The Data Protection Commission has today launched its Annual Report for 2024 and released the results of its first Public Attitudes Survey. From their press release: Highlights of the 2024 Annual Report The DPC issued 11 finalised inquiry decisions resulting in administrative fines totalling €652 million during 2024. Multiple reprimands and compliance orders were also imposed….
Delta County Memorial Hospital District (Delta Health) in Colorado was the victim of a cyberattack at the end of May 2024. Whatever happened — and the details still haven’t been disclosed — resulted in the provider notifying HHS on July 29 that it had suffered a breach, but the number was not yet known. The…
Dara Kerr reports: DeepSeek said its newly popular app was hit with a cyber-attack on Monday, which forced the Chinese company to temporarily limit registrations. The attack came after the DeepSeek AI assistant app soared to the top of Apple’s App Store, becoming the highest rated free app in the US, and climbed high in Google’s Play…
Developed with the help of AI, the emerging FunkSec ransomware claimed over 80 victims in December 2024. The post Emerging FunkSec Ransomware Developed Using AI appeared first on SecurityWeek.
Hunton Andrews Kurth writes: On April 11, 2025, the North Dakota governor signed H.B. 1127 (the “Act”), which establishes new data security measures and breach notification obligations for financial corporations. Covered entities include those that are regulated by the North Dakota Department of Financial Institutions and exclude financial institutions, such as banks, and credit unions. Key requirements,…
A dual Russian and Israeli national has been charged in the United States for allegedly being the developer of the now-defunct LockBit ransomware-as-a-service (RaaS) operation since its inception in or around 2019 through at least February 2024. Rostislav Panev, 51, was arrested in Israel earlier this August and is currently awaiting extradition, the U.S. Department…
Security data pipeline management startup Axoflow has raised $7 million in a seed funding round led by EBRD Venture Capital. The post Axoflow Raises $7 Million for Security Data Curation Platform appeared first on SecurityWeek.
