Tara Deschamps reports: Toys “R” Us Canada has notified customers of a data breach it says may have compromised their personal information. In an email sent to shoppers Thursday morning, the toy store said it learned on July 30 that someone had posted information on the “unindexed Internet” they claimed to have stolen from the…
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Kaufman County’s data breach was their second one in three weeks
Rachel Means reports that the October 20 cyberattack that Kaufman County, Texas, confirmed yesterday was actually the second breach the county had in October. Kaufman County officials have confirmed that a second data breach earlier this month may have compromised personal information, marking the second computer security incident in October. In a letter sent to…
Hacking Formula 1: Accessing Max Verstappen’s passport and PII through FIA bugs
As a loooong-time F1 fan and a breach blogger, of course I had to read this report on hacking F1. Introduction With security startups getting flooded with VC funding in the past few years, some of the biggest networking events have centered themselves around the Formula 1 Grand Prix. Companies like CrowdStrike and Darktrace spend…
Protected health information of 462,000 members of Blue Cross Blue Shield of Montana involved in Conduent data breach
WVNews reports that personal and protected health information of 462,000 Montanans was involved in a significant data breach experienced by Conduent Business Services from October 2024 to January 2025. The state’s Insurance and Securities Commission wants to know why Blue Cross Blue Shield of Montana (BCBSMT) didn’t notify the state sooner. The breach came to…
Hotel and Casino near Las Vegas Strip suffers data breach, documents say
Linsey Lewis reports: OYO Hotel & Casino Las Vegas was hit by a cyberattack sometime in early January, allegedly exposing the personal information of more than 4,700 people, according to documents provided by authorities in Maine. OYO Hotel and Casino, located just off the Las Vegas Strip on Tropical Avenue near Koval Lane and owned…
Bombay High Court Orders Department of Telecommunications to Block Medusa Accounts After Generali Insurance Data Breach
If the court continues issuing such injunctions, the Department of Telecommunications may need an entire department and staff just to respond to these situations. Should the responsibility be on the DoT, or is there a better way? Azdhan reports: The Bombay High Court has granted urgent ad-interim relief to Generali Central Life Insurance Company after the insurer…