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Cybersecurity & Data Breaches

Articles covering data breaches, cybersecurity incidents, third-party risks, and incident response for organizations.

cybersecurity data breaches3 days ago7 min

Unlimited Technology Systems Data Breach: 3.8 Million Patients' Personal and Medical Records Exposed

Healthcare software company Unlimited Technology Systems reported a data breach in October 2025 that exposed personal information of over 3.8 million patients. The incident involved unauthorized access to financial and medical records, including Social Security numbers, driver's license scans, insurance cards, and diagnosis information. Affected individuals were notified starting July 1, 2026, and offered identity monitoring services through Kroll.

cybersecurity data breaches3 days ago4 min

Building Cages or Fixing AI? The Alignment Debate After OpenAI's Hugging Face Breach

An in-depth look at how OpenAI's Hugging Face breach has exposed two competing responses to AI safety: building better containment systems versus fundamentally fixing model alignment.

cybersecurity data breachesJun 30, 20264 min

The Campus That Got Hacked: How a Single Zero-Day Broke 450,000 Student Records

A forensic breakdown of the ShinyHunters attack on Oracle PeopleSoft — how a single unauthenticated flaw led to the largest education-sector breach of 2026.

cybersecurity data breachesJun 29, 20265 min

Coupang's Record $409M Data Breach Fine: A Wake-Up Call for Korea’s Tech Giants

South Korea's data protection regulator imposed its largest-ever fine on Coupang after a breach exposed 37.55 million customers through authentication failures, access control gaps, and obstructive behavior toward investigators.

cybersecurity data breachesJun 28, 20267 min

France's Sovereign Messenger Tchap Compromised After Account Takeover

DINUM confirmed that France's government-built Tchap messaging platform was breached on June 7, 2026 after ANSSI detected a threat actor hijacking a legitimate user account via social engineering. The attacker, calling itself 'Misère,' claims to have scraped 650,000 messages and 13.5GB of files across 73,000 accounts on the Matrix-based platform that serves over 300,000 monthly users in the French public sector.