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- Security experts warn Substack users to brace for phishing attacks after breachby ross.kelly@futurenet.com (Ross Kelly) on February 6, 2026 at 9:38 am
Substack CEO Christ Best confirmed the incident occurred in October 2025
- Everything we know so far about the Nike data breachby ross.kelly@futurenet.com (Ross Kelly) on January 27, 2026 at 2:52 pm
Hackers behind the WorldLeaks ransomware group claim to have accessed sensitive corporate data
- 1,800 MSPs impacted in Pax8 data leak after company shared partner information via emailon January 16, 2026 at 11:20 am
More than a thousand MSPs have been alerted that competitors may now have access to sensitive business data
- LastPass hit with ICO fine after 2022 data breach exposed 1.6 million users – here’s how the incident unfoldedon December 12, 2025 at 11:00 am
The impact of the LastPass breach was felt by customers as late as December 2024
- OpenAI hailed for ‘swift move’ in terminating Mixpanel ties after data breach hits developersby ross.kelly@futurenet.com (Ross Kelly) on November 28, 2025 at 10:14 am
The Mixpanel breach prompted OpenAI to launch a review into its broader supplier ecosystem
- Salesforce customers face second third-party incident this year with Gainsight breachby ross.kelly@futurenet.com (Ross Kelly) on November 21, 2025 at 10:22 am
Customers impacted in the Gainsight breach have been contacted by Salesforce
- Google says reports of a ‘huge’ Gmail breach affecting millions of users are false, againby ross.kelly@futurenet.com (Ross Kelly) on October 29, 2025 at 9:36 am
Reports of a major Gmail affecting millions of users have been flooding the web this week – Google says they’re “false” and you’ve nothing to worry about.
- Capita fined £14 million after it ‘failed to ensure the security’ of personal databy jane.mccallion@futurenet.com (Jane McCallion) on October 15, 2025 at 10:38 am
Capita CEO Adolfo Hernandez has since “accelerated” the company’s cybersecurity transformation
- Everything we know about the Plex data breach so faron September 10, 2025 at 11:15 am
Plex advised users to sign out of any connected devices that are currently logged in and enable two-factor authentication if they haven’t already.
- The Salesloft Drift victim list keeps growing: Zscaler is the latest to confirm a breach, warning customers to remain wary of follow-up phishing attackson September 2, 2025 at 3:15 pm
The company has warned customers that their data may have been accessed, saying it’s implemented extra safeguards in response
- 4.5 million people just had their data exposed in the TransUnion breach – here’s what customers need to knowon August 29, 2025 at 10:28 am
The credit reporting agency is believed to be the latest victim of a Salesforce-based attack
- The Allianz Life data breach just took a huge turn for the worseon August 20, 2025 at 10:40 am
Around 1.1 million Allianz Life customers are believed to have been impacted in a recent data breach, making up the vast majority of the insurer’s North American customers.
- Everything we know about the Workday data breach so farby ross.kelly@futurenet.com (Ross Kelly) on August 18, 2025 at 10:48 am
HR technology firm Workday has confirmed a data breach after threat actors gained access to a third-party CRM platform.
- 6.4 million Bouygues Telecom customers just had their data exposed in a huge data breach – and it’s the second to hit French telecoms operators in a monthon August 8, 2025 at 10:25 am
A broad range of customer data was exposed, according to Bouygues Telecom
- Air France and KLM confirm customer data stolen in third-party breachby jane.mccallion@futurenet.com (Jane McCallion) on August 7, 2025 at 10:32 am
A spokesperson told ITPro the airlines are investigating “fraudulent access” to customer data following a third-party breach.
- AI breaches aren’t just a scare story any more – they’re happening in real lifeby jane.mccallion@futurenet.com (Jane McCallion) on August 4, 2025 at 1:03 pm
IBM research shows proper AI access controls are leading to costly data leaks
- Everything we know about the Allianz Life data breach so faron July 28, 2025 at 10:01 am
The company has confirmed in a filing that data was accessed earlier this month
- 26 million CVs were exposed when a recruiting software firm left a misconfigured Azure container open – cybersecurity experts warn it’s an easy mistake that’s becoming far too commonon July 9, 2025 at 10:01 am
TalentHook left a misconfigured Azure Blob storage container open, researchers said, leaving jobseekers open to phishing attempts
- European financial firms are battling a huge rise in third-party breacheson June 11, 2025 at 3:45 pm
Growing vendor dependency has contributed to a marked rise in third-party breaches
- Breach at data analytics firm impacts 364,000 peopleon May 29, 2025 at 2:33 pm
Hackers used company GitHub account to steal software bits and personal information, company admits
- A cybersecurity researcher just discovered a treasure trove of leaked accounts: More than 184 million logins were readily available online, with Google, Meta, and Apple users affectedon May 27, 2025 at 9:35 am
The mysterious database contains highly sensitive data that appears to have been harvested by infostealer malware
- US healthcare data breaches are out of control – over 400 million patient records have been exposed in the last two yearson May 16, 2025 at 11:30 am
There’s been a huge surge in the number of healthcare data breaches in recent years
- More than 5 million Americans just had their personal information exposed in the Yale New Haven Health data breach – and lawsuits are already rolling inon April 25, 2025 at 11:34 am
A data breach at Yale New Haven Health has exposed data belonging to millions of people – and lawsuits have already been filed.
- Cleo attack victim list grows as Hertz confirms customer data stolen – and security experts say it won’t be the lastby ross.kelly@futurenet.com (Ross Kelly) on April 15, 2025 at 3:58 pm
Hertz has confirmed it suffered a data breach as a result of the Cleo zero-day vulnerability in late 2024, with the car rental giant warning that customer data was stolen.
- Cyber attacks against UK firms dropped by 10% last year, but experts say don’t get complacenton April 11, 2025 at 9:39 am
More than four-in-ten UK businesses were hit by a cyber attack last year, marking a decrease on the year prior – but security experts have warned enterprises to still remain vigilant.
- Europcar data breach could affect up to 200,000 customerson April 8, 2025 at 10:36 am
Europcar has reportedly suffered a massive data breach affecting as many as 200,000 customers.
- NHS supplier hit with £3m fine for security failings that led to attackon March 27, 2025 at 10:22 am
The Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) said Advanced Computer Software Group failed to use appropriate security measures before the 2022 attack, which put the personal information of tens of thousands of NHS patients at risk.
- These five countries recorded the most third-party data breaches last yearon March 26, 2025 at 11:26 am
Singapore and the Netherlands are the world’s leading hotspots for third-party data breaches, with more than seven-in-ten organizations falling victim last year.
- Oracle breach claims spark war of words with security researchersby ross.kelly@futurenet.com (Ross Kelly) on March 25, 2025 at 9:43 am
A war of words has erupted between Oracle and cybersecurity researchers following claims the company suffered a security breach.
- Western Alliance Bank admits cyber attack exposed 22,000 customerson March 20, 2025 at 10:57 am
An American bank has admitted nearly 22,000 customers had their accounts compromised following an attack that targeted a zero-day flaw in a third-party file-transfer tool.


































