Suzanne Smalley reports: More than 70 civil liberties advocacy groups, academics and legal experts are calling for an investigation into a “collapse in enforcement activity” by the United Kingdom’s principal data protection regulator. The group’s letter to Chi Onwurah, who chairs Parliament’s Science, Innovation and Technology Committee, contends that the Information Commissioner’s Office is plagued by deep…
Choi A-ri reports: Kim Young-shub, KT’s representative, stated regarding the unauthorized micro-payment incident, “I will take responsibility once the situation is resolved,” effectively expressing his intention to step down from his position. During a National Assembly Science, ICT, Broadcasting and Communications Committee audit held on the 21st, Kim bowed his head in response to a……
The threat actors behind the VexTrio Viper Traffic Distribution Service (TDS) have been linked to other TDS services like Help TDS and Disposable TDS, indicating that the sophisticated cybercriminal operation is a sprawling enterprise of its own that’s designed to distribute malicious content. “VexTrio is a group of malicious adtech companies that distribute scams and…
Choi Ji-won reports: Lotte Card said a hacking attack compromised the personal data of 2.97 million users, marking the biggest data breach this year. CEO Cho Jwa-jin on Thursday disclosed the findings of a probe by the Financial Supervisory Service and Financial Security Institute, in the first public announcement since regulators began investigating on Sept…….
Stephanie Nau reports: The Illinois Department of Human Services is notifying the public of a data security incident involving internal planning maps that were mistakenly made public from due to incorrect privacy settings. The maps were used for internal resource planning and created on a mapping website. The data included information related to some individuals in……
Attacks surged in July 2025 after the threat group updated its process to combine malicious LNK files and a recycled WebDAV technique
A Chinese national has been arrested in Milan, Italy, for his alleged links to a state-sponsored hacking group known as Silk Typhoon and for carrying out cyber attacks against American organizations and government agencies. The 33-year-old, Xu Zewei, has been charged with nine counts of wire fraud and conspiracy to cause damage to and obtain…
