Caroline Byrne writes: One in five U.S. law firms were targeted in a cyberattack in the past year and nearly one in 10 lost data or suffered exposure, according to a comprehensive study by a Swiss tech company. The numbers, which demonstrate the extent to which the industry has become vulnerable to increasingly ruthless cybercriminals,…
Category: Business Sector
Qantas customers involved in mammoth data breach
Vanessa Brown reports: Qantas has confirmed that six million customers could be impacted by a mammoth cyber incident at one of the airline’s contact centres, impacting personal data. The concerning incident was detected by the national carrier on Monday, after “unusual activity” on a third party platform used by Qantas was detected. While the airline…
Alert: Scattered Spider has added North American airline and transportation organizations to their target list
Charles Carmakal posted the following alert on LinkedIn: ALERT: Scattered Spider has added North American airline and transportation organizations to their target list. 🚨 Mandiant (part of Google Cloud) is aware of multiple incidents in the airline and transportation sector which resemble the operations of UNC3944 or Scattered Spider. We recommend that the industry immediately…
222,000 customer records allegedly from Manhattan Parking Group leaked
Data allegedly from Manhattan Parking Group has been leaked on a hacking forum. The listing claims that the breach occurred this month (June 2025). The data fields include: Customer ID, First Name, Last Name, E-mail, Cell Phone Number, Order Number, Company Code, Garage, Date From, Time From, Date To, Time To, Vehicle Type, Options, Vehicle…
British national “IntelBroker” charged with causing $25 million in damages; U.S. seeks his extradition from France
“IntelBroker” was arrested in France in February, 2025, but news of his arrest was first disclosed today by French authorities. Now the U.S. is revealing its charges against him as they seek his extradition from France. From the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of New York, this press release: Kai West, a British…
Steelmaker Nucor Says Hackers Stole Data in Recent Attack
Eduard Kovacs reports: Nucor, which claims to be the largest steel manufacturer and recycler in North America, disclosed the cybersecurity incident in mid-May. The attack involved unauthorized access to IT systems and resulted in some systems being taken offline and the temporary halting of certain production operations. Nucor on Friday shared an update on the incident in…