Category: Industry News
News and information from the Advent IM team.
Nike confirms investigation of 1.4TB data breach
- by Olivia Lawlor-Blackburn
- Industry News
Nike is investigating a confirmed cyberattack after the WorldLeaks ransomware group claimed it stole and leaked around 1.4TB of internal data. Read via Computing.
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Welsh Ambulance Service recorded more than 600 data breaches
- by Anthony Orjally
- Industry News
The Welsh Ambulance Service has recorded more than 600 data breaches over the past three years, according to recent data. Read Here.
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UK ambulance data breaches surge past 4,000 in three years
- by Anthony Orjally
- Industry News
UK ambulance services recorded more than 4,000 data breaches over the past three years, according to figures obtained through Freedom of Information requests. Read Here.
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Victorian Department of Education data breach gave hackers access to students’ data
- by Anthony Orjally
- Industry News
The Department of Education in the Australian state of Victoria said hackers gained access to the names and email addresses of an unknown number of school students after breaching a department database. Read Here.
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750,000 Impacted by Data Breach at Canadian Investment Watchdog
- by Anthony Orjally
- Industry News
The Canadian Investment Regulatory Organization (CIRO) this week revealed that hackers compromised the personal information of 750,000 individuals in an August 2025 cyberattack. Read Here.
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Personal Details of Thousands of Border Patrol and ICE Goons Allegedly Leaked in Huge Data Breach
- by Anthony Orjally
- Industry News
Sensitive details of around 4,500 ICE and Border Patrol employees—including almost 2,000 agents working in frontline enforcement—have allegedly been released by a Department of Homeland Security whistleblower following last week’s fatal shooting of Renee Nicole Good. Read Here.
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NordVPN denies breach claims, says attackers have “dummy data”
- by Anthony Orjally
- Industry News
NordVPN denied allegations that its internal Salesforce development servers were breached, saying that cybercriminals obtained “dummy data” from a trial account on a third-party automated testing platform. Read Here.
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AI safeguards improving, says UK government-backed body
- by Olivia Lawlor-Blackburn
- Industry News
Inaugural AI Security Institute report claims that safeguards in place to ensure AI models behave as intended seem to be improving. Read via Computer Weekly.
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ICO Fines LastPass £1.2m After 2022 Breach
- by Olivia Lawlor-Blackburn
- Industry News
LastPass has been fined £1.2m ($1.6m) by the UK’s data protection watchdog for security failings that led to a major 2022 data breach. Read via InfoSecurity Mag.
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Gartner: 40% of Firms to Be Hit By Shadow AI Security Incidents
- by Olivia Lawlor-Blackburn
- Industry News
By 2030, more than 40% of global organizations will suffer security and compliance incidents due to the use of unauthorized AI tools, Gartner has predicted. Read more via InfoSecurity Mag.
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