Breach

Major UK multinational education services provider Pearson had mostly legacy corporate and customer information stolen following a cyberattack, BleepingComputer reports.

Internal files between 2022 and 2025 were among the sensitive information that Ransom House alleged to have been encrypted since April 19.

Kelly Benefits previously disclosed the incident to have impacted only about 32,000 people early last month.

A major data breach involving over half a million records linked to Ticket to Cash, a ticket resale platform, was uncovered by cybersecurity researcher Jeremiah Fowler, Infotechlead reports.

BleepingComputer reports that the recent cyberattack on UK retail group The Co-operative Group, or Co-op, is more serious than previously disclosed, with hackers successfully stealing data from current and former members, including names and contact details, though no financial or password information was taken.

Mounting cyberattacks aimed at major UK retailers have prompted a strong warning from Cabinet Office Minister Pat McFadden, who called the incidents a wake-up call" for companies in the UK, The Independent reports.

Nova Scotia Power, the leading electric utility in the Canadian province, has disclosed the compromise of personal information belonging to some of its customers following a cyberattack late last month, SecurityWeek reports.

A 25-year-old California man, Ryan Kramer, has pleaded guilty to infiltrating Disneys internal communications and stealing over 1.1 terabytes of confidential data by deploying malware disguised as an AI image generation tool, BleepingComputer reports.