On the 7th of January 2025, PowerSchool notified the Calgary Board of Education (CBE), school boards, and many schools across Alberta about a massive student data privacy breach that occurred in late December 2024. According to CBE’s website, the breach involved the personal and demographic information of the CBE staff, students, and parents’ information [1]. …
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What Happened: It was reported on January 10th that the US Treasury department was victim of a hack that occurred a month earlier on December 8th. The US Treasury has since called it a ‘Major Incident’ and called in the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA), FBI and other intelligence organizations for help in containing …
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A total $31.5 million penalty has been issued against a famous telecom brand, “T-Mobile” to settle an investigation by the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) for a past series of data breaches that leaked millions of personal data. This company has reached an agreement with the US Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to give $15.75 million as …
At present, cybersecurity incidents are increasing day by day. In an unprecedented series of events, the Internet Archive, the famous Wayback Machine, faced multiple significant cyber attacks recently. These incidents have spread through the digital preservation community and raised critical questions regarding the security measures of our collective online heritage. The First Data Breach: The …
A security breach at the BBC Pension Scheme’s cloud-based service compromised the personal data of around 25,000 members in the last week of May 2024. Read more to know the details. BBC has suffered a major data breach, exposing the personal information of approximately 25,000 current and former employees. The broadcaster has one of the …
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Cybersecurity breaches are becoming increasingly common in a world where there is a significant increase in digital infrastructure. Fortinet, a key player that provides cybersecurity solutions, recently faced a security breach. This breach, which took place over a few months, has gained significant attention in the cybersecurity community. What Happened? Early in September 2024, Fortinet …
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Introduction Cybersecurity researchers have discovered evidence of a large-scale attack targeting Adobe Commerce and Magento online retailers. Roughly 5% of these online marketplaces have been compromised by the so-called “CosmicSting” security holes. With a CVSS [Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) ] severity rating of 9.8, CVE-2024-34102 is one of the most serious vulnerabilities that have …
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Canadian off-airport parking service provider Park’N Fly is notifying 1 million customers of a security incident involving their personally identifiable information. On August 23, 2024, Park’N Fly reported a significant data breach that compromised approximately 1 million customer records. The affected customers were notified via email about the breach. Park’N Fly, which offers 24/7 parking …
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