UK retail giant Co-op has confirmed a significant data breach that compromised the personal information of all 6.5 million of its customers. The breach is attributed to the cybercriminal group Scattered Spider.

The vulnerability posed a significant privacy risk, potentially exposing sensitive user-generated content. Although Meta found no evidence of abuse, the flaw could have allowed unauthorized access to private AI interactions.

LexisNexis Risk Solutions has disclosed a significant data breach that compromised the personal information of over 364,000 individuals. The breach involved unauthorized access to a third-party software development platform used by the company.

The donation site used by truckers in Ottawa who are currently protesting against national vaccine mandates has fixed a security lapse that exposed the passports and driver licenses of donors.

The U.K’s Foreign Office was the target of a “serious incident” that forced it to request urgent cybersecurity help. The incident was confirmed in a recently released public tender document.

Addition, the investment firm founded by Lee Fixel, led this Series A funding round with Oxford Science Enterprises (formerly known as OSI) and Crane also participating in the round.

Menlo Ventures led the latest round with participation from Icon Ventures, Telstra Ventures, HarbourVest Partners, Shasta Ventures, Dell Technologies Capital, and T-Mobile Ventures.

The Series B funding round was led by Ibex Investors, with participation from Vertex Growth Fund, Strides International Business, Magma Venture Partners, Vertex Ventures Israel, and GlenRock Israel.

Guardio, which provides a browser extension to monitor malicious activity online, raised $47 million led by Tiger Global. Emerge, Vintage, Cerca Partners, Union, and Samsung Next also participated.