A Nigerian citizen has been sentenced to eight years in prison for his role in a series of spearphishing attacks on U.S. accounting firms since 2019. Chukwuemeka Victor Amachukwu (also known as Chukwuemeka Victor Eletuo and So Kwan Leung), 40, pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit computer intrusions and wire fraud following his extradition from … Read more
Nikkei Inc. reported a new data breach, its third in about a month, that exposed 1.83 million records of personal information. The Japanese giant says subsets of the data contained personally identifiable information and other sensitive details, but most datasets contained no identifying information. The company said 150,000 records contained at least one of the … Read more
Burger King Japan, the Japanese subsidiary of global fast food giant Burger King, reported a major data breach after attackers accessed a server containing 11.18 million customer details. Founded in Florida in 1953, Burger King is now a multinational fast food chain with nearly 20,000 locations worldwide, including 350 in Japan. In a news release … Read more
The Norwegian Data Protection Authority (Datatilsynet) has fined Xandr, an advertising company owned by Microsoft, $9.6 million (NOK 92 million) for unlawfully processing and sharing sensitive data of Grindr users in the country. The data protection authority said this was the largest fine it had ever imposed. “We imposed such a large fine in this … Read more
Daiichi Kosho, a major Japanese entertainment systems manufacturer, announced that a malware infection at its contractor Nippon Columbia exposed more than 8.7 million customer and employee records. The company is the largest karaoke manufacturer in Japan 521 karaoke venues nationwide, including the Big Echo chain, one of the most popular karaoke box chains in the … Read more
The US State Department is offering up to $10 million for information about Zhang Yu, a Chinese national accused of participating in the Hafnium campaign against Microsoft Exchange servers. The State Department’s Rewards for Justice (RFJ) program announced the reward on Wednesday. Zhang is charged alongside Xu Zewei, who was extradited from Italy to the … Read more
Attackers use AI to locate and exploit vulnerabilities at machine speed; Hadrian provides an offensive security platform for agents that allows defenders to operate at the same speed. Amsterdam-based Hadrian has raised an additional $40 million in a Series B round, bringing its total funding to $65 million. The new financing was co-led by Forgepoint … Read more
The Italian Data Protection Agency (GPDP) has fined IQVIA 7 million euros ($7.8 million) for poor data processing practices that the agency said could have put about a million patients at risk of data disclosure and deanonymization. IQVIA is a multinational company providing healthcare data analytics, technology and clinical research services. The company claims on … Read more
Miami, Florida-based doxx.net has raised $38 million in a Series A funding round led by Andreessen Horowitz with participation from Animo Ventures and Focal.vc. The company was founded in 2025 by the serial founder and hacker at heart Barrett Lyonsand operates on six continents. The new funding was announced at the same time as the … Read more
Frontier AI company Modulate has raised an additional $25 million from Future Ventures, with participation from Hyperplane and Lakestar, bringing its total funding to $60 million. Modulate creates audio-native AI models that enable machines to understand the nuances of human conversations, whether natural or fake. It uses a proprietary Ensemble Listening Model (ELM) architecture to … Read more