Hacks and Breaches

1+ day, 26+ min ago   (429+ words) An email-based scam has reportedly led to the leak of Revolut customer data. The British FinTech says sensitive information from a “limited number” of customers was exposed in a scam in which an unauthorized third party used a legitimate government…...

2+ day, 37+ min ago   (385+ words) The digital banking giant disclosed that a spoofed email impersonating a government agency tricked its compliance team into handing over sensitive customer data. Revolut, the British fintech giant, just got caught by one of the oldest tricks in the cybercrime…...

1+ week, 8+ hour ago   (730+ words) Insurance Business NZ Privacy Act notification clock starts as offshore edtech breach lands New Zealand's extraterritorial privacy obligations mean cross-border incidents now land on local policy wordings whether or not insurers anticipated them A data breach affecting more than one…...

1+ week, 22+ hour ago   (282+ words) Weverse Company stated on the 6th, "We recently received an external report regarding service security vulnerabilities. Following our investigation, we confirmed that some customers' personal information was leaked," and added, "We sincerely apologize to the fans who have cherished Weverse." According…...

1+ week, 2+ day ago   (40+ words) CTV News Serious privacy breach could have happened: Mayor Calgary's mayor says he has reasonable grounds to believe there was a serious privacy breach when a city councillor leaked confidential documents this week....

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (1556+ words) The Information Regulator has described the rate of security compromises in South Africa as “very alarming”, saying it has received more than 8 000 notifications to date. At its media briefing on 31 August 2026, the Regulator said more than 1 220 security compromises had been…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (439+ words) Personal data including addresses has been compromised after a major building services company confirmed its IT system was breached by hackers. Contact Group, operating under Contact Electrical Pty Ltd, was listed on the website of a ransomware group, with the…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (345+ words) A large-scale attempt to trigger password resets targeting user accounts occurred shortly after X expanded the availability of its payment service, X Money. Many users reported receiving repeated password reset emails they did not request. X said it is investigating…...

1+ week, 6+ day ago   (1047+ words) X has begun investigating a wave of unsolicited password-reset emails and confirmation codes, although its initial review has found no evidence that the platform’s systems were breached. X Product Engineering team member Mridul Singhai said Tuesday that the company was…...

1+ week, 6+ day ago   (439+ words) According to the company, an unauthorized user gained “access to certain third-party applications and the exfiltration of certain data was associated with a subset of customers within our Oncology & Multispecialty and Medical-Surgical business units.” The McKesson incident is another reminder…...