Amplifon says February attack stole US customer SSNs and medical data
Texas was told 85,804 people were affected and Vermont 1,027; law firms’ 1,332,826 figure is unconfirmed.
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Who Gives A Crap says third-party breach exposed shopper contact data
Names, emails, phones, addresses and spend totals for UK, US and Australian customers were accessed; payments and passwords were not.
HHS lists iRhythm breach as affecting 8.2 million people
The June 2026 incident exposed patient contact details and device account data after hackers tried to extort a ransom.
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Marines sue Pentagon over DMDC breach of service-member data
The complaint says unencrypted files were exposed for about nine months before discovery on July 16.
Copenhagen University breach exposes data on about 525,000 people
National identity numbers and physical-access PIN codes were taken from a test environment detected on October 20.
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Pseudonymisation tools leave personal values visible in most test documents
On a held-out set, the best existing tools left a whole value visible in 61% of Russian and 58% of UK English documents.
State Bank of India discloses leak of 3,897 customer records
BreachForums user Siriusim posted SBI files, while the bank reported a much smaller official count.
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SBI says 3,897 customer records appeared on the dark web
Investigators confirmed 3,897 PII records after reviewing about 375,000 rows; passwords, PINs, and stolen funds were not reported.
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Nikkei discloses third breach in a month, 1.83 million records exposed
Stolen credentials opened a development system on October 7; 150,000 records held identifiers and no card data was exposed.
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Burger King Japan Data Breach Impacted 11 Million Customers
Burger King Japan says attackers exposed personal data of 11.18 million official app members.
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Burger King Japan data breach exposes 11 million customer records
Burger King Japan says attackers leaked 11.18 million official-app customer records in early October.
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Scammers clone candidates’ voices to steal cash and voter data ahead of 2026 midterms, FBI warns
FBI warns scammers are cloning 2026 midterm candidates with AI to steal donations and voter data.
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CenterPoint Energy Data Breach: More Than 1 Million Texans Affected
CenterPoint Energy told Texas a breach exposed personal data of 1,062,060 residents, including Social Security numbers.
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Surprise Masking filters private spans during language-model training
Fine-tuning extraction of private values fell from 66.3% to 2.3% while evaluated coding performance held.
Burger King Japan Confirms Data Breach Exposing 11.18M User Records
Burger King Japan confirmed unauthorized access exposed 11.18 million app member records with names and contact details.
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How ChatGPT Targets Ads To You Based On Your Prompts, Phone Number, and Email
OpenAI lets advertisers target ChatGPT users using emails, phone numbers, device IDs, and conversation context.
UK Legal Aid Agency Data Breach Exposes Personal Records Dating Back to 1978
The UK Legal Aid Agency says its 2025 breach exposed about 250,000 personal records dating back to 1978.
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CenterPoint Energy Data Breach Impacts 1 Million Texans
CenterPoint Energy told Texas that a breach exposed personal data of 1,062,060 residents, including Social Security numbers.
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QuasiLeak-Bench: Evaluating LLM-Based Privacy Detectors on Policy-Conditioned Quasi-Evidence Group Recovery
QuasiLeak-Bench shows a fine-tuned 4B model beats prompted LLM privacy detectors on quasi-evidence groups.
Denmark Data Breach Involving 8.8 Million Records Linked to ‘123456’ Password
A weak password at Danish firm Pays ApS exposed about 8.8 million CPR records, including ID numbers and addresses.
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iRhythm Data Breach Impacts at Least 360,000 People
iRhythm says hackers stole personal and device data on at least 360,000 people and demanded a ransom.
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Nippon Columbia Malware Infection May Have Exposed 8.7 Million Customer Records
Nippon Columbia says malware on a contractor PC may have exposed about 8.7 million Daiichi Kosho records.
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FBI Arrests Another Suspected ShinyHunters Hacker Linked to FBIJobs.gov Breach
The FBI arrested another suspected ShinyHunters member linked to the FBIJobs.gov breach of employee personal data.
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Karaoke Giant Reveals Data Breach Impacting Eight Million
Daiichi Kosho says supplier malware may have exposed data on about 8.7 million customers.
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