
SonicWall breach hit every cloud backup customer, not 5% • The Register
SonicWall has admitted that all customers who used its cloud backup service to store firewall configuration files were affected by a cybersecurity incident first disclosed in mid-September, walking back earlier assurances that only a small fraction of users...

Hackers claim Discord breach exposed data of 5.5 million users
Discord says they will not be paying threat actors who claim to have stolen the data of 5.5 million unique users from the company's Zendesk support system instance, including government IDs and partial payment information for some people. The company is also...

Microsoft enables Exchange Online auto-archiving by default
Microsoft is enabling threshold-based auto-archiving by default in Exchange Online to prevent email flow issues caused by mailboxes filling up faster than expected. While users can also configure messaging records management (MRM) time-based archive policies...

Salesforce refuses to pay ransomware crims’ extortion demand • The Register
Salesforce won't pay a ransom demand to criminals who claim to have stolen nearly 1 billion customer records and are threatening to leak the data if the CRM giant doesn't pony up some cash. "Salesforce will not engage, negotiate with, or pay any extortion...

Germany slams brakes on EU’s Chat Control snoopfest • The Register
Germany has committed to oppose the EU's controversial "Chat Control" regulations following huge pressure from multiple activists and major organizations. The draft regs would allow authorities to compel providers of communications services – such as WhatsApp,...

Salesforce refuses to pay ransom over widespread data theft attacks
Salesforce has confirmed that it will not negotiate with or pay a ransom to the threat actors behind a massive wave of data theft attacks that impacted the company's customers this year. As first reported by Bloomberg, Salesforce emailed customers on Tuesday to...

Docker makes Hardened Images Catalog affordable for small businesses
The Docker team has announced unlimited access to its Hardened Images catalog to make access to secure software bundles affordable for all development teams at startups and SMBs. Starting today, container images that have been verified to be free of known...

Employees regularly paste company secrets into ChatGPT • The Register
Employees could be opening up to OpenAI in ways that put sensitive data at risk. According to a study by security biz LayerX, a large number of corporate users paste Personally Identifiable Information (PII) or Payment Card Industry (PCI) numbers right into...

US X-ray biz gets clear image of 171k+ patients’ stolen data • The Register
Florida-based Doctors Imaging Group has admitted that the sensitive medical and financial data of 171,862 patients was stolen during the course of a November 2024 cyberattack. Cancer patient forced to make terrible decision after Qilin attack on London...

Military radio maker BK Technologies cops to cyber break-in • The Register
BK Technologies, the Florida-based maker of mission-critical radios for US police, fire, and defense customers, has confessed to a cyber intrusion that briefly rattled its IT systems last month. The company identified "potentially suspicious activity" around...