Sergiu Gatlan reports: On Wednesday, CISA warned of heightened breach risks after the compromise of legacy Oracle Cloud servers earlier this year and highlighted the significant threat to enterprise networks. CISA said, “the nature of the reported activity presents potential risk to organizations and individuals, particularly where credential material may be exposed, reused across separate,…
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Hacking group Anonymous targets Russia, releases Trump files
Update: As predicted previously, this one has been debunked already, it seems. See https://www.dailydot.com/debug/anonymous-10tb-leak-russia-trump-debunk/ Thanks to the reader who sent in this link. Original post: The Express Tribune reports: Hacking group Anonymous has claimed responsibility for a large-scale cyberattack on Russian networks, releasing what it says is 10 terabytes of leaked data containing sensitive information…
A whistleblower’s disclosure details how DOGE may have taken sensitive labor data
Jenna McLaughlin reports: In the first days of March, a team of advisers from President Trump’s new Department of Government Efficiency initiative arrived at the Southeast Washington, D.C., headquarters of the National Labor Relations Board. The small, independent federal agency investigates and adjudicates complaints about unfair labor practices. It stores reams of potentially sensitive data,…
Nude photos and names: KU Health and Kansas hospital sued for data breach
Stacey Saldanha-Olson reports: Two undisclosed patients filed a lawsuit April 15 after a Lawrence physical therapist breached more than 400 people’s medical data to target women who’d had breast augmentation surgery and other plastic surgery, according to documents filed in the U.S. District Court of Kansas. The undisclosed patients are suing through a class action…
Maryland Man Pleads Guilty to Conspiracy to Commit Wire Fraud
Minh Phoung Ngoc Vong Participated in a Multi-Year Fraudulent Scheme to Obtain Remote Information Technology Work With U.S. Companies and Government Agencies for Persons Based in China Minh Phuong Ngoc Vong, 40, of Bowie, Maryland, pleaded guilty today to conspiracy to commit wire fraud in connection with a scheme whereby he conspired with unknown individuals,…
South Africa Introduces Mandatory e-Portal Reporting for Data Breaches
Dan Cooper, Benjamin Haley, Deon Govender, Ahmed Mokdad, and Mosa Mkhize of Covington and Burling write: On April 7, 2025, South Africa’s Information Regulator announced a new requirement for organizations to report data breaches—referred to under local law as “security compromises”—via an online eServices Portal. The announcement marks a significant procedural shift in how companies must comply with…