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Asahi Confirms Ransomware Attack, Data Exfiltrated

🛡️ Asahi has confirmed a ransomware attack that resulted in an "unauthorized transfer of data" from its servers. The Tokyo-based brewer said it isolated affected systems and established an Emergency Response Headquarters to investigate, working with external cybersecurity experts. Operational impacts in Japan include suspended system-based ordering, shipments and call centers, with partial manual processing underway. The company has not disclosed whether a ransom demand was made.

Renault Notifies Customers After Supplier Data Breach

🔒 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.

Identifiable Discord User Data Exposed in Third-Party Breach

🔒 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.

Extortion Gang Reveals Alleged Salesforce Victims List

🔓 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 Notify Customers of Data Breach

🔒 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.

WestJet Data Breach Affects 1.2 Million Customers Update

🛫 WestJet has confirmed a data breach affecting 1.2 million customers following a June 13, 2025 intrusion, and notified authorities on September 29. The airline says a "sophisticated, criminal third party" accessed names, contact details, reservation documents and other relationship data; WestJet Rewards members may have had IDs and points balances exposed, though account passwords were not accessed. WestJet states that credit card numbers, expiry dates and CVVs were not compromised, systems are secure, affected customers are being contacted, and identity protection is being offered where appropriate.

Android spyware campaigns impersonate Signal and ToTok

🔒 Two newly identified Android spyware campaigns, dubbed ProSpy and ToSpy, impersonate Signal and ToTok to trick users into installing malicious APKs masquerading as a Signal encryption plugin or a Pro ToTok build. The malware requests standard messenger permissions and exfiltrates contacts, SMS, media, app lists and ToTok backups. ESET found distribution via cloned websites and noted persistence techniques to survive reboots. Users in the UAE appear to be targeted; download apps only from official stores or publishers and keep Play Protect enabled.

Android spyware targeting Signal and ToTok users in UAE

🔒 ESET researchers uncovered two previously undocumented Android spyware families—Android/Spy.ProSpy and Android/Spy.ToSpy—distributed via deceptive websites that impersonate Signal, ToTok and even app stores. Both families require manual APK installation from third‑party sites and maintain persistence while exfiltrating contacts, media, documents and chat backups. ToSpy notably seeks .ttkmbackup files and uses AES‑CBC encryption with a hardcoded key; several C&C servers remained active. Google Play Protect already blocks known variants, and ESET shared findings with Google.

Ransomware Incident at Dealer Software Vendor Exposes Data

🔒 A ransomware attack on Motility Software Solutions on August 19, 2025, encrypted portions of its systems and may have exposed personal information for approximately 766,000 customers. The DMS vendor supports about 7,000 dealerships and stores data including names, emails, phone numbers, dates of birth, Social Security numbers, and driver’s license numbers. Motility restored systems from backups, implemented additional security measures, and is offering one year of identity monitoring through LifeLock to affected individuals.

Adobe Analytics ingestion bug leaked customer data

⚠️ Adobe warns that a performance optimization change to Adobe Analytics data collection introduced an ingestion bug on September 17, 2025 at 12:20 UTC that caused some organizations' tracking fields to be overwritten with values from other customers' streams. Adobe reverted the change on September 18 at 11:00 UTC, said the issue was not caused by malicious activity, and reported roughly 3–5% of collected rows were corrupted. Impacted channels include Data Feeds, Live Stream, scheduled reports, and downstream products; Adobe has instructed affected customers to immediately delete any data received during the incident window while engineering teams cleanse impacted datasets.

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.

Public S3 Bucket Exposes 273k Indian Bank Transfers

🔓 UpGuard discovered a publicly accessible Amazon S3 bucket containing over 273,000 PDFs documenting individual bank transfers in India, many with unredacted account numbers, amounts, and personal contact details. Aye Finance was disproportionately represented in the sample, and researchers observed roughly 3,000 new files added daily before the bucket was secured following notifications to AyeFin, NPCI, and CERT‑IN. The exposure poses an immediate risk of large‑scale fraud and targeted abuse across dozens of banks.