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IDHS Data Breach: Years of Exposed Sensitive Maps Affecting 700K Residents

The Illinois Department of Human Services (IDHS) recently disclosed a major data exposure incident involving misconfigured internal planning maps that were publicly accessible for years.This breach impacted approximately 700,000 residents,…

PravinKarthik January 10, 2026

Year 2025

When Everything is Breached- Inside the Biggest Breaches of 2025

The year 2025 marked another watershed in global cybersecurity, with threat actors exploiting increasingly sophisticated tools (including AI-driven attacks) and targeting larger, more interconnected environments. Several macro trends defined the…

PravinKarthik December 25, 2025

Aflac Discloses a Data Breach

Aflac disclosed a major security incident from June 2025 that compromised personal and health data of 22.65 million customers, beneficiaries, employees, and agents . Hackers accessed sensitive details including Social…

PravinKarthik December 25, 2025

University of Sydney Data Breach: Over 27,000 Exposed in Code Repository Hack

The University of Sydney confirmed a significant cyber incident on December 18, 2025, revealing unauthorized access to a third-party online IT code library that compromised historical personal data of more…

PravinKarthik December 22, 2025

Askul and Fieldtex Discloses a Data Breach

In late 2025, two very different companies on opposite sides of the world – Japan’s Askul and U.S.-based Fieldtex Products – were pulled into the same story: high‑impact ransomware intrusions…

PravinKarthik December 17, 2025

700 Credit Discloses a data breach

700Credit, a U.S. fintech firm providing credit reporting and identity verification for automotive dealerships, suffered a data breach impacting approximately 5.8 million individuals. Breach Timeline Suspicious activity was detected on…

PravinKarthik December 16, 2025

French Football Federation Hit by Major Cyberattack

The French Football Federation (FFF) confirmed that it was the victim of a significant cyberattack resulting in the theft of personal data from the federation’s member management system. This breach…

PravinKarthik November 28, 2025

Inside the F5 BIG-IP 2025 Security Incident: Source Code Theft and Urgent Patch Release

Overview In October 2025, F5 Networks disclosed a significant cybersecurity incident involving a sophisticated nation-state threat actor who breached its corporate networks. This breach, detected initially in early August, resulted…

PravinKarthik October 18, 2025