More than 200,000 individuals were confirmed to have had their data compromised following separate cyberattacks against Arkansas-based healthcare provider Mainline Health Systems and Pennsylvania-based critical illness recovery and rehabilitation hospital operator Select Medical Holdings, according to SecurityWeek.
Attacks with the Redline information-stealing malware have facilitated the theft of data from Paraguay's entire population, which was exposed on June 13 after the country refused to pay the demanded ransom, according to The Record, a news site by cybersecurity firm Recorded Future.
CyberScoop reports that the massive data breach noted by Cybernews researchers and Bob Diachenko to have exposed over 16 billion credentials was regarded by various cybersecurity and incident response experts as having been overstated.
Ransomware intrusions involving data encryption dropped from 70% in 2024 to 50% in 2025, as the prevalence of extortion-only attacks increased twofold to 6% this year, Cybersecurity Dive reports.
Krispy Kreme has confirmed that over 160,000 individuals were affected by a ransomware attack in late 2024, in which hackers accessed and leaked highly sensitive personal and financial information, according to GBHackers News.
WebProNews reports that hackers have claimed responsibility for a massive breach involving data from 64 million T-Mobile customers, raising serious concerns across the cybersecurity and telecom sectors.
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