Latest cybersecurity reporting from selected sources.

Also, YellowKey Bypasses BitLocker, Škoda Breach, Kingdom Market Operator JailedThis week, U.S. lawmakers urged action on AI, a BitLocker exploit. Škoda, Nvidia’s GeForce NOW partner and telehealth firm OpenLoop reported breaches. Patch Tuesday. A dark market operator sentenced and pro-Ukraine and Iranian-linked hacking. Nitrogen ransomware attack on Foxconn.

Also, Europol Cracks DDoS Networks, Mythos Finds Bugs, France Portal HitThis week, scam compounds. Attackers exploit flaws pre-disclosure. A crackdown on DDoS-for-hire. No Mythos for CISA, yes for Mozilla. France ID portal breach. Israeli and Venezuelan critical infrastructure targeted. Russian hacking in Ukraine. An Apache flaw. A ransomware negotiator aided BlackCat.

Also, Lloyds Data Leak, Dutch Treasury Breach, Citrix Bug Exploit, Pay2Key ActivityThis week, Lloyds data leak hits 450K, Dutch treasury breach, Citrix flaw exploited, Iran-linked ransomware ops, TrueConf zero-day, Russian fraud ring sentenced, Romania targeted, patch gaps persist, and U.S. hospital breach affects 257K.

Also: Spanish Hacker Granted Russian Asylum, Microsoft Patches Zero-DaysThis week, a CISA warning, Nest footage in Nancy Guthrie case, Signal phishing. Spanish hacker, Russian asylum. Spanish ministry services offline. BYOVD ransomware. The Conduent breach hit Volvo. Microsoft patched zero-days. ZeroDayRAT targeted devices. The SmarterMail breach. Another Fortinet flaw.

Marquis Software Solutions, a Texas-based financial services provider, is blaming a ransomware attack that impacted its systems and affected dozens of U.S. banks and credit unions in August 2025 on a security breach reported by SonicWall a month later. [...]

Class Members Can Claim Up to $5K Each for Documented Losses Tied to BreachA small, rural county-owned Georgia community hospital has agreed to settle consolidated class action litigation involving a 2024 hacking incident in which ransomware gang Embargo claimed to have stolen 1.15 terabytes of the organization's data and leaked it on the darkweb.

Barts Health NHS Trust has announced that Clop ransomware actors have stolen files from a database by exploiting a vulnerability in its Oracle E-business Suite software. [...]

Bayhealth Medical Center Was Among Cybercrime Group's Many 2024 Healthcare VictimsBayhealth Medical Center in Delaware - an alleged victim of a 2024 hack by the "notorious" and prolific ransomware gang Rhysida that resulted in a breach affecting nearly a half-million people - has agreed to a preliminary settlement in a proposed class action lawsuit stemming from the incident.

Also, Disney Pays $10M to Settle Child Privacy Case, Spain Scraps Huawei DealThis week, Jaguar hack, Disney settled a child privacy case, Texas sued PowerSchool and federal prosecutors sued a toy maker. Spain voided a Huawei contract, Pennsylvania AG confirmed a ransomware attack. U.S. immigration enforcement resumed a spyware contract and Baltimore lost $1.5 million to BEC.

2021 Pysa Hack Compromised PHI of Nearly 25,000 PatientsA HIPAA breach investigation into a 2021 attack involving a variant of Pysa ransomware resulted in a $250,000 fine for an upstate New York specialty surgery practice, which also agreed to a corrective action plan that will be monitored by federal regulators for the next two years.

2021 Pysa Hack Compromised PHI of Nearly 25,000 PatientsA HIPAA breach investigation into a 2021 attack involving a variant of Pysa ransomware resulted in a $250,000 fine for an upstate New York specialty surgery practice, which also agreed to a corrective action plan that will be monitored by federal regulators for the next two years.

345 Major HIPAA Breaches Reported to Feds So Far This Year, Affecting 29.9 MillionMidway through 2025, the federal website listing major health data breaches in the U.S. shows a familiar scene: Many hacking incidents including ransomware, dozens of third-party vendor incidents, and millions of individuals affected by compromised personal data.

Also, Spain Arrests Hacker Behind Leaks Targeting Politicians and JournalistsThis week, Chinese sites mimicked brands, Spain arrested data leak hackers, Swiss health nonprofit ransomware attack, ICC probed a cyberattack, UNFI restored systems, a flaw in smart tractors, RomCom RAT. A U.K. man sentenced for locking employer out of network. A WordPress hack installs a Trojan.

Also, O Canada, Oh Brother and More Probable Chinese HackingThis week, ransomware kills, Salt Typhoon hit Canada, Russian backdoors, SAP and Citrix patches, China hackers in the oil and energy sector. Brother printers have an unfixable flaw. Ransomware hit a U.S. dairy cooperative. Hackers in Albania and Oxford. European lawmakers heard cybersecurity advice.

Michigan-Based Group Breached in Ransomware Attack for Second Time in Two YearsMcLaren Health has begun notifying more than 743,000 people affected by a ransomware attack last summer. The incident, carried out by cybercriminal gang Inc Ransom, is McLaren's second major health data breach from a ransomware attack in two years.

Also, Researchers Exploit Tesla Wall Connector Via Charging CableThis week: Chinese Salt Typhoon hackers hit Viasat, researchers hacked a Tesla charger, Sitecore CMS flaws, Krispy Kreme disclosed hacking damage, Archetyp Market taken down. Episource disclosed a ransomware hack and Spain ruled out cyberattack for the April Iberian blackout.

Financially Strapped Cloud Services Firm Settles Suit From 2020 Patient Data HackA financially strapped cloud services vendor that experienced a 2020 ransomware attack affecting dozens of healthcare sector clients and hundreds of thousands of patients has agreed to a $1.9 million settlement in proposed class action litigation involving the data theft case.

Ongoing outages at British retail giant Marks & Spencer are caused by a ransomware attack believed to be conducted by a hacking collective known as "Scattered Spider" BleepingComputer has learned from multiple sources. [...]

Firm Failed to Close Outdated User Account, Waited 43 Days to Notify RegulatorsThe U.K. Information Commissioner's Office imposed a fine of 60,000 pounds against Liverpool-based law firm DDP Law for GDPR violations relating to a 2022 ransomware hack and data leak that exposed sensitive information including the details of its clients' cases.

UK ICO Says Advanced's Security Measures 'Fell Seriously Short'A British IT service company must pay a 3.07 million pound fine for a 2022 ransomware hack that exposed medical records of tens of thousands of National Health Service patients. Hackers breached the Advanced system through a user account that did not have multifactor authentication in place.