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The hugely popular social platform Discord has revealed that official ID photos belonging to about 70,000 users may have been leaked following a cyber attack. Discord says that, while its own platform was not breached, hackers did target a third-party service provider which helps to verify the age of its users.  According to a press […]

Two seventeen-year-old boys have been arrested by the Metropolitan Police during their investigation into a cyber theft incident against London-based nursery chain Kido. According to the Met Police, the pair, who remain in custody for questioning, were arrested at residential addresses in Bishop’s Stortford, Hertfordshire, suspected of computer misuse and blackmail. Orchestrators of the breach […]

Cybercriminals are constantly finding new ways to exploit human trust – and the latest weapon in their arsenal? AI chatbots and large language models (LLMs) that have become embedded in everyday platforms. These tools can be innocuous helpers, but in the wrong hands they become potent vehicles for malvertising campaigns. The Rise of “Grok” & […]

Japan’s brewing giant Asahi has revealed that personal data may have been stolen during the ransomware cyber attack which struck the company in late September. The company was forced to halt production at most of its thirty country-based factories after the attack led to major disruption, with ordering, delivery and accounting systems being heavily affected. […]

As the UK explores the rollout of a national digital ID system, the potential benefits are being presented as clear: streamlined access to government services, faster verification for banking and healthcare, and reduced reliance on physical documents. While these advantages are appealing, the move toward a centralized digital identity system raises profound concerns from a […]

American credit reporting giant TransUnion has become the victim of a huge data breach resulting in the exposure of personal data belonging to 4.4 million US-based people. According to documents filed with Maine’s attorney general, the breach was discovered earlier this year on July 30, two days after the hacking incident occurred. TransUnion, which collects […]