Attor­ney Gen­er­al Ken Pax­ton Demands Infor­ma­tion from Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas and Con­duent as Part of Inves­ti­ga­tion into Largest Data Breach in U.S. History

John Blacksmith reports: Verily, owned by Alphabet, is facing a lawsuit filed by an ex-employee who alleges the misuse of the personally identifiable health information of over 25,000 patients, and the failure of the company to submit HIPAA breach reports, as per the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) requirement. Verily, previously known as……

Governmental organizations in Southeast Asia are the target of a new campaign that aims to collect sensitive information by means of a previously undocumented Windows backdoor dubbed HazyBeacon. The activity is being tracked by Palo Alto Networks Unit 42 under the moniker CL-STA-1020, where “CL” stands for “cluster” and “STA” refers to “state-backed motivation.” “The…

On August 7, external counsel for Connex Credit Union (“Connex”) in Connecticut notified the Maine Attorney General’s Office of a recent hacking incident. According to their notification, unusual activity was discovered on their system on June 3, 2025. An investigation that was promptly launched determined that files may have been accessed or downloaded without authorization……

Every week, someone somewhere slips up—and threat actors slip in. A misconfigured setting, an overlooked vulnerability, or a too-convenient cloud tool becomes the perfect entry point. But what happens when the hunters become the hunted? Or when old malware resurfaces with new tricks? Step behind the curtain with us this week as we explore breaches…

“Dissent Doe,” DataBreaches.net admin@databreaches.net Zack Whittaker, this.weekinsecurity.com this@weekinsecurity.com February 2026. [Download .pdf version] Key takeaways Three-quarters of respondents in a pilot survey of journalists and security researchers reported receiving one or more threats due to their work; one-quarter reported never receiving any threats. Overall, half of the respondents reported receiving at least one legal threat…….

Cleveland.com reports: In response to Cleveland and other local governments around Ohio being targeted with cyberattacks and ransomware threats, the state of Ohio will soon require all counties, cities, townships, school districts, libraries, and other local governments to have a cybersecurity policy that adheres to certain standards, as well as only allow locals to approve…