Data leak stories
Thailand has joined the ransomware top 10 as fewer groups now drive most attacks, raising the cost of each breach for businesses.
Ransomware losses worsened in May as attacks climbed 48% year on year, despite a 7% drop in overall cyber incidents.
Many firms are exposing sensitive data as shadow AI and weak controls leave them open to breaches, hallucinations and unauthorised access.
New silicon-level controls aim to curb unauthorised agent access and data exposure in enterprise AI storage, while keeping traffic fast.
Hundreds of millions of student records may be exposed, disrupting exam systems at universities and highlighting the fragility of centralised school software.
Broader Claude access should help MIND sharpen data discovery and loss prevention for customers, after it joined Anthropic's cyber scheme.
The new integration keeps passwords out of prompts and repos, reducing the risk of leaks as AI coding agents move into production workflows.
Security teams will gain continuous oversight of Claude use as Netskope brings the AI assistant under existing compliance and data-loss rules.
The move widens defences for businesses as AI systems become a bigger target for attackers and zero-day flaws multiply across enterprise software.
Companies using Claude can now log prompts, responses and attachments for compliance, easing oversight of sensitive data shared by staff.
Losses from North Korea-linked digital asset theft jumped 51% in 2025, exposing banks and fintech firms to more identity-based intrusions.
A smaller band of operators is driving most incidents, leaving companies facing fewer but more organised ransomware gangs.
Undisclosed attacks outnumbered public cases by nine to one, with healthcare and government still bearing the brunt of the ransomware threat.
A misconfigured database left 86,859 images and private chats from a prominent European celebrity’s device open to anyone online.
Enterprises face growing breach and compliance risks as autonomous software bypasses static access controls and acts across systems without oversight.
AI tools have surfaced customer records and other sensitive files at 29% of firms, highlighting weak Microsoft 365 governance.
Despite widespread confidence in governance, UK companies are already seeing AI tools surface sensitive data as Copilot rollouts accelerate.
Regulated employers can now test their AI controls in minutes, as the Brisbane firm targets stricter data rules and workplace leak risks.
Public sector buyers in New Zealand gain a marketplace option for tighter email controls as phishing and impersonation keep driving cyber risk.
Information on about 500,000 volunteers is being offered for sale online, raising fears that stolen health and DNA data could be misused for years.