Kevin Poireault reports: A man suspected of administering the Russian-language cybercrime forum XSS was arrested in Ukraine on July 22. In an official statement on July 23, Laure Beccuau, a French State Prosecutor, said that the individual was taken into custody by the Ukrainian authorities, with the collaboration of the French police and Europol. This…
PowerSchool commits to strengthened breach measures following engagement with the Privacy Commissioner of Canada
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…
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…
Two more entities have folded after ransomware attacks
It is still fairly rare for a ransomware victim to totally shutter its doors permanently as a result of an incident, but a relatively small breach in Georgia was reportedly fatal for Ascension Health Services LLC DBA Alpha Wellness and Alpha Medical Centre. A notice on its website dated April 4, 2025 reads: We are…
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…