Ryan Knappenberger reports: Google began its defense Tuesday in the landmark antitrust trial over the tech giant’s dominance in internet search, with a long-time Google executive warning that the government’s proposed remedies would present significant security risks. The Justice Department, which rested its case earlier on Tuesday, has suggested U.S. District Judge Amit Mehta should release reams…
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Marks & Spencer breach linked to Scattered Spider ransomware attack
Lawrence Abrams reports that multiple sources inform them that the outages at UK retail giant Marks & Spencer are the result of a ransomware attack by the group known as “Scattered Spider.” Last Tuesday, M&S confirmed it suffered a cyberattack that caused widespread disruption, including to its contactless payment system and online ordering. Today, Sky News reported that the disruption continues,…
Former Disney employee who hacked Disney World restaurant menus in revenge sentenced to 3 years in federal prison
When a former Disney World employee was accused of changing the menus at Disney World restaurants, it made headlines. And in January, when he admitted to changing the menus — including information about allergy information that could have created serious health risks for diners — that also made headlines. Now Michael Scheuer, who faced 10…
Florida Bar Urges Law Firms to Adopt Incident Response Plans: A Call to Action for Legal Professionals
Joseph J. Lazzarotti of JacksonLewis writes: In late March 2025, the Florida Bar Board of Governors unanimously endorsed the recommendation of its Special Committee on Cybersecurity and Privacy Law that law firms should adopt written incident response plans (IRPs) to better prepare for and respond to data security incidents. The recommendation reflects a growing recognition across professional…
Ex-employee, firm head booked for data theft
Today’s reminder of the insider threat was reported by Tribune News Service: The cybercrime cell here has registered an FIR against Divyanshu Jain, Director of Divrit Consultancy Pvt Ltd, and Aaina Gupta, a former compliance assistant at a Chandigarh-based chartered accountancy firm, for allegedly conspiring to steal sensitive data of over 2,000 clients and misusing…
CISA warns of increased breach risks following Oracle Cloud leak
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,…