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The Ministry of Defence offered to expedite the review of a rejected resettlement application of an Afghan national after he posted sensitive details from a data breach on Facebook, the BBC understands.
In a federal lawsuit filed in December, Blake Lively claimed that a mysterious Texas-based social media guru ran an untraceable smear campaign against her at the behest of Justin Baldoni. On Wednesday, a judge granted Jed Wallace’s motion to dismiss himself as a defendant in the case. Judge Lewis Liman made his ruling without prejudice, …
MAINE, USA — Hackers had access to Covenant Health servers for more than a week, stealing the personal data of thousands of patients. Covenant Health discovered the data breach on May 26. An investigation revealed the hackers had access to the health system’s servers since May 18, according to the Maine attorney general’s office.
On Tuesday, a major data breach which led to thousands of Afghans being secretly relocated to the UK became public knowledge for the first time. Chris joins Adam to discuss the former government’s account of events, as well as what could happen next. And, Adam speaks to Larisa Brown, Defence Editor at The Times, about how she broke the story.
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Cybercriminals accessed Medicare data of more than 100,000 Americans by creating fraudulent accounts, prompting CMS to deactivate accounts and issue new Medicare cards.
Despite the year-over-year increase in breaches, the number of victim notices in the first half of 2025 totaled 165.7 million, or just 12% of the victim notices issued by mid-year 2024. The decrease is due in part to fewer people being impacted by the small handful of mega breaches in 2025 compared to 2024, the ITRC says.
A council has apologised after a data breach saw a number of email addresses disclosed in error. Dumfries and Galloway Council is understood to have sent the addresses out with a customer survey from its planning department.