Breach

Major U.S. pharmaceutical firm Cencora has disclosed that more personal and protected health information had been stolen than initially reported during a February cyberattack against a patient support services subsidiary.

Major Mexican precious metals mining firm Fresnillo had its data compromised following a cyberattack against some of its IT systems.

Numerous Electoral Commission accounts had similar passwords or default credentials, which could increase vulnerability to intrusions.

IBM’s Cost of a Data Breach 2024 report revealed AI-driven defenses significantly lower breach expenses.

Included in the impacted data were names, mobile numbers, and SMS opt-out preferences, said BMW Concessionaires in a statement to Hong Kong's Office of the Privacy Commissioner for Personal Data.

While Summerville noted that operations of its municipal departments have not been impacted by the incident, which was immediately contained, the Embargo group admitted to having stolen 1.71 TB of data from the town's Police Department.

Infiltration of the third-party provider's systems between June 3 and 7 allowed threat actors to exfiltrate the customers' certain banking details, including full names, bank account numbers, and routing numbers leveraged for ACH fund transfers.

Investigation into the incident, which may have been caused by a successful phishing attack, is still underway, reported officials, who noted that the recovery of impacted law enforcement systems is being prioritized.