data breach

Pierluigi Paganini January 02, 2026
Covenant Health data breach after ransomware attack impacted over 478,000 people

Covenant Health suffered a ransomware attack by the Qilin group in May 2025, compromising data of over 478,000 individuals. Covenant Health, Inc., based in Andover, Massachusetts, is a healthcare organization that provides medical services and patient care. Covenant Health operates hospitals, clinics, or related healthcare facilities in multiple states, including Massachusetts, Maine, New Hampshire, Pennsylvania, […]

Pierluigi Paganini December 31, 2025
ESA disclosed a data breach, hackers breached external servers

ESA confirmed a data breach after a hacker offered to sell stolen data, confirming that external science servers were compromised. The European Space Agency (ESA) disclosed a data breach after a threat actor offered to sell data allegedly stolen from the organization.  A hacker who goes online with the moniker “888” announced on BreachForums the […]

Pierluigi Paganini December 28, 2025
Condé Nast faces major data breach: 2.3M WIRED records leaked, 40M more at risk

Hacker claims Condé Nast breach, leaking 2.3M WIRED subscriber records and threatening to expose up to 40M more from other brands. A hacker known as “Lovely” claims to have leaked personal data of over 2.3 million Wired.com users. The data was allegedly posted on December 20, 2025, on the new Breach Stars hacking forum, with […]

Pierluigi Paganini December 28, 2025
Stolen LastPass backups enable crypto theft through 2025

Stolen vault backups from the 2022 LastPass breach are still being cracked, allowing attackers to steal crypto as late as 2025. The blockchain intelligence firm TRM Labs warns that encrypted vault backups stolen in the 2022 LastPass breach are still being cracked using weak master passwords, enabling crypto theft as late as 2025. In 2022, […]

Pierluigi Paganini December 28, 2025
SECURITY AFFAIRS MALWARE NEWSLETTER ROUND 77

Security Affairs Malware newsletter includes a collection of the best articles and research on malware in the international landscape Malware Newsletter Choose Your Fighter: A New Stage in the Evolution of Android SMS Stealers in Uzbekistan From Linear to Complex: An Upgrade in RansomHouse Encryption   Prince of Persia: A Decade of Iranian Nation-State APT Campaign […]

Pierluigi Paganini December 28, 2025
Security Affairs newsletter Round 556 by Pierluigi Paganini – INTERNATIONAL EDITION

A new round of the weekly Security Affairs newsletter has arrived! Every week, the best security articles from Security Affairs are free in your email box. Enjoy a new round of the weekly SecurityAffairs newsletter, including the international press. LangChain core vulnerability allows prompt injection and data exposure NPM package with 56,000 downloads compromises WhatsApp […]

Pierluigi Paganini December 26, 2025
Aflac confirms June data breach affecting over 22 million customers

A June data breach exposed the personal information of more than 22 million Aflac customers, the company confirmed. A data breach in June exposed the information of more than 22 million Aflac customers, according to a new statement from the insurance giant.  The company detected suspicious activity on a limited number of systems in June […]

Pierluigi Paganini December 26, 2025
Spotify cracks down on unlawful scraping of 86 million songs

Spotify shut down accounts after Anna’s Archive scraped and published data on 86 million songs, confirming action against unlawful scraping. Spotify disabled user accounts after an open-source group published files containing 86 million songs scraped from the platform. The group, Anna’s Archive, said it found a method to extract Spotify files and released a database […]

Pierluigi Paganini December 23, 2025
Red Hat GitLab breach exposes data of 21,000 Nissan customers

Hackers breached Red Hat’s GitLab, stealing data of 21,000 customers; Nissan confirmed exposure via a self-managed GitLab instance. Japanese carmaker Nissan disclosed a data breach tied to a self-managed GitLab instance used by Red Hat Consulting. Threat actors gained access to the GitLab instance, stealing data from 21,000 customers. In October, the Crimson Collective claimed […]

Pierluigi Paganini December 22, 2025
University of Sydney discloses a data breach impacting 27,000 people

Hackers stole personal data of about 27,500 people from the University of Sydney after accessing an online code library, the university confirmed. The University of Sydney disclosed a data breach in which threat actors accessed an online code library and stole personal information linked to about 27,500 individuals, including current and former staff, affiliates, students, […]