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First Agentic AI Data Breach Reported to Spanish Regulator

Spain's AEPD reported the first data breach executed by an AI agent, which autonomously chained login, vulnerability discovery, and personal data modification.

Spain's Data Protection Agency (AEPD) published details of the first breach notification in which an AI agent executed the attack, achieving a successful login, searching for vulnerabilities, and modifying personal data and accessing invoices. The agency called the agent's autonomous chaining of attack phases a qualitative change and urged updated risk analysis, faster incident response, and stronger credential protection. Investigation is ongoing; commentators cite possible causes including a guardrail jailbreak, an escaped test model, or an unauthorized LLM-based penetration test.

SecurityWeek · 4h agoData breach in the wild 2 sources1· 1 read

280,000 Impacted by Premier Medical Group Data Breach

New York healthcare provider Premier Medical Group is notifying 282,075 patients that personal and medical information was stolen in a June breach.

New York healthcare provider Premier Medical Group is notifying 282,075 patients whose personal and medical data was stolen in a June breach. Attackers accessed certain files on June 14 after some systems were disrupted, but PMG has not disclosed how the attack occurred or who was responsible. Exposed data includes names, contact information, dates of birth, treatment and diagnostic details, medication information, and health insurance details. PMG reported the incident to HHS, which added it to its public breach portal this week.

SecurityWeek · 10h agoData breach in the wild

Texas Utility CenterPoint Energy Confirms Breach After Hacker Leaks Data

CenterPoint Energy confirmed hackers stole customer personal data from an external-facing system after a forum leak of 7.5 million records.

CenterPoint Energy, a Houston-based utility serving roughly 7 million customers across Indiana, Minnesota, Ohio and Texas, told the SEC that an unauthorized third party obtained customer personal information through an external-facing system. On September 12 a hacker claimed to have stolen nearly 7.5 million records and posted a 2.5 GB archive on a cybercrime forum, threatening to attack main infrastructure next. The company says electric and gas delivery is unaffected and it expects no material impact. Earlier 2024 leak claims were attributed to Cl0p's 2023 MOVEit campaign via a third party.

SecurityWeek · 1d agoData breach

240,000 Hit by Data Breach at Japan’s Digital Agency

Japan's Digital Agency says hackers exploited a VPN flaw and a maintenance account to steal ~246,000 records on 240,000 people.

Japan's Digital Agency disclosed a breach of its Government Solution Service (GSS) affecting roughly 240,000 individuals, discovered in late June. Attackers exploited a publicly disclosed vulnerability in a VPN product and used a maintenance and operations employee's account to access over 246,000 records, including names (~236,000), email addresses (~231,000), phone numbers (~94,000), and addresses (~1,000). The agency blocked external access to the affected server, suspended the account, and said no ID numbers or financial account data were compromised.

SecurityWeekupdated · 1d agofirst · 1d agoData breach in the wild 2 sources

Personal, Financial Info Exposed in Revolut Data Breach

Revolut says a scammer using a legitimate government agency email domain obtained affected users' PII, ID copies, selfies and full financial records.

Revolut, a London-based neobank serving over 80 million users in 160 countries, notified affected users that personal and financial data was exposed to a third party posing as a government agency. Exposed data included names, addresses, dates of birth, driver's licenses, passports, verification selfies, IBANs, account statements, withdrawal records and full transaction history including Bitcoin. Revolut blocked the attacker's email and notified the relevant agency, regulators and law enforcement, but did not disclose how many individuals were impacted.

SecurityWeek · 2d agoData breach

Telus Warns Customers of Account Breaches

Telus warns customers that attackers used compromised credentials to access accounts and personal data between February 2025 and June 2026.

Telus, one of Canada's largest telecom providers, is notifying customers that attackers accessed consumer telecom accounts using compromised credentials between February 2025 and June 2026. Exposed data includes names, account numbers, phone numbers, billing addresses, email addresses, partial payment card numbers, subscription details, and payment history. The stolen information was used to push customers toward competitors and to make unauthorized service changes; the number of affected accounts is undisclosed. Telus reset credentials, added enhanced monitoring, notified Vancouver police, and offered identity theft protection; the incident may be credential stuffing and follows a ShinyHunters-claimed breach of subsidiary Telus Digital.

SecurityWeek · 2d agoData breach in the wild

Trezor Says 347,000 Users Received Phishing Emails After Brevo Hack

Attackers abused Brevo's SAML SSO to access 138 accounts, sending phishing emails to 347,000 Trezor customers and exfiltrating contacts from 43 accounts.

Trezor said 347,000 of its customers received phishing emails with the subject line 'Critical Security Alert: STM32 Entropy Vulnerability' after the attacker compromised the Brevo marketing platform. Brevo said the intruder created an account, enabled SAML SSO, and used its own identity provider to access 138 accounts, exfiltrating contacts from 43 of them. Trezor reported 2,500 users clicked the malicious link before the site was taken offline 20 minutes after detection; potential fund losses are unknown. Swiss wallet maker BitBox and crypto tax calculator CoinTracking also appear affected, and Trezor separately disclosed a ShipMonk breach now affecting roughly 81,000 people.

SecurityWeekupdated · 5d agofirst · 5d agoData breach in the wild 6 sources

Surfshark Systems Targeted by Hackers

Surfshark discloses hackers accessed a misconfigured internal test server; no user data or VPN services affected.

Surfshark discovered on August 31 that a threat actor accessed an internal test server exposed to the internet through misconfiguration, obtaining some system binaries and internal configurations. Build-related credentials committed to code history were rotated, and an isolated content optimization VPS was also accessed, though no user data, encryption keys, or browsing activity were exposed. The company contained the system, rotated credentials, and announced an independent security audit.

SecurityWeek · 5d agoData breach in the wild 2 sources

4.1 Million Impacted by AdaptHealth Data Breach

AdaptHealth disclosed a breach affecting 4,115,802 people after a socially engineered attacker stole health and insurance data from cloud-based patient systems.

A threat actor used social engineering to hijack a user session at a third-party contractor and gained access to AdaptHealth cloud applications, including patient management and document storage systems, in early June. Names, contact and demographic information, and health and health insurance data were exfiltrated; Social Security numbers and financial information were not affected. AdaptHealth reported 4,115,802 affected individuals to HHS, whose breach portal listed the incident this week; Baylor Genetics separately reported 2,810,878 individuals affected in a related June healthcare breach.

SecurityWeek · 6d agoData breach 2 sources

Hackers Return $263 Million Stolen From Liquid Network

Hackers drain roughly 4,000 BTC (~$320M) from Liquid Network federation wallet, then return 3,400 BTC with ~598 BTC still outstanding.

Attackers withdrew about 4,000 Bitcoin (roughly $320 million) from the Liquid Network federation wallet, which held approximately 4,200 BTC, via the SideSwap Peg-out Authorization Key without that key being compromised. Blockstream disabled nodes and suspended transactions after disclosing the heist on Sunday. Alleged white-hat hackers returned 3,400 BTC (~$262.6M) on Monday, demanding the underlying bug be patched before releasing the remaining ~598 BTC (~$47M). The network remains paused while fixes and a safe restart are prepared.

SecurityWeek · 8d agoData breach in the wild

Mathspace Data Breach Exposes Over 1 Million People

Mathspace breach exposed data of 1,079,819 Australian and New Zealand users via exploited Metabase zero-day CVE-2026-72898; ShinyHunters claimed responsibility.

Mathspace disclosed a breach affecting 1,079,819 students, teachers, staff, and parents in Australia and New Zealand. Attackers exploited the Metabase SQL injection zero-day CVE-2026-72898 (CVSS 10), patched August 6, and accessed Mathspace's self-hosted instance from August 10; ShinyHunters claimed the Metabase hacks. Exposed data includes names, usernames, emails, and login dates; no passwords, academic records, or credentials were taken.

SecurityWeek · 8d agoData breach in the wildCVE-2026-72898