The Connexion reports: A large-scale trial is opening in Lyon this week after the discovery of a major data leak at a French work agency Adecco that left 72,000 victims in one of the most serious data-related frauds ever uncovered in France. 16 people are in the dock at the Lyon correctional court facing 22…
Category: Business Sector
Sompo Japan Insurance submits improvement plan after info leakage
Insurance Asia reports: Sompo Japan Insurance has submitted a business improvement plan to the local Financial Services Agency (FSA). The FSA had earlier ordered the insurer to submit the plan on 24 March 2025, in relation to the leakage of customer information. In a statement, Sompo Japan Insurance apologized for “any inconvenience and concern caused to…
Hackers Break Into Car Sharing App, 8.4 Million Users Affected
Bogdan Popa reports: Indian company Zoomcar, best known for its car-sharing model that allows customers to rent vehicles from individuals, has recently acknowledged a data breach that exposed the data of 8.4 million users. The NASDAQ-listed firm revealed the hack attack in an SEC 8-K filing, confirming that a threat actor managed to access its systems and…
Cyberattack pushes German napkin company into insolvency
It is not often that a ransomware attack or cyberattack is wholly responsible for a business failing. With each such claim that is investigated, we sometimes find that an entity was already in financial distress and the attack may just have been one stress too many. Maike Krebber reports: A cyberattack has potentially serious consequences…
Washington Post investigating cyberattack on journalists, WSJ reports
Reuters reports: A cyberattack on the Washington Post compromised the email accounts of several journalists and was most likely the work of a foreign government, the Wall Street Journal reported on Sunday. Matt Murray, the Washington Post’s executive editor, said in an internal memo that the breach was discovered on Thursday and an investigation had…
WestJet investigates cyberattack disrupting internal systems
Lawrence Abrams reports: WestJet, Canada’s second-largest airline, is investigating a cyberattack that has disrupted access to some internal systems as it responds to the breach. “WestJet is aware of a cybersecurity incident involving internal systems and the WestJet app, which has restricted access for several users,” reads a security advisory on WestJet’s site. “We have activated specialized…