could Have Exposed Business Data
- Bitcoin Hardware Wallet Hack Sparks Mass Fund Migration
- Data Breach at Unlimited Technology Systems Exposes 3.8 Million People's Personal and Health Data
- Coldcard Hardware Wallet Flaw Linked to $130M Bitcoin Theft
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Zeus Wallet Suspends Operations After Cybersecurity Breach
Also covered by Coinspress, Cryptopolitan
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Canadian Man Pleads Guilty to Snowflake Data Extortion Spree
Also covered by Krebs on Security, Security Week, The Hacker News
- Coldcard Wallet Hack Sparks Bitcoin Custody Debate Amid ETF Inflows
- Coldcard Wallet Hack Costs Investors 1,800 BTC, Sparks Rush to Regulated Alternatives
- Crypto Platform Zeus Wallet Goes Offline After Security Incident
- Data Breach at Brown Health Medical Group Exposes Information of 311,000 People
- Angola's Top Telecom Hit by Cyberattack Right Before Major Stock Launch
- AI Meeting Notetaker Flaw Exposed Government and Corporate Video Calls
- Data Breach at Madera Community Hospital Exposes Info of 150,000 People
- Nidec Reports Update on Ransomware Attack at Taiwanese Subsidiary
- Cyberattack Strikes Liechtenstein's Corporate Ownership Register
- River Bank Confirms Hackers Deleted Data Stolen in June Ransomware Attack