Tag: data
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AI sovereignty makes data centers strategic targets for cyber operations
Data centers built for frontier AI draw hundreds of megawatts of electricity and large volumes of cooling water from fixed locations with known addresses. Each one … First seen on helpnetsecurity.com Jump to article: www.helpnetsecurity.com/2026/06/12/ai-sovereignty-data-centers/
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Japanese energy firm loses drive with data of 10.9 million clients
Kyushu Electric Power Co., Inc. has disclosed a physical security incident that affects private data of more than 10 million customers. First seen on bleepingcomputer.com Jump to article: www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/japanese-energy-firm-loses-drive-with-data-of-109-million-clients/
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Maine breach portal abused to publish fake data breach disclosures
In an unusual misinformation campaign, fraudulent data breach disclosures were submitted to Maine’s official breach portal and publicly posted before their legitimacy could be verified, prompting companies to deny the claims. First seen on bleepingcomputer.com Jump to article: www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/maine-breach-portal-abused-to-publish-fake-data-breach-disclosures/
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South Korea Drops a $409M Fine on Coupang in Historic Data Breach Ruling
South Korea fined Coupang $409 million after regulators said weak security controls led to a massive breach affecting 37.5 million accounts. The post South Korea Drops a $409M Fine on Coupang in Historic Data Breach Ruling appeared first on TechRepublic. First seen on techrepublic.com Jump to article: www.techrepublic.com/article/news-coupang-record-fine-409m-apac-south-korea/
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Microsoft Restricts Claude Fable 5 Access Amid AI Safety Review
Microsoft reportedly limited internal use of Claude Fable 5 while legal teams review Anthropic’s 30-day data-retention policy. The post Microsoft Restricts Claude Fable 5 Access Amid AI Safety Review appeared first on TechRepublic. First seen on techrepublic.com Jump to article: www.techrepublic.com/article/news-microsoft-claude-fable-5-data-retention/
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ShinyHunters Exploits Oracle PeopleSoft Zero-Day (CVE-2026-35273) to Breach Universities
The ShinyHunters extortion crew exploited an unpatched flaw in Oracle PeopleSoft to break into enterprise systems, steal data, and demand payment to keep it private. The campaign hit universities hardest.Google’s Mandiant attributes it to the group it tracks as UNC6240, and dates the activity between May 27 and June 9. Oracle did not publish its…
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ShinyHunters Leak 40GB of University of Nottingham Student Data
ShinyHunters hackers leak 40GB of University of Nottingham personal and financial data, allegedly impacting 450,000 students and staff records. First seen on hackread.com Jump to article: hackread.com/shinyhunters-university-of-nottingham-student-data-leak/
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Breach Roundup: CISA Says Agencies Should ‘Patch Smarter’
Also, France Probes Tchap Breach, M&S Cancels Bonuses, June Patch Tuesday. This week, CISA tightened patching rules, hackers provoked AI scanners. An accused Russian intel hacker appeared in court. Microsoft warned of AI-themed attacks. M&S canceled bonuses. France probed a Tchap breach. NHS trusts disclosed stolen data and a Telegram campaign targeted Russian troops. First…
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Oracle mitigates PeopleSoft zero-day exploited in data theft attacks
Oracle is warning about a critical PeopleSoft Suite zero-day vulnerability tracked as CVE-2026-35273 that allows unauthenticated remote code execution, with the flaw actively exploited in ShinyHunter data theft attacks. First seen on bleepingcomputer.com Jump to article: www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/oracle-mitigates-peoplesoft-zero-day-exploited-in-data-theft-attacks/
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New Attacks Trick OpenClaw AI Agent Into Running Code and Leaking Secrets
Two security teams have shown, in separate research published this week, that OpenClaw, the popular self-hosted AI agent, can be driven to run attacker-controlled code or hand over sensitive data through ordinary-looking inputs.Imperva buried instructions inside shared contacts, vCards, and location pins that the agent executed without the victim ever seeing them. Varonis built a…
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University of Nottingham confirms cyber incident as Shiny Hunters group claims data theft
According to the university’s statement, it is still working to understand what data has been accessed and said it had already directly contacted affected students and alumni, potentially including those in its foreign campuses in Malaysia and China as well as in Nottingham. First seen on therecord.media Jump to article: therecord.media/university-of-nottingham-cyber-incident-shiny-hunters
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OnyxC2 Malware-as-a-Service Offers Enterprise-Grade Data Theft
OnyxC2 is a MaaS stealer targeting 210+ apps, using DLL sideloading, encrypted payloads, and remote access features to evade detection. OnyxC2 appeared on a cybercrime forum earlier this year and is sold as a subscription service: $250 per month for the standard build, $500 for the premium tier that includes HVNC, and $6,000 for an…
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South Korea hits Coupang with $400M+ fine for data breach that affected millions
South Korean authorities issued the record-breaking fine following a data breach that affected over 30 million customers. First seen on techcrunch.com Jump to article: techcrunch.com/2026/06/11/south-korea-hits-coupang-with-400m-fine-for-data-breach-that-affected-millions/
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South Korea hits Coupang with $400M+ fine for data breach that affected millions
South Korean authorities issued the record-breaking fine following a data breach that affected over 30 million customers. First seen on techcrunch.com Jump to article: techcrunch.com/2026/06/11/south-korea-hits-coupang-with-400m-fine-for-data-breach-that-affected-millions/
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Coupang hit with record $409 million data breach fine in Korea
The Personal Information Protection Commission (PIPC), South Korea’s data protection regulator, has fined e-commerce giant Coupang a record 624.6 billion won (roughly $409 million) following a massive data breach affecting more than 37 million customers First seen on bleepingcomputer.com Jump to article: www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/south-korea-hits-coupang-with-record-409-million-fine-over-data-breach/
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Hackers Exploit SniperDz PhaaS for Brand Spoofing and Browser Hijacking
A wave of phishing campaigns across the Middle East and North Africa exposes a sophisticated, centralized fraud ecosystem operating under the SniperDz banner. What initially appeared as isolated Facebook and Instagram scams fake offers for free mobile data, government subsidies, and compensation are linked to a turnkey Push-Notification-as-a-Service (PNaaS) and Phishing-as-a-Service (PhaaS) affiliate platform that…
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BLUERABBIT Backdoor Encrypts Files, Wipes Windows Systems
A new Golang-based backdoor dubbed BLUERABBIT has been observed performing combined data theft, file encryption and destructive disk wiping against Windows hosts. First seen in mid-to-late March 2026 and suspected to target Israeli entities, BLUERABBIT implements a full-spectrum intrusion framework: remote access, system profiling, exfiltration to attacker-controlled cloud storage, file encryption that appends a .candy…
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Extortion-Only Attacks Increase, With Data Theft Dominating Ransomware Claims
Extortion-only attacks are increasing as data theft drives most ransomware claims, with many organizations unable to stop stolen data from being exposed First seen on infosecurity-magazine.com Jump to article: www.infosecurity-magazine.com/news/extortion-only-attacks-surge/
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Nottingham University data breach affects over 450,000 students
The University of Nottingham confirmed on Wednesday that a hacking group gained access to its student records system in a breach affecting both current students and alums. First seen on bleepingcomputer.com Jump to article: www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/nottingham-university-data-breach-affects-over-450-000-students/
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Threat actors are recruiting the people who hold cloud logins
Companies keep most of their data and applications in cloud platforms that anyone can reach with the right login. That setup turns each employee holding those credentials into … First seen on helpnetsecurity.com Jump to article: www.helpnetsecurity.com/2026/06/11/report-cloud-insider-threats/
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GitLab Patches Multiple Vulnerabilities Allowing Account Takeover
GitLab has released security updates for GitLab CE/EE and EE that patch multiple vulnerabilities, including several high”‘impact flaws that could lead to account takeover, data exposure, and denial of service if left unpatched. Administrators are strongly advised to upgrade to GitLab 19.0.2, 18.11.5, or 18.10.8, as applicable, to fully mitigate these issues. GitLab Patches Multiple…
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GitLab Patches Multiple Vulnerabilities Allowing Account Takeover
GitLab has released security updates for GitLab CE/EE and EE that patch multiple vulnerabilities, including several high”‘impact flaws that could lead to account takeover, data exposure, and denial of service if left unpatched. Administrators are strongly advised to upgrade to GitLab 19.0.2, 18.11.5, or 18.10.8, as applicable, to fully mitigate these issues. GitLab Patches Multiple…
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Making the cloud prove it followed your privacy wishes
Making companies that store personal data in cloud key-value databases handle deletion requests by running the operation and confirming the job is complete. The people making … First seen on helpnetsecurity.com Jump to article: www.helpnetsecurity.com/2026/06/11/gdpr-compliant-cloud-storage-privacy/
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X Square Robot open sources its robot-free data collection framework
Companies building robots for physical work spend large amounts of time and money operating machines by hand to gather training examples. Each session with a physical robot … First seen on helpnetsecurity.com Jump to article: www.helpnetsecurity.com/2026/06/11/x-square-robot-free-data-collection/
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ServiceNow says security researchers, not hackers, accessed data
First seen on scworld.com Jump to article: www.scworld.com/news/servicenow-says-security-researchers-not-hackers-accessed-data
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ShinyHunters gang targets Oracle PeopleSoft servers in data theft attacks
First seen on scworld.com Jump to article: www.scworld.com/brief/shinyhunters-gang-targets-oracle-peoplesoft-servers-in-data-theft-attacks
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‘Likely’ Chinese influence operation tried to use ChatGPT to stir debate on data centers
The company says there’s little evidence it influenced any real policy discussion. First seen on cyberscoop.com Jump to article: cyberscoop.com/openai-china-influence-campaign-chatgpt/
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‘Likely’ Chinese influence operation tried to use ChatGPT to stir debate on data centers
The company says there’s little evidence it influenced any real policy discussion. First seen on cyberscoop.com Jump to article: cyberscoop.com/openai-china-influence-campaign-chatgpt/
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Network Log Analysis: Why Collecting Logs is Not Enough
Network Log Analysis helps teams turn raw logs into useful alerts, timelines, audit records, and incident evidence instead of storing data without action. First seen on hackread.com Jump to article: hackread.com/network-log-analysis-collecting-logs/
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Meta to Use Off-Site Business Data for Feed and AI Personalization
Meta on Tuesday announced that it will use information shared by other businesses to personalize users’ feed and responses from its artificial intelligence (AI) chatbot, expanding its scope beyond targeted ads.”Businesses often share information about people’s activity on their sites with us to make ads more relevant,” Meta said in a statement.”We already use this…