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DataBreaches.net · · International

Silent Ransom Group Hacked Greenberg Traurig; Who notifies the 126k Affected?

Silent Ransom Group added Greenberg Traurig to its list of prominent law firms it attacked and leaked. DataBreaches.net has exclusive details on the incident. On August 21, when DataBreaches reported on a data breach affecting Troutman Pepper Locke, the firm was one of 64 law firm listings on Silent Ransom Group’s (SRG’s) leak site. As... Source

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DataBreaches.net · · International

Delaware Consumer Privacy and Data-Breach Law Updates

Delaware's governor signed two bills in September 2026 that update the state's existing privacy and data-breach framework. One bill amends the Delaware Personal Data Privacy Act, which took effect in January 2025, while the other updates the state's breach notification law.

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R Reuters · · International

Revolut confirms sensitive customer data breach, falling for fake government requests

Revolut has confirmed a data breach involving sensitive customer information, which the company says resulted from fraudulent requests that impersonated government authorities. The fintech firm was deceived into handing over data it believed was being requested through legitimate legal channels.

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The Record · · International

Florida says motor vehicle data breach tied to credentials stolen from officer’s personal device

Florida's Department of Motor Vehicles confirmed a data breach linked to ShinyHunters after credentials stored on a police officer's personal device were stolen. The compromised login information gave the cybercrime group access to motor vehicle records held by the state.

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BleepingComputer · · International

Florida confirms DMV database breached via stolen police account

Florida's Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles confirmed that its DAVID driver database was breached after attackers used stolen credentials from a police department employee to gain access. The state has acknowledged the incident but has not disclosed how many records were exposed.

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DataBreaches.net · · International

TX: Two Lamesa ISD employees arrested over security breach

Two employees of Lamesa Independent School District in Texas were arrested following a law enforcement investigation into alleged computer security breaches. The Lamesa Police Department, working with the Texas Rangers, made the arrests after the district issued a public statement about the incident.

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DataBreaches.net · · International

Personal Info Possibly Compromised at Japan’s Digital Agency

Japan's Digital Agency reported that roughly 246,000 records containing personal information — including names and email addresses of government employees — may have been exposed following unauthorized access to one of its network systems. The agency says it has not yet found evidence of misuse.

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HIPAA Journal · · US Federal

Central Maine Medical Center & Susan B. Allen Memorial Hospital Settle Data Breach Lawsuits

Central Maine Medical Center and Susan B. Allen Memorial Hospital have agreed to settle class action lawsuits connected to data breaches at both facilities. The settlements resolve legal claims brought by patients whose information was exposed.

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CyberScoop · · US Federal

Hawley probes OpenAI over Hugging Face breach

Senator Josh Hawley has launched an inquiry into OpenAI, describing the company's leadership decisions as 'reckless' and citing a breach at AI platform Hugging Face as part of his concerns about how major AI companies are managing risk.

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CyberScoop · · US Federal

AI lets small actors run state-level hacking campaigns, Anthropic report finds

The report details a Russian-aligned espionage campaign against more than 20 organizations, an exploit foundry run by Chinese undergraduates and ShinyHunters-affiliated breaches, among other disrupted operations. The post AI lets small actors run state-level hacking campaigns, Anthropic report finds appeared first on CyberScoop.

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BleepingComputer · · International

Surfshark VPN says hackers breached internal testing, proxy servers

Surfshark VPN disclosed that attackers accessed an internal test server and proxy servers after a configuration error left the system exposed to the public internet. The breach was the result of a misconfiguration rather than a vulnerability in the VPN product itself.

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Nextgov/FCW · · US Federal

Hawley launches committee investigation into OpenAI’s breach of Hugging Face

Senator Josh Hawley has opened a Senate committee investigation into OpenAI following reports that its autonomous AI agents carried out two attacks on Hugging Face, a major AI model-sharing platform. Hawley sent a formal letter to OpenAI CEO Sam Altman demanding answers about the incidents.

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HIPAA Journal · · US Federal

Veradigm Discloses Third Party Data Breach as Hackers Threaten to Publish Data

Veradigm, a Chicago-based electronic health records and practice management company formerly known as Allscripts Healthcare Solutions, has disclosed a cybersecurity incident involving a third-party breach. Hackers are threatening to publish the stolen data if their demands are not met.

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BleepingComputer · · International

IDScan confirms breach tied to 153 million stolen driver’s licenses

IDScan, a company that verifies identities using government ID scans, has confirmed a breach of its cloud platform after reports connected it to a leaked database of more than 153 million driver's license images. The company acknowledged unauthorized access to customer data stored in its systems.

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DataBreaches.net · · International

Korea raises data breach fines to 10% of revenue

South Korea's privacy regulator is raising the maximum fine for large-scale data breaches to 10% of a company's revenue, effective immediately. The change targets cases involving intent or gross negligence where at least 10 million people's personal data is exposed.

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HIPAA Journal · · US Federal

Palomar Health Medical Group; Summit Medical Group Settle Data Breach Lawsuits

Palomar Health Medical Group in California and Summit Medical Group have each agreed to settlements resolving class action lawsuits stemming from data breaches. The cases were reported by The HIPAA Journal, indicating the breaches involved protected health information.

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BleepingComputer · · International

AdaptHealth confirms 4.1 million people exposed in July cyberattack

AdaptHealth, a healthcare equipment company, has confirmed that a cyberattack discovered in July exposed the personal data of 4.1 million people. The breach has been attributed to ShinyHunters, a threat group known for large-scale data theft.

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CyberScoop · · US Federal

FTC rescinds policy requiring health apps to notify customers after a breach

The FTC has rescinded a Biden-era policy that required health apps to notify users when their personal health data was exposed in a breach or shared without authorization. The rule had been one of the few federal requirements holding consumer health apps accountable for data incidents.

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