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Qantas Data Leaked to the Dark Web: What Boards Need to Learn
In October 2025, Qantas confirmed that data from roughly six million customers had surfaced on dark web marketplaces. The files, originally stolen months earlier in a ransomware campaign, contained personal identifiers including names, email addresse …
Nursery cyberattacks push UK education into a new era of risk.
A British nursery chain has become the focus of one of the most disturbing cyber incidents to hit the education sector. Kido International, which runs nurseries across Greater London, confirmed a criminal group had accessed systems containing the nam …
UK visa sponsor phishing attacks impersonate the Home Office
A coordinated phishing campaign is targeting organisations that hold a UK sponsor licence. Attackers are impersonating the Home Office and steering users to cloned Sponsorship Management System login pages to steal credentials at scale. Reporting by …
Google's Salesforce breach exposed customer contact data
Google has confirmed that hackers stole customer information by breaching one of its corporate Salesforce databases. The company said the incident occurred in June and involved data tied to small and medium business prospects for Google Ads. The stol …
Cisco confirms voice-phishing breach: what CEOs need to know
On 5 August 2025, Cisco disclosed that attackers had stolen basic profile data for an undisclosed number of Cisco.com user accounts. The criminals used a voice-phishing (vishing) call to trick a Cisco representative into granting access to a third-pa …
Microsoft SharePoint hack: Business systems breached
A series of related, actively exploited vulnerabilities (CVE-2025-49704, CVE-2025-49706, CVE-2025-53770, CVE-2025-53771) have compromised numerous Microsoft SharePoint servers globally. Initial reports identified around 100 confirmed compromised enti …
MoD insider breach: £850m fallout from one avoidable mistake
In February 2022, a Ministry of Defence (MoD) official leaked sensitive personal data of 19,000 applicants from the Afghan Relocation and Assistance Policy (ARAP). This breach, recently revealed by multiple news outlets following the lifting of a hig …
Elmo hack was avoidable: A simple security fix could’ve stopped it
The recent hacking of the official Elmo account on social media platform X has sent shockwaves through both the cybersecurity community and the entertainment industry. It highlights critical vulnerabilities that brands globally must address urgently.
Qantas data breach exposes systemic weaknesses in third-party access controls
Qantas has confirmed a significant cyber breach impacting the personal information of up to six million customers. The compromise occurred via a third-party call centre platform, where cybercriminals exploited inadequate access controls. Early invest …
Marks & Spencer cyberattack: what happened and what it means
On 8 July, Marks & Spencer publicly confirmed the cause and scale of the cyberattack that crippled its online retail operations for over six weeks. The breach, first detected in late April, was traced to a targeted impersonation campaign linked t …