Trump Mobile confirms it exposed customers’ personal data, including phone numbers and home addresses

Russian Hackers Behind the $2.5 Billion Jaguar Land Rover Cyberattack, Investigators Say

Rex Edison reports A single cyberattack dented an entire country’s GDP. The Cyber Monitoring Centre estimates that the ransomware assault on Jaguar Land Rover cost the UK economy £1.9 billion — roughly $2.5 billion — rippling through more than 5,000 businesses and dragging car production to levels not seen since 1952. The Bank of England flagged the damage in its economic outlook. Now, after months... Source

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First Circuit Affirms Dismissal of Data Breach Class Action for Lack of Traceable Injury

Melanie Conroy of Pierce Atwood LLP writes: The First Circuit recently affirmed dismissal of a putative data breach class action against Bayamón Medical Center (BMC), holding that the plaintiff failed to plausibly allege that her injuries were traceable to the healthcare provider’s 2019 ransomware attack. In Santos-Pagán v. Bayamón Medical Center, the court concluded that allegations... Source

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Polymarket customers lose $3 million in supply-chain attack

Polymarket says it will fully reimburse customers who lost an estimated $3 million after hackers injected a malicious script into the platform's frontend following a breach at a third-party vendor. [...]

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Online safety coalition urges House to reject KIDS Act compromise

Children’s online safety groups are pressing House lawmakers to oppose the bipartisan measure, arguing that it weakens safeguards.

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Russia used social engineering to breach prominent messaging accounts, Ukraine says

Ukraine's SBU described a long-running Russian operation that used fake tech-support workers to persuade people to hand over credentials to their messaging apps.

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Okanogan Behavioral Healthcare Settles Class Action Data Breach Lawsuit

Okanogan Behavioral Healthcare, a Washington-based mental and behavioral health provider, has reached a class action settlement following a data breach that exposed patient information. The settlement resolves claims brought by affected individuals whose personal and health data was compromised.

Why this matters: Breaches at behavioral health providers are particularly sensitive, as exposed data can include mental health diagnoses, treatment histories, and substance use records — information that carries stigma and potential consequences for employment, custody, or insurance if disclosed.

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