Latest cybersecurity reporting from selected sources.

Data of Nearly 470,000 Patients and Employees May Have Been Leaked on Dark WebOmni Family Health, a California nonprofit network of community health centers, has agreed to pay $6.5 million to settle proposed class action lawsuits related to a 2024 hack that may have exposed the personal information of nearly 470,000 current and former patients and employees on the dark web.

Young Consulting Says Health Data Exposed; Ransomware Group Leaked Stolen DataYoung Consulting, which develops software for the stop-loss insurance market, is notifying 1 million individuals that their personal information was stolen earlier this year in a hack attack. The BlackSuit ransomware group, a rebrand of Royal, subsequently claimed credit and leaked stolen data.

Almost 2.7 billion records of personal information for people in the United States were leaked on a hacking forum, exposing names, social security numbers, all known physical addresses, and possible aliases. [...]

A threat actor leaked 200,000 records on a hacker forum, claiming they contained the mobile phone numbers, email addresses, and other personal information of Facebook Marketplace users. [...]

Conor Brian Fitzpatrick was sentenced to 20 years of supervised release today in the Eastern District of Virginia for operating the notorious BreachForums hacking forum, known for the sale and leaking of personal data for hundreds of millions of people worldwide. [...]

Luxottica has confirmed one of its partners suffered a data breach in 2021 that exposed the personal information of 70 million customers after a database was posted this month for free on hacking forums. [...]

Australian telecom giant Optus on Monday confirmed that nearly 2.1 million of its current and former customers suffered a leak of their personal information and at least one form of identification number as a result of a data breach late last month

Russian retail chain 'DNS' (Digital Network System) disclosed yesterday that they suffered a data breach that allegedly exposed the personal information of 16 million customers and employees. [...]

The hacker who claimed to have breached Optus and stolen the data of 11 million customers has withdrawn their extortion demands after facing increased attention by law enforcement. The threat actor also apologized to 10,200 people whose personal data was already leaked on a hacking forum. [...]

Game publishing giant Bandai Namco has confirmed that they suffered a cyberattack that may have resulted in the theft of customers' personal data. [...]