INTERPOL-coordinated operation leads to 1,209 arrests LYON, France – In a sweeping INTERPOL-coordinated operation, authorities across Africa have arrested 1,209 cybercriminals targeting nearly 88,000 victims. The crackdown recovered USD 97.4 million and dismantled 11,432 malicious infrastructures, underscoring the global reach of cybercrime and the urgent need for cross-border cooperation. Operation Serengeti 2.0 (June to August…
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UK Cannabis Clinic CB1 Medical Investigating As Patients Affected By Major Data Leak
Sarah Sinclair reports: A UK medical cannabis clinic is carrying out investigations after a substantial amount of patients’ information was leaked in a major data breach. In an email sent to patients on Monday 18 August, CB1 Medical confirmed it had identified a ‘data security incident’ when patients’ personal details, including prescription information, were found…
Orange Belgium S A informs its customers about a cyberattack
Statement from Orange Belgium S.A. on August 20 2025: At the end of July, Orange Belgium detected a cyberattack on one of its IT systems, resulting in unauthorised access to certain data from 850,000 customer accounts. No critical data was compromised: no passwords, email addresses, bank or financial details were hacked. However, the hacker gained…
When a deal is not a done deal: Nova demands higher payment from Clinical Diagnostics (1)
Last week, it appeared that Clinical Diagnostics (“Eurofins”) had paid a gang’s demands not to leak patient data that Nova had exfiltrated during a ransomware attack in July. Clinical Diagnostics in the Netheralands held patient data on 485,000 Dutch women in a cervical cancer screening program. Nova confirmed the payment to a Dutch news outlet….
18 Arrested as Gurugram Call Centre Data Leak Fuels Massive SBI Credit Card Scam
The420.in reports: The Delhi Police have arrested 18 individuals for duping State Bank of India (SBI) credit card holders of nearly ₹2.6 crore [USD $296,630.45] in a nationwide fraud. The operation, which ran for six months, relied on insider leaks at a Gurugram-based call centre and a sophisticated money-laundering network that spanned cash deals and…
Thousands more Afghans affected by second data breach, ministers say
Serena Barker-Singh reports: Up to 3,700 Afghans brought to the UK between January and March 2024 have potentially been impacted as names, passport details and information from the Afghan Relocations and Assistance Policy has been compromised again, this time by a breach on a third party supplier used by the Ministry of Defence (MoD). This was not…