Data Security

The incident occurred on March 13 when the WebFiling service was taken offline at 1:30 p.m. UTC.

Stolen data includes customer business and contact information, as well as employee and corporate data.

CyberScoop reports that cyber incidents involving data extortion have grown significantly, rising from 2% of incidents in 2020 to over 15% of incidents in 2025.

Europe’s sovereignty needs quantum-safe crypto architecture with customer control.

Major South Korean credit card provider Lotte Card has been ordered by the country's Personal Information Protection Commission to pay a nearly $6.5 million fine following an August data breach that exposed the personal and credit information of 2.97 million customers, reports Cybernews.

U.S. surgical robotics firm Intuitive Surgical had its customer and employee data compromised following a phishing attack against one of its employees, reports MedTech Dive.

Betterleaks is presented as an advanced successor to the popular Gitleaks tool, developed by the same team and supported by Aikido.

Payload Ransomware, a relatively new operation, employs a double-extortion tactic, combining data theft with file encryption to coerce victims.