July 22, 2025 – Gatineau, Quebec PowerSchool has committed to take steps to ensure that the education technology software company’s security measures are appropriately strengthened following a cyberattack that impacted millions of Canadian students, parents, and educators. The commitments follow an engagement with the Office of the Privacy Commissioner of Canada to ensure that PowerSchool was…
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Hungarian police arrest suspect in cyberattacks on independent media
Daryna Antoniuk reports: Hungarian police have arrested a man suspected of carrying out a prolonged series of cyberattacks against independent media outlets in Hungary and abroad, authorities said on Monday. The 23-year-old suspect from Budapest is accused of launching distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks that disrupted access to at least half a dozen Hungarian news sites beginning in…
British institutions to be banned from paying ransoms to Russian hackers
Mason Boycott-Owen reports: Hospitals, local councils and operators of critical U.K. infrastructure are among the organizations who will be banned from paying ransoms to hackers under new plans unveiled by the British government. The move — which will cover all public sector bodies as well as the owners and operators of critical national infrastructure —…
Data breach feared after cyberattack on AMEOS hospitals in Germany
DPA reports: A cyberattack on Swiss hospital group AMEOS may have exposed sensitive patient and staff data, the company said on Monday. The attack, which took place two weeks ago, caused significant disruption across the group’s German operations. The company described the episode as a targeted assault on its IT infrastructure. In a statement, AMEOS…
Inquiry launched after identities of SAS soldiers leaked in fresh data breach
Amy Clare-Martin reports: Army leaders have launched an inquiry after the identities of soldiers in the SAS were revealed in a fresh data breach. Details about the elite unit, part of the UK special forces, are usually kept so secret that its members are barred for life from discussing their involvement unless they receive prior approval. News of the…
Bitcoin holds steady as hackers drain over $40 million from CoinCDX, India’s top exchange
Kri reports: Bitcoin (BTC) has remained resilient in its price action following another cryptocurrency exchange hacking incident, this time involving India’s CoinDCX. … The calm in Bitcoin’s price comes even after blockchain investigator ZachXBT revealed that CoinDCX had been drained of approximately $44.2 million in a targeted cyberattack during the early hours of Saturday. The initial activity…