July 22, 2025 – Gatineau, Quebec PowerSchool has committed to take steps to ensure that the education technology software company’s security measures are appropriately strengthened following a cyberattack that impacted millions of Canadian students, parents, and educators. The commitments follow an engagement with the Office of the Privacy Commissioner of Canada to ensure that PowerSchool was…
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Hungarian police arrest suspect in cyberattacks on independent media
Daryna Antoniuk reports: Hungarian police have arrested a man suspected of carrying out a prolonged series of cyberattacks against independent media outlets in Hungary and abroad, authorities said on Monday. The 23-year-old suspect from Budapest is accused of launching distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks that disrupted access to at least half a dozen Hungarian news sites beginning in…
Two more entities have folded after ransomware attacks
It is still fairly rare for a ransomware victim to totally shutter its doors permanently as a result of an incident, but a relatively small breach in Georgia was reportedly fatal for Ascension Health Services LLC DBA Alpha Wellness and Alpha Medical Centre. A notice on its website dated April 4, 2025 reads: We are…
British institutions to be banned from paying ransoms to Russian hackers
Mason Boycott-Owen reports: Hospitals, local councils and operators of critical U.K. infrastructure are among the organizations who will be banned from paying ransoms to hackers under new plans unveiled by the British government. The move — which will cover all public sector bodies as well as the owners and operators of critical national infrastructure —…
Data breach feared after cyberattack on AMEOS hospitals in Germany
DPA reports: A cyberattack on Swiss hospital group AMEOS may have exposed sensitive patient and staff data, the company said on Monday. The attack, which took place two weeks ago, caused significant disruption across the group’s German operations. The company described the episode as a targeted assault on its IT infrastructure. In a statement, AMEOS…
Microsoft Releases Urgent Patch for SharePoint RCE Flaw Exploited in Ongoing Cyber Attacks
Ravie Lakshmanan reports: Microsoft on Sunday released security patches for an actively exploited security flaw in SharePoint and also disclosed details of another vulnerability that it said has been addressed with “more robust protections.” The tech giant acknowledged it’s “aware of active attacks targeting on-premises SharePoint Server customers by exploiting vulnerabilities partially addressed by the July Security Update.” CVE-2025-53770 (CVSS…