NL Times reports: On Monday morning, an online service used by Dutch municipalities and provinces to publish official documents was likely targeted by a digital attack, De Telegraaf reported. This has made web pages containing council and provincial council documents from regions such as Zuid-Holland and Overijssel, and cities including The Hague, Den Bosch, and Delft, difficult…
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UK: Oxford City Council still investigating cyberattack from earlier this month
The home page of Oxford City Council displays an alert: “Disruption to ICT systems and services: We have been experiencing issues with some of our services following a cyber security incident. Most systems are now back online. Thank you for your patience as we work through any backlogs.” The full notice indicates that they experienced…
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…
Ukrainian Web3 security auditing company Hacken suffered an attack that allowed a hacker to create 900 million HAI tokens
Dev.ua reports: Hacken, which searches for vulnerabilities in DeFi, NFT, and blockchain applications and produces security reports, itself encountered a major cybersecurity vulnerability that affected the mining of its HAI tokens on the Ethereum and BNB Chain networks. This led to a 98% collapse in the value of HAI. This was reported by The Crypto Times, which notes that a hacker who exploited the Hacken vulnerability…
AT&T gets preliminary approval for $177 million data breach settlement
Mike Scarcella reports: A U.S. judge granted preliminary approval on Friday to a $177 million settlement that resolves data security lawsuits against AT&T over breaches that exposed personal information belonging to tens of millions of the telecom giant’s customers. U.S. District Judge Ada Brown in the federal court in Dallas, Texas, said in a ruling…
Aflac notifies SEC of breach suspected to be work of Scattered Spider
On June 20, Aflac notified the SEC of unauthorized access to its network: On June 12, 2025, Aflac Incorporated, a Georgia corporation (the “Company”), identified unauthorized access to its network. The Company promptly initiated its cybersecurity incident response protocols and believes that it contained the intrusion within hours. The Company’s business remains operational, and its…