Breach

Rebuilding trust after a cyber incident takes leadership, clear communication, and actions beyond system recovery.

BleepingComputer reports that multiplayer browser-based government simulation game NationStates took down its website following a security incident that infiltrated its servers and compromised player data late last month.

The ShinyHunters extortion gang claimed to have stolen data from over 14 million Panera Bread user accounts in late January.

The cyberattack, detected on January 22, 2026, allowed unauthorized actors to access a system supporting the retail website.

TriZetto Provider Solutions (TPS), owned by Cognizant, discovered the intrusion on October 2, 2025, nearly a year after the initial breach.

Government Technology reports that data breaches reached 3,322 last year, which is the highest on record, but details regarding the security incidents have been lacking in 70% of breach notices.

Texas-based financial services provider Marquis Software Solutions has attributed the August ransomware attack against its systems that impacted numerous banks and credit unions across the U.S. to a security breach at its firewall provider SonicWall, which came to light a month later, TechCrunch reports.

BleepingComputer reports that audio streaming platform SoundCloud had 29.8 million accounts, or almost a fifth of all its users, affected by a December cyberattack, which was admitted by the ShinyHunters hacking operation.