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Monday, 20 July 2026

Data Breaches Digest - Week 30 2026

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 20th July and 26th July 2026.


20th July

271 million Uber Eats and Starbucks records surface on hacker forum: Should you be worried?

Australia: Crypto scam losses of $1.47 million in five days sparks Queensland police alert to new phishing threat

Chinese police repatriate key suspect in phishing and Trojan virus case from Vietnam

Community College of Beaver County (CCBC) Data Breach Exposes Social Security Numbers and More

Craneware confirms data breach after cyberattack

Craneware Confirms Data Breach, Employee Records Among Exposed Data

Craneware reveals cyber attack with employee and customer data stolen

Critical ServiceNow code execution flaw now exploited in attacks

Cruciferra Crypter Uses Process Ghosting to Evade Detection

CVE-2026-42533 Exposes Critical Pre-Auth nginx RCE Flaw

Cyberattack hits Coca-Cola's $4 billion dairy brand, suspends US production

Cyberattack pauses Fairlife’s production, working to learn about impact on Webster plant

Data breach hits well-known AI company: ‘Sorry for any disruption’

Don’t run into these ‘Gentlemen’. More on this Ransomware gang

Edinburgh-based healthcare firm 'hit with cyber attack' as hackers steal data

Ernst & Young Data Breach Affects Personal, Financial Information

Ernst & Young data breach exposes personal and financial information of tax clients

Ernst & Young reveals data breach following hack on support system

Exposed Server Reveals AI-Assisted Phishing Toolkit Behind WebDAV Malware Campaign

Fairlife Ransomware Attack Hits Production Systems, U.S. Operations Suspended

Fairlife shortage looms after ransomware hits Coca-Cola plants

FakeGit Campaign Uses 7,600 GitHub Repositories to Spread SmartLoader Malware

FBI Arrests Florida Man in $220,000 Steam Crypto Theft Case

Governments Weigh Ransomware Payment Bans as Hackers Grow Bolder

Hacker stole from Steam users for years, got caught because he ordered food online

Hacker wipes European country’s entire land registry database, paralyzing real-estate market

Hacker wipes Romania's entire land registry database

Hackers are exploiting recently patched WordPress bugs, putting millions of websites at risk

Hackers Are Hiding Invisible Text in Phishing Emails to Fool AI Security Tools

Hackers stole ‘significant’ amount of data from tech firm relied on by thousands of US hospitals and pharmacies

Hackers were inside South Korea's diplomat training system for 9 months

Health tech firm Craneware admits “significant volume” of customer and employee data exposed in cyber attack

Health tech firm Craneware says customer and staff data stolen in cyber attack

Healthcare phishing breach exposes SSNs, medical records for 15 months

Healthcare ransomware attacks up 14% in first half of 2026

HollowGraph Malware Hides C2 and Stolen Files in Microsoft 365 Events Dated 2050

HOLLOWGRAPH malware turns Microsoft 365 calendars into an espionage channel

Hugging Face breached by autonomous AI agent

Hugging Face confirms breach affected internal datasets and credentials, urges users to take action

Hugging Face Hacked in Autonomous AI Attack

Hugging Face warns an autonomous AI agent hacked its network

Identity-based attacks overtake software flaws as leading ransomware entry point

India: Data breach exposes documents tied to Kudankulam nuclear plant expansion

India says allegedly leaked nuclear plant files pose no safety risk

Information Commissioner Notified After Data Breach Concerns At Former West Sussex County Council Buildings

Italy fines WINDTRE €1.7 million over security flaws behind two data breaches

Jadepuffer: Agentic attack evolves to destroy AI models

JadePuffer Returns With Ransomware Designed to Wipe AI Models

Kenya restores presidential website after cyber attack

Kenya’s Presidential Website Hit by Cyber Incident, Government Says No Data Was Stolen

Kentucky included in settlement with 23andMe following 2023 data breach

LG Monitors Spotted Installing Adware-Like App on Windows PCs

Mythos Didn't Break Your Security Program. Your Exposure Window Could

New 7-Zip Vulnerability Could Let Crafted XZ Archives Run Code During Extraction

New HollowGraph Malware Hijacks Microsoft 365 Calendars for Covert C2 Communications

New HollowGraph malware uses Microsoft Graph for stealthy C2 comms

New X phishing scam uses fake login alerts to steal your account

One threat that infiltrated the ANC, Anglo American, Mediclinic, South African Airways, and Pick n Pay

Paidwork breach exposes sensitive data of 23 million user

Paidwork Data Breach Exposes 23 Million User Records, Have I Been Pwned (HIBP) Says

Plugging an LG monitor into a Windows computer installs a potentially unwanted program

Police Chiefs Cite Transport for London (TfL) Hack in Push for Cybercrime Risk Orders

Ransomware attack disrupts fairlife’s US production

Ransomware attacks hit SMBs harder than ever as cybercrime gang rivalry heats up

Ransomware detections on Indian SMBs is on the rise

Researchers Build WordPress Exploit Using OpenAI's GPT

Romania races to restore land registry after cyberattack disrupts property market

Russian Intelligence Hacks IP Cameras to Spy on Military Logistics Across NATO States and Ukraine

Russian-Speaking Hacker Uses Google Gemini CLI to Control Botnet of Eight Dental Clinic PCs

ServiceNow pre-auth RCE exploited in the wild (CVE-2026-6875)

SleeperGem Uses Three Malicious RubyGems Packages to Target Developer Machines

Software provider to more than 2,000 US hospitals says hackers stole employee and customer data

South African industrial giant that makes chemicals targeted by one of the world’s most notorious ransomware groups

South Carolina will receive $280,000 in 23andMe settlement after data breach

Thailand: Base-education hacker arrested in Phuket

The Gentlemen deploys new malware to take control of systems before encryption

The New Cyber Frontier: Ransomware Surges as AI Deepfakes Expose Corporate Vulnerabilities

The Odyssey piracy scams surface hours after its theatrical debut

The Rise of Calendar Phishing

The Windows 10 hangover is becoming a security problem

Threat Actors Allegedly Listed Starbucks Data on Hacker Forums

U.S. court seizes $8.37 million in crypto from ransomware negotiator accused of aiding hackers

U.S. Prosecutors Charge Russian Trio in Cybercrimes Causing More Than $62 Million in Losses

United Arab Emirates: Dubai Police Warns Against Online Scams Promising Work and Visit Visas

Unpatched SharkNinja flaw turns vacuum cleaner into a spy, reveals house maps, WiFi passwords

Why Security companies can’t create an invincible Vaccine against Ransomware

WordPress Critical RCE Security Flaw a Threat to Millions of Websites

WordPress urges immediate update: hackers are gaining full control with a critical exploit

World's Largest AI Model Repository Hugging Face Breached by Autonomous AI Agent

wp2shell: The Unauthenticated WordPress Exploit That Needs No Login, No Plugins, Just a Vulnerable Core

X users are being hit by fake login alerts: the phishing emails look real

Zero-Day Hack Exposes South Korean Diplomatic Academy to Massive Data Breach