The University of Hawaii has disclosed an August ransomware intrusion that compromised Cancer Center study participants' personal data, including their Social Security numbers, only last month, which is way past the 20-day breach reporting deadline under state law, reports The Associated Press.
Australia-based rental car insurance firm Prosura had its internal IT systems compromised in a cyberattack identified on Saturday, prompting unauthorized customer data access and fraudulent email delivery, reports The Cyber Express.
Texas-based Gulshan Management Services, which operates more than 150 Handi Plus and Handi Stop gas stations and convenience stores across the U.S., had data from over 377,000 individuals pilfered following a September data breach, HackRead reports.
Over 700,000 Illinois residents had their data inadvertently leaked by the state Department of Human Services for four years as a result of a misconfiguration that was only addressed in September, reports The Record, a news site by cybersecurity firm Recorded Future.
The European Space Agency has disclosed plans to call for a criminal inquiry over the Scattered Lapsus$ Hunters hacking group's recent claims of having compromised 500 GB of sensitive data from its servers through a yet-to-be-remediated vulnerability in September, according to The Register.
Major hardware cryptocurrency wallet firm Ledger has confirmed that some of its customers had their data stolen following a cyberattack against third-party payment processor Global-e, reports CoinDesk.
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