Tag: Security

PowerSchool data breach affected 16,000 students in the UK

U.S. edtech giant PowerSchool has confirmed that 16,000 students in the United Kingdom had personal and sensitive data stolen during a December 2024...

Ransomware payments dropped in 2024 as victims refused to pay hackers

Ransomware payments fell by more than one-third in 2024 as an increasing number of victims refused to negotiate with hackers. In a report published...

Router maker Zyxel tells customers to replace vulnerable hardware exploited by hackers

Taiwanese hardware maker Zyxel says it has no plans to release a patch for two actively exploited vulnerabilities affecting potentially thousands of customers.  Threat...

Grubhub confirms data breach affecting customers and drivers

U.S. food delivery giant Grubhub says hackers accessed the personal details of customers and drivers after breaching its internal systems.  Grubhub is a popular...

What PowerSchool won’t say about its data breach affecting millions of students

It’s only February, but the recent hack of U.S. edtech giant PowerSchool has the potential to be one of the biggest breaches of...

US nonprofit healthcare provider says hackers stole medical and personal data of 1M+ patients

Community Health Center (CHC), a Connecticut-based nonprofit healthcare provider, has confirmed that hackers accessed the sensitive data of more than a million patients. In...