Update of October 16, 2025: The claims by ReliaQuest, reported below by Security Affairs, have been challenged by SuspectFile. Read the criticism with a statement from Qilin at SuspectFile. Pierluigi Paganini reports: Ransomware groups DragonForce, LockBit, and Qilin formed a strategic alliance to enhance their attack capabilities, signaling an evolving cyber threat landscape. The alliance aims at sharing tools…
Qantas says ‘legal protections in place’ as ScatteredLAPSUS$Hunters group threatens to release personal data
NOTE from DataBreaches.net: The injunction Qantas obtained is limited in terms of who it covers. It does NOT cover all journalists and media. It only covers those who are under the jurisdiction of the NSW Supreme Court. Most journalists and media are not covered by the injunction, such as DataBreaches, and many may decide to…
US law firm with major political clients hacked in spying spree linked to China
Sean Lyngaas of CNN reports: Suspected Chinese government-backed hackers have breached computer systems of U.S. law firm Williams & Connolly, which has represented some of America’s most powerful politicians, as part of a larger spying campaign against multiple law firms, according to a letter the firm sent clients and a source familiar with the hack….
Salesforce Tells Clients It Won’t Pay Hackers for Extortion
Margi Murphy, Jake Bleiberg, and Brody Ford report: Salesforce Inc. told customers Tuesday that it won’t pay a ransom demand from a hacker who claimed to have stolen a large amount of client data and threatened to publish it, according to an email seen by Bloomberg News. The company said in a security notification that…
U.K.: Two arrested over cyber attack which stole thousands of nursery children’s data (1)
There’s been an arrest in the Kido school cyberattack incident. itvX reports: Two people have been arrested after hackers stole information about thousands of children from a nursery chain. Two men aged 17 and 22 were arrested in Bishop’s Stortford, Hertfordshire, on suspicion of computer misuse and blackmail, the Metropolitan Police said. They remain in…
California hospitals can escape fines if workers expose patient info
Scott Holland reports that a California state appeals court agreed with a hospital that it should not be held liable for employee misbehavior if they had a clear policy in place but the employee knowingly violated it: A state appeals panel has agreed hospitals can’t be sued if one of their employees posts confidential patient…