Critical infrastructure, such as water utilities, energy grids, healthcare systems, manufacturing plants, education platforms, and transport networks, have become primary targets of ransomware groups. In late April and early May 2026, for instance, Shinyhunters, a hacking group, breached Instructure, an education platform used by K-12 schools and universities across the US, and claimed for ransom....Read More
Cybercrime , Data Privacy , Data Security 2023 LockBit Attack Affected Nearly 9M People, Including Children Marianne Kolbasuk McGee (HealthInfoSec) • June 18, 2026 MCNA Dental, one of the largest providers of children’s dental benefits in the US, has agreed to a multimillion dollar settlement to resolve litigation centered on a 2023 Lockbit...Read More
Accenture bulks up cybersecurity division with multiple acquisitions Accenture is acquiring a majority stake in one business and buying two more companies outright in a bid to shore up its USD 10 billion cybersecurity business. The US firm is buying the entire share capital in runZero, which specialises in cyber risk management, and NetRise, a...Read More
ON Tuesday, a 14-year-old Grade 8 student at a private school in General Trias City, Cavite, walked into a Grade 5 classroom and began to attack everyone in sight with a kitchen knife. Seven schoolchildren were wounded before the attacker surrendered her weapon to a teacher and was taken into custody. The incident rings alarm...Read More
Global professional services company Accenture (NYSE:ACN) met Wall Street’s revenue expectations in Q2 CY2026, with sales up 5.6% year on year to $18.72 billion. On the other hand, next quarter’s revenue guidance of $18.08 billion was less impressive, coming in 2.3% below analysts’ estimates. Its GAAP profit of $3.80 per share was 2.8% above analysts’...Read More
PARMA, Ohio — A woman in her late 90s nearly lost thousands of dollars to scammers — until a group of people at a Parma senior center joined forces to stop it. Staff at the Donna Smallwood Activity Center in Parma grew suspicious after a center transportation driver noticed the woman had purchased large amounts...Read More
Şeyma Erkul Dayanç 19 June 2026•Update: 19 June 2026 France on Friday designated the military use of artificial intelligence as an “essential security interest,” a move aimed at accelerating defense innovation and strengthening national sovereignty in emerging battlefield technologies. “This decision is political and strategic. It is also highly concrete,” said Defense Minister Catherine Vautrin...Read More
A Monterey County sheriff’s deputy assists with dismantling unsafe or recalled car seats to promote child passenger safety during the event. (Courtesy of MCSO) KING CITY — Families received hands-on safety checks May 31 during a Car Seat Check Event hosted by the Monterey County Health Department and Mee Memorial Healthcare System in King City....Read More
More than 6.5 billion cyberthreats were detected and blocked across Asia and South Pacific in 2024, according to data from cybersecurity firm Trend Micro, one of Interpol’s private-sector partners. The report also found that more than 135,000 ransomware attacks were recorded across the region in the same period, targeting industries including manufacturing, real estate and...Read More
A ransomware operation that emerged less than a year ago has claimed 478 victims across more than 70 countries — and it got there by doing something most criminal gangs do not: building and maintaining its own dedicated toolkit to destroy endpoint security software before deploying ransomware. ESET published its full investigation into the Gentlemen...Read More
