Colt Customers Face Prolonged Outages After Major Cyber Incident

On August 14, the telecommunications giant publicly confirmed that an internal system was breached. Although this system was disconnected from its customer-facing infrastructure, the company has taken some systems offline in respond to the incident.

Human resources firm Workday disclosed a data breach

Human resources firm Workday disclosed a data breach after attackers accessed a third-party CRM platform via social engineering. The company provides services to over 11,000 organizations, including over 60% of Fortune 500 firms.

Telco giant Colt suffers attack, takes systems offline

Colt Technology Services says a "cyber incident" is to blame for its customer portal and other services being down for a number of days. The issues began on August 12 when a reported incident led to disrupted services for some customers.

For $40, you can buy stolen police and government email accounts

Cybercriminals are actively selling access to active and still-in-use police and government email accounts on the dark web for as little as $40. These accounts originate from agencies in the U.S., U.K, Germany, India, and Brazil.

Norway confirms dam intrusion by Pro-Russian hackers

Pro-Russian hackers seized control of a dam in Bremanger, Norway, in a demonstrative cyberattack targeting critical infrastructure. The attackers opened a flood gate to release 500 liters of water per second for four hours before being stopped.

Croatian research institute confirms ransomware attack via ToolShell vulnerabilities

The Ruder Boškovic Institute (RBI), Croatia’s largest science and technology research institute, has confirmed a ransomware attack on July 31, 2025, exploiting Microsoft SharePoint "ToolShell" vulnerabilities.

Ransomware gang takes credit for cyber attack on Box Elder County, UT

The Interlock ransomware gang has claimed responsibility for a cyberattack on Box Elder County, Utah, which occurred on August 6, 2025. The group alleges it exfiltrated 4.5 TB of data, amounting to approximately 2.1 million files.

Hackers leak 2.8M sensitive records from Allianz Life in Salesforce data breach

Allianz Life has confirmed a significant data breach involving the exposure of 2.8 million sensitive records, affecting the majority of its 1.4 million customers. The breach is linked to a compromise of a third-party Salesforce CRM system.

Russian government hackers said to be behind US federal court filing system hack: Report

A recent cyberattack on the U.S. federal court filing system, PACER, has been attributed to Russian government hackers. The breach has compromised sealed legal records and potentially exposed the identities of confidential informants.

Major outage at Pennsylvania OAG blamed on 'cyber incident'

The Pennsylvania Office of Attorney General (OAG) is experiencing a major service outage due to a suspected cyber incident. The disruption has rendered its website, email systems, and phone lines inoperable for two consecutive days.

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