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Medical billing company MCBS this week confirmed it notified at least 309,309 people of a September 2025 data breach that compromised the following personal info: Names Social Security numbers Medical history Mental and physical conditions Treatment and diagnosis info Health insurance numbers and info Dates of birth Addresses MCBS notified 295,625 people in South Carolina, 13,302 in Texas, and 382 in Massachusetts. The figures do not include breach victims in MCBS’ home state, Georgia.

Global ransomware attacks reached a new high in H1 of 2026 with an average of 23 attacks per day. During the first six months of 2026, we logged 4,217 ransomware attacks. This is an 11 percent increase on the second half of 2025 (3,809). DateTotal Attacks# of DaysAttacks per Day H1 2024 2,456 182 13 H2 2024 3,179 184 17 H1 2025 3,706 181 20 H2 2025 3,809 184 21 H1 2026 4,217 181 23 Of these 4,217 attacks, 484 were confirmed by the targeted organizations.

Colorado Health Network this week confirmed it notified 68,212 people of a July 2025 data breach that compromised the following personal info: Names Social Security numbers Debit and credit card info Financial account info Medical info including: Diagnoses Conditions Prescriptions Provider names and locations Health insurance info State-issued ID numbers (e.g. driver’s license, passport) CHN said it discovered the breach occurred on July 29, 2025, according to a disclosure published by...

The city of Middletown, Ohio today confirmed it notified 123,791 people of a July 2025 data breach that compromised the following personal information: Names Social Security numbers Financial account info Medical info Health insurance info Addresses Government-issued ID (e.g. driver’s license) The cyberattack disrupted city services including water utility billing, which wasn’t fully restored until months later in January 2026.

DeGoogling means cutting back on Google services in your daily digital life, from apps on your phone to tools you use online. It often includes replacing core services, limiting account linking, and using alternatives that don’t depend on Google’s ecosystem. Google is deeply embedded in day-to-day internet use, so grab a cup of coffee and prepare for the long haul.

If you use Facebook, Instagram, WhatsApp, or Threads, you’ll have seen Meta AI appear in your chats, search bar, or feed. Meta’s Llama models are designed to learn from data across Meta services, leaving many asking: how do I opt out of Meta AI? In the UK and EU, data protection laws enable users to submit an objection request that limits how Meta uses their personal data for AI training purposes.

CurseForge is mostly safe. The service scans and moderates all mods uploaded to the platform. However, a couple of incidents with Minecraft mods either containing malware (Fractureiser) or security vulnerabilities that allowed for remote code execution (BleedingPipe) show it still pays to be cautious. The company and active mod community dealt with these threats pretty fast. That said, you need to vet your mods carefully.

A cybercriminal group called Nova today took credit for a cybersecurity incident at the New South Wales Rural Fire Service. The fire service yesterday reported a cybersecurity incident affecting its IT systems. Emergency response was not affected, but a data breach is likely, according to an email from the commissioner obtained by Cyber Daily. Nova claimed responsibility for the data breach on its data leak website today. The ransomware group say sit stole 300 GB of data from the RFS.

Grandview School District in Washington this week confirmed it notified 9,414 people of a September 2024 data breach that compromised the following personal info: Names Social Security numbers Student ID numbers Financial account info Health-related info State-issued ID numbers (e.g. driver’s license) Dates of birth Grandview on October 8, 2024 reported an internal server disruption that affected its phone and internet services.

Every day, cybercriminals send around 3.4 billion phishing emails. 90 percent of successful cyber attacks originate from one of these emails. We analyzed the live DNS records for 5,849 domains across 13 sectors, scoring each domain on eight points based on its Sender Policy Framework (SPF), Domain-based Message Authentication, Reporting, and Conformance (DMARC), DomainKeys Identified Mail (DKIM), and Mail Transfer Agent Strict Transport Security (MTA-STS).