Editor's Message

Welcome to DBD. On March 8th, DBD celebrated it's 5th anniversary and PRiSM celebrated it's 2nd anniversary. Little did I know when I started both of these ventures just how much an impact they would have on my life and I'd like to thank each and everyone of you who have supported me over the years, with a special thanks to those individuals who have kindly shared their knowledge with me, and continue to do so. Thanks again for your support. Stay safe. :)


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Monday, 5 May 2025

Data Breaches Digest - Week 19 2025

Welcome to this week's Data Breaches Digest, a catalogue of links concerning Data Breaches and Cyber Security that were published on the Internet during the period between 5th May and 11th May 2025.


5th May

Are You Too Reliant on Third-Party Vendors for Cybersecurity?

Australian Retailers Warned By Minister After Massive UK M&S Ransomware Attack

Co-op cyber attack leaves 20 MILLION customers at risk of scams for years to come, experts say

Cyberattacks Targeting US Increased by 136%

Data breach: SK Telecom suspends new subscriber sign-ups

DragonForce claims Co-op cyber attack as retailer confirms customer data loss

Gmail phishing attacks increasing, passkey upgrade recommended

Golden Chickens Deploy TerraStealerV2 to Steal Browser Credentials and Crypto Wallet Data

How CISOs can talk cybersecurity so it makes sense to executives

How Kraken Exposed North Korean Hacker Posing as Job Applicant

Japanese freight company Kintetsu World Express reports major data security incident disrupting daily operations

Kelly Benefits confirms an attack affecting nearly half a million

Kraken Dodges A Bullet From A North Korean Hacker

Marks and Spencer lacked business continuity plan amid ongoing cyber attack chaos, M&S insider claims

National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) Warns of Ransomware Attacks Targeting UK Organisations

Pakistan-backed APT36 hackers used the Pahalgam terror attack as bait in a phishing campaign

Ransomware Attacks Fall in April Amid RansomHub Outage

Ransomware is still a thing because we’re making it easy for the hackers

Ransomware spike exposes cracks in cloud security

Scattered Spider linked to the recent Marks & Spencer (M&S) ransomware attack

Signal clone used by Trump’s security adviser hacked

SK Telecom halts new sign-ups amid nationwide USIM data breach response

SK Telecom suspends new subscriber sign-ups as part of data breach response measures

Tech site says Signal-like app used by Trump adviser was hacked

TeleMessage, the Signal-esque app used by the Trump administration, has been hacked

UK retailer Co-op takes network offline after detecting an attempted cyber attack

Urgent warning for millions of Co-op customers after cyber attack

US: Survey ranks Indiana No. 2 for ‘phishing’ victims

Why External Attack Surface Management (EASM) Projects Fail: Three Pitfalls to Avoid