All news with #data breach tag

🔒 Two 17-year-old suspects were arrested in Bishop's Stortford on suspicion of blackmail and computer misuse after an investigation into the doxing of children following a ransomware attack on a chain of London nurseries. The incident aligns with a September 25 breach affecting Kido nurseries, where a group known as Radiant Group claimed to have stolen sensitive data and photos of over 1,000 children. Attackers posted some images and addresses on a dark web leak site and later removed the files on October 2 after failing to extort the company and making threatening calls to parents. Nursery software provider Famly said its infrastructure was not breached, while UK authorities described the case as deeply distressing and said investigations continue.

💰 North Korea-linked hackers have stolen more than $2 billion in cryptocurrency so far in 2025, according to blockchain analysis firm Elliptic. The total is the highest annual haul on record and is driven largely by a February $1.46bn theft from exchange Bybit. Elliptic attributes over 30 separate hacks this year and warns attackers are increasingly using social engineering and sophisticated laundering to hide proceeds.

🔒 Salesforce confirmed it will not engage with or pay extortion demands after a large-scale theft of customer data this year. Threat actors calling themselves Scattered Lapsus$ Hunters published a data-leak site to extort 39 companies, claiming nearly one billion records stolen. The breaches stemmed from two campaigns: late-2024 social engineering using malicious OAuth apps and an August 2025 campaign abusing stolen SalesLoft/Drift tokens to exfiltrate CRM and support-ticket data. The leak site appears to have been shut down and its domain redirected to nameservers previously associated with law enforcement seizures.

🔓 A cybercrime collective known as ShinyHunters has launched a public extortion blog threatening to publish data stolen from dozens of major companies if ransoms are not paid. The group claims to have harvested Salesforce customer records via a May voice-phishing campaign, and also says it exfiltrated terabytes of files from a Red Hat GitLab server and Discord user data tied to a third-party provider. Security firms and affected vendors including Salesforce, Red Hat and Discord are investigating, while Google and other investigators link the activity to several related UNC clusters and warn of additional token thefts tied to Salesloft. Victim shaming, published exploit scripts for an Oracle E-Business Suite zero-day, and malware-laced threats have amplified the incident’s severity.

🔒 DraftKings has notified customers that attackers accessed some accounts in a wave of credential stuffing attacks. The company says the threat actors used credentials stolen from non‑DraftKings sources to log in and may have viewed limited profile and account data — including name, address, date of birth, email, phone, the last four digits of a payment card, profile photo, transaction history, account balance, and the date the password was last changed. DraftKings said no full financial account numbers or government‑issued identification numbers were accessed. Affected users will be required to reset passwords and are being urged to enable multifactor authentication and monitor their financial and credit records.

🔒 The Qilin ransomware group has claimed responsibility for a cyber-attack on Japan's Asahi Group, asserting it exfiltrated about 27 GB of files containing employee personal data and sensitive business documents. Consumer site Comparitech listed the data on Qilin's leak site on October 7, and Asahi has confirmed an earlier ransomware incident involving an 'unauthorized transfer of data'. The breach disrupted order, shipment and call-centre operations as the brewer implemented manual processes while investigating.

🔒 North Korean-linked hackers stole an estimated $2 billion in cryptocurrency in 2025, the largest annual total on record and lifting confirmed thefts to over $6 billion. Blockchain firm Elliptic attributes much of the total to the February Bybit breach (~$1.46 billion) and linked 30 crypto-heists to North Korean actors using blockchain analysis and intelligence. Analysts note a shift to social engineering targeting individuals and exchange staff and increasingly complex laundering—mixers, cross-chain transfers, obscure chains and custom tokens—though blockchain transparency still aids tracing.

🔒 Avnet confirmed unauthorized access to externally hosted cloud storage that supported an internal sales tool used in the EMEA region. The company says most stolen files are not easily readable without access to Avnet's proprietary sales tool, which it says was not impacted, while attackers claim they exfiltrated 1.3TB of compressed (7–12TB raw) data. Avnet detected the activity on September 26, rotated secrets across Azure/Databricks, notified authorities, and will contact affected customers and suppliers; the number of potentially impacted individuals remains unknown.

🔒 Malwarebytes has flagged a phishing campaign that impersonated 1Password’s Watchtower breach alerts, nearly tricking an employee into surrendering their vault credentials. The message used authentic branding, familiar phrasing and urgency cues, and embedded legitimate-seeming support links before redirecting victims via Mandrill to a typosquatted credential‑stealing page. By Oct. 2 multiple vendors had marked the site as phishing and Mandrill blocked the redirect, but earlier clicks may already have exposed entire vaults.

🔒 Discord has disclosed a data breach after a third-party customer support provider was compromised, allowing a ransomware actor to access limited customer information. Potentially exposed data includes names, Discord usernames, contact details, last four digits of payment cards, IP addresses, messages with support agents and a small number of government ID images submitted for age appeals. Discord says no passwords, full card numbers or CVVs were accessed and is contacting affected users and authorities.

🔐 Red Hat is facing renewed extortion after a breach of its GitLab instance used by Red Hat Consulting was claimed to have exposed nearly 570GB of compressed data across thousands of repositories, including about 800 Customer Engagement Reports (CERs). The Crimson Collective initially claimed the theft and says it received no ransom response. The group announced a collaboration with Scattered Lapsus$ Hunters and has used the newly launched ShinyHunters leak site to press extortion demands, publishing CER samples and setting an October 10 deadline. Red Hat did not respond to inquiries.

🔒 Oracle released an emergency patch to address a critical unauthenticated vulnerability in E-Business Suite (CVE-2025-61882) with a CVSS score of 9.8. The flaw allows remote code execution against the Oracle concurrent processing component over HTTP and has been actively exploited by the Cl0p group in large-scale data theft. Security firms report mass email-based distribution from hundreds of compromised accounts and recommend immediate patching and forensic checks for listed IoCs and suspicious GET/POST activity.

🔓 The Trinity of Chaos collective has opened a data leak site on the TOR network, publishing previously undisclosed records tied to past breaches and listing 39 major global firms. Resecurity says the group claims more than 1.5 billion records across 760 companies and has set an October 10 negotiation deadline. Samples reportedly contain substantial PII and appear to stem from compromised SaaS environments via stolen OAuth tokens and vishing; the FBI has issued a flash alert. The group also threatened to leverage existing litigation and regulatory complaints against Salesforce, which has denied new vulnerabilities.

🔒Discord has confirmed that attackers accessed data belonging to users who contacted its customer support after a breach at a third-party provider, reportedly Zendesk. Exposed information includes names, Discord usernames, emails, IP addresses, messages with support agents, limited billing details (payment type and last four card digits), and a small number of government ID images. Discord says full card numbers, CCV codes and account passwords were not accessed, and is contacting affected users while warning of potential phishing attempts.

🔒 Renault has informed customers that a cyber-attack on a third-party supplier led to the extraction of personal data from one of the supplier's systems. The vendor confirmed the breach affected names, gender, contact details, postal addresses and vehicle identification and registration numbers, though no financial information or passwords appear to have been taken. Renault says its own systems were not compromised and that the incident has been contained, and it has notified the relevant authorities. Affected customers are warned to expect targeted phishing using the stolen information.

🔒 ParkMobile has settled a class action tied to its 2021 data breach, offering affected users a $1 in-app credit as part of a $32.8 million resolution. Threat actors leaked a 4.5 GB CSV exposing nearly 22 million customers' names, contact details, bcrypt-hashed passwords, mailing addresses, license plates and vehicle information. Claimants must manually apply promo code P@rkMobile-$1 (most codes expire Oct 8, 2026; California codes do not), and the company warns of continuing SMS phishing campaigns targeting users.

🔒 Hackers accessed a third-party customer service system used by Discord on September 20, stealing partial payment details and personally identifying information for a limited number of users who contacted support or Trust and Safety. The attackers appear financially motivated and demanded a ransom. Discord revoked the provider's access, engaged a computer forensics firm, launched an internal investigation, and notified law enforcement. Exposed data included real names, usernames, emails, IP addresses, support messages and attachments, photos of government IDs for a small subset, and partial billing details such as payment type and the last four card digits.

🔒 Discord disclosed that attackers accessed a third-party customer support system on September 20 and stole a limited set of user support tickets and associated data. Exposed information included names, usernames, email addresses, IP addresses, messages and attachments, photos of government-issued IDs for a small number of users, and partial billing details such as payment type and the last four card digits. Discord says it isolated the vendor, revoked access, launched an internal and forensics investigation, and engaged law enforcement. The threat actor demanded a ransom and a group claiming responsibility said the breach involved a Zendesk instance.

🔓 The Scattered Lapsus$ Hunters gang opened a public data-leak site claiming it stole Salesforce data from dozens of global companies, including Salesforce, Toyota, FedEx, Disney/Hulu, Marriott and Google. The group set an Oct. 10 deadline for ransom payments and threatened to publish or even use stolen documents in legal actions if demands are not met. Salesforce says its investigation found no indication the platform itself was compromised and attributes the incidents to past or unsubstantiated claims. Researchers link many breaches to vishing that installs malicious connected apps and to compromised OAuth tokens in Salesloft Drift, underscoring a broader SaaS supply-chain risk.

🔒 Renault and Dacia UK have informed customers that personal information was exposed following a cyberattack on an unnamed third‑party provider. The compromised data includes full name, gender, phone number, email and postal address, as well as Vehicle Identification Numbers (VINs) and vehicle registration numbers; banking data was not affected. Renault says the supplier isolated the incident and removed the threat, and the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) has been notified. Recipients are urged to remain vigilant against unsolicited calls and emails and to avoid sharing passwords.