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WestJet breach exposes travel documents of 1.2M customers

🔒 WestJet confirmed a cybersecurity incident that exposed personal data for about 1.2 million customers, including passports and government IDs. Attackers used social engineering to reset an employee password and accessed the network via Citrix, later moving through Windows and Microsoft cloud systems. The airline said no card numbers, CVVs, expiry dates, or user passwords were compromised and has offered two years of identity protection while working with the FBI.

Allianz Life July Data Breach Affects Nearly 1.5 Million

🔐Allianz Life has completed its investigation into a July cyberattack and says 1,497,036 people were impacted. A malicious actor accessed a third-party cloud-based CRM on July 16, 2025, and obtained names, addresses, dates of birth, and Social Security numbers. While some reporting linked the intrusion to a Salesforce-targeted wave attributed to ShinyHunters, Allianz Life has not confirmed that attribution. Notified individuals are offered two years of free identity monitoring from Kroll and guidance to enable credit monitoring or consider freezing credit.

ICO: Imgur UK Exit Will Not Stop Potential Regulatory Fine

⚖️ The ICO has confirmed that Imgur’s decision to block UK access does not absolve the company from scrutiny over alleged past data protection breaches. The regulator issued a notice of intent to fine parent company MediaLab on 10 September and says its findings are provisional while the investigation continues. The concerns relate to potential breaches of the Age Appropriate Design Code, including failures to request or verify ages, lack of high-privacy defaults for children, and serving targeted adverts to minors. The ICO stressed that exiting the UK market is a commercial choice and does not prevent regulatory action for prior infringements.

Imgur blocks UK access after ICO signals possible fine

🔒 Imgur has geoblocked access for users in the United Kingdom after the Information Commissioner's Office (ICO) issued a notice of intent on 10 September 2025 to impose a monetary penalty on Imgur's parent, MediaLab, over age-verification and children's data protections under the Online Safety Act. From 30 September 2025 UK visitors cannot log in, view, upload, or see embedded Imgur content on third-party sites. The ICO cautioned that blocking UK traffic does not absolve the company of potential fines while MediaLab may make representations.

FTC Sues Sendit for Alleged Illegal Collection of Child Data

🔔 The FTC has filed a lawsuit against Iconic Hearts Holdings Inc., the operator of Sendit, and its CEO Hunter Rice, alleging unlawful collection of personal data from users under 13 and deceptive subscription practices. The complaint claims Sendit collected phone numbers, birthdates, photos, and social media usernames without parental consent, created fake anonymous messages (some deliberately provocative), and misrepresented a paid "Diamond Membership" while imposing recurring charges. The FTC has referred the matter to the Department of Justice; the allegations remain unproven.

WestJet Confirms Breach Exposed Customers' Passports

🔒 WestJet has confirmed that a cybersecurity incident disclosed on June 13 exposed sensitive customer information, including passports and other government IDs, according to a notification shared with U.S. authorities. The airline said an investigation completed on September 15 found impacted records varied by individual and could include full name, date of birth, mailing address, travel documents, loyalty program details, and certain card account information. WestJet emphasized that no credit or debit card numbers, expiry dates, CVV codes, or user passwords were compromised and is offering free two-year identity theft protection to affected customers. The company said the FBI is involved in the probe and that it is still working to determine the full scope of the incident.

Datzbro Android Trojan Targets Seniors for DTO Fraud

🛡️ThreatFabric disclosed a newly observed Android banking trojan named Datzbro that targets elderly users via Facebook groups promoting senior activities. Attackers lure victims to install purported community apps (Android APKs and placeholder iOS TestFlight links) via Messenger or WhatsApp; payloads either install Datzbro directly or use a Zombinder dropper to bypass Android 13+ protections. Datzbro abuses Android Accessibility services to perform device takeover, overlay attacks, keylogging and remote control, enabling credential theft and fraudulent transactions. The malware is tied to a Chinese-language desktop C2 and contains Chinese debug strings, suggesting origin and potential wider distribution.

Harrods Breach Exposes 430,000 E-commerce Customer Records

🔒 Harrods has confirmed a new data breach after a compromise at a third-party supplier exposed 430,000 e-commerce customer records. The disclosed information primarily comprises names, contact details and internal marketing tags, while account passwords, payment information and order histories were not included. The retailer says this incident is separate from the May attack attributed to Scattered Spider and that the threat actor has contacted them, apparently seeking extortion. Harrods has notified affected customers and authorities and urges vigilance against phishing and social engineering.

Harrods Supply Chain Breach Affects E-commerce Customers

🔒 Harrods has disclosed that some e-commerce customer data was stolen via a breach at a third-party provider, with the retailer notifying affected customers on Friday. The company says the exposed information is limited to basic personal identifiers such as names and contact details and does not include account passwords, payment details or order history. Harrods also said it was contacted by a threat actor but refused to engage, and that this incident is separate from attempts to access Harrods systems in May. Reports indicate as many as 430,000 customer records may have been impacted, in a broader environment of rising retail ransomware and supply-chain risk linked to groups such as Scattered Spider.

Postmark MCP Connector Compromised via Malicious NPM

🔒 A malicious npm package named postmark-mcp was discovered inserting a hidden Bcc that forwarded copies of transactional emails to an attacker-controlled server. Koi Security identified the backdoor in version 1.0.16 after its risk engine flagged suspicious behavior, noting the package had been trusted across many prior releases. With roughly 1,500 weekly downloads, the single-line injection enabled broad exfiltration of password resets, invoices, and internal correspondence before the package was removed; Koi urges immediate removal, credential rotation, and audits of all MCP connectors.

Threat Modeling Your Digital Life Under Authoritarianism

🔒 The article argues that personal threat modeling must adapt as governments increasingly combine their extensive administrative records with corporate surveillance data. It details what kinds of government-held data exist, how firms augment those records, and the distinct dangers of targeted versus mass surveillance. Practical mitigations are discussed—encryption, scrubbing accounts, burner devices—and the piece stresses that every defensive choice is a trade-off tied to individual goals.

Interpol Operation Dismantles Large African Scam Rings

🛡️ Interpol-led Operation Contender 3.0 swept through 14 African countries between 28 July and 11 August 2025, targeting romance scams and sextortion networks and resulting in 260 arrests. Law enforcement, aided by private firms Group-IB and Trend Micro, seized 1,235 electronic devices and took down 81 cybercrime infrastructures. Investigations in Ghana, Senegal, Côte d’Ivoire and Angola identified 1,463 victims and estimated losses near $2.8 million.

Qantas Docking CEO Pay Signals Cyber Accountability Shift

🔒 Qantas' board docked CEO Vanessa Hudson and other executives after a June 30 cyber incident that exposed the personally identifiable information of nearly 6 million passengers, deducting A$800,000 from bonuses and cutting annual payouts by 15 percentage points. The move is being compared to high-profile past actions, such as Yahoo's 2017 bonus denial. Security leaders say the decision reflects a broader trend of boards and regulators holding top executives personally and financially accountable for cybersecurity failures.

Co-op Cyberattack Costs Group an Estimated £120 Million

🔒 In its latest half-year report the Co-operative Group said it expects to lose about £120 million in profits this financial year after a cyberattack forced temporary shutdowns of parts of its IT estate. The company reported that personal data for roughly 6.5 million members was stolen, prompting operational disruption across its supermarkets as well as its financial and funeral services. The identity of the attackers remains unclear and investigations are ongoing.

Cyber Risk Assessments: Making CISO Efforts Visible

🛡️ Cyber Risk Assessments enable CISOs to quantify enterprise cyber risk and demonstrate the impact of security work. They uncover vulnerabilities across infrastructure, networks and cloud data, helping teams prioritize remediation and allocate resources where they matter most. Assessments also support compliance with regulations such as GDPR and PCI DSS, delivering actionable reports that document progress for management.

Mass Exposure of Indian Bank NACH Transfer PDFs Repository

🔓 UpGuard discovered a publicly accessible Amazon S3 bucket containing roughly 273,160 PDF documents formatted as NACH MANDATE records that documented bank transfers in India. The files exposed unredacted bank account numbers, transaction amounts and, in many cases, individuals’ names, phone numbers and email addresses. A 55K-file sample (~42 GB) showed 38 financial institutions represented, with AyeFin appearing in nearly 60% of sampled records. UpGuard notified AyeFin and NPCI, escalated to CERT‑IN when the bucket continued to grow, and verified the repository was secured on September 4.

Enabling Enterprise Risk Management for Generative AI

🔒 This article frames responsible generative AI adoption as a core enterprise concern and urges business leaders, CROs, and CIAs to embed controls across the ERM lifecycle. It highlights unique risks—non‑deterministic outputs, deepfakes, and layered opacity—and maps mitigation approaches using AWS CAF for AI, ISO/IEC 42001, and the NIST AI RMF. The post advocates enterprise‑level governance rather than project‑by‑project fixes to sustain innovation while managing harm.

Co-op Reports £80M Operating Loss After Cyberattack

🔒 The Co-operative Group reported an £80 million operating profit loss in H1 2025 after an April cyberattack disrupted systems and trading. Management attributed the shortfall to £20 million of one‑off remediation costs and £60 million in lost sales while systems were offline, and said revenue fell by £206 million. The breach, linked to DragonForce and affiliates of Scattered Spider, exposed personal data for all 6.5 million members; four suspects have since been arrested. Despite the impact, Co-op reported £800 million of available liquidity and no immediate funding concerns.

Co-op Reports £206m Revenue Loss After Cyberattack

🛒 The Co-op revealed a £206m revenue shortfall resulting from a “malicious” cyber-attack in April after it temporarily shut down multiple systems to contain the threat. The retailer recorded an overall six-month loss of £80m to 5 July 2025 and said sales disruption is likely to continue into H2 2025. No remediation breakdown was provided, although a one-off non-underlying cost of £20m was logged. The intrusion has been linked to Scattered Spider, and UK authorities have made several arrests related to this and similar retail attacks.

DeceptiveDevelopment: Social-Engineered Crypto Theft

🧩DeceptiveDevelopment is a North Korea-aligned actor active since 2023 that leverages advanced social-engineering to compromise software developers across Windows, Linux and macOS. Operators pose as recruiters on platforms like LinkedIn and deliver trojanized codebases and staged interviews using a ClickFix workflow to trick victims into executing malware. Their multiplaform toolset ranges from obfuscated Python and JavaScript loaders to Go and .NET backdoors that exfiltrate crypto, credentials and sensitive data. ESET's white paper and IoC repository provide full technical analysis and telemetry.