June 2025: Major Data Breaches and Cyber Attacks

ICC detects and contains new sophisticated cyber security incident Late last week, the International Criminal Court (“ICC” or “the Court”) detected a new, sophisticated and targeted cyber security incident, which has now been contained.  This incident, the second of this type against the ICC in recent years, was swiftly discovered, confirmed and contained, through the Court’s alertContinue reading “June 2025: Major Data Breaches and Cyber Attacks”

May 2025: Major Data Breaches and Cyber Attacks

South African Airways hit by cyber attack South African Airways (SAA) has become the latest organisation to fall victim to a cyber attack. In a statement released today, the flagship carrier of South Africa says it has been impacted by a significant cyber incident that began on Saturday, 3 May. According to SAA, the breachContinue reading “May 2025: Major Data Breaches and Cyber Attacks”

April 2025: Major Data Breaches and Cyber Attacks

Ransomware surge: Sensata Technologies, US state agencies targeted in widespread cyber incidents Industrial technology company Sensata Technologies disclosed that the company experienced a ransomware attack that encrypted parts of its network. The company took its systems offline, initiated response protocols, and launched an investigation with third-party cybersecurity experts. Law enforcement has been notified and is involved. ThisContinue reading “April 2025: Major Data Breaches and Cyber Attacks”

March 2025: Major Data Breaches and Cyber Attacks

Data breach at Japanese telecom giant NTT hits 18,000 companies Japanese telecommunication services provider NTT Communications Corporation (NTT) is warning almost 18,000 corporate customers that their information was compromised during a cybersecurity incident. The data breach was discovered in early February 2025, but the exact date when the hackers gained initial access to NTT’s systemsContinue reading “March 2025: Major Data Breaches and Cyber Attacks”

Monthly Round Up for the month of November 2024

Insurance Administrator Landmark Admin Ransomware Data Breach Impacted Over 800,000 People Landmark Admin, a third-party insurance administrator, has confirmed a data breach. The May 2024 ransomware attack affected nearly one million customers. “The forensic investigation determined that data was encrypted and infiltrated from Landmark’s system,” the company said. Canada faces a cybersecurity crisis with criticalContinue reading “Monthly Round Up for the month of November 2024”