Breach

While unconfirmed, experts say this incident has all the hallmarks of the recent identity-based Salesforce attacks.

Ninety-eight percent of organizations across nine countries, including the U.S., experienced data breaches stemming from vulnerable code this year, compared with over 90% last year and almost 80% in 2023, while the rate of companies that knowingly shipped vulnerable software rose from two-thirds to four-fifths, according to Cybersecurity Dive.

WestJet, which is Canada's second-largest airline, had its passengers' personal information confirmed to be compromised following a cyberattack in June, Cybernews reports.

Canada's House of Commons has allegedly been hit by a cyber attack caused by a threat actor who is targeting employee information, reports Security Affairs.

Major global recruitment firm Manpower has disclosed that information from 144,189 individuals had been stolen from its Michigan franchise following an attack previously claimed by the RansomHub operation to have resulted in the theft of 500 GB of data, The Register reports.

Russia-linked threat actors were reported to have been behind the recent compromise of the U.S. Judiciary's CM/ECF case management system, which includes the Public Access to Court Electronic Records system, or PACER, reports Cybernews.