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New INTERPOL report documents the threat environment that is already arriving in New Zealand
1+ week, 1+ day ago (97+ words) Each bubble is one of the top five cybercrime types ranked by INTERPOL across 18 member countries. Horizontal: case volume. Vertical: insurance claims severity. Bubble size: pace of escalation. Hover for detail. +16% Yo Y " At-Bay 2025 UNODC est " INTERPOL Yo Y " Aon…...
Hacker drops Needlework Tours customer data on underground forum
1+ week, 4+ day ago (809+ words) Insurance Business Hacker drops Needlework Tours customer data on underground forum The dataset went further than names and emails " and was free for the taking A threat actor handed over the personal records of more than 16, 000 customers of an Australian…...
Canvas hackers reach deal with Instructure
1+ mon, 1+ week ago (676+ words) Education technology firm Instructure announced Tuesday that it had reached an agreement with the hacking group responsible for a data breach on its Canvas learning platform, an incident that potentially exposed the personal information of up to 275 million students across…...
US Treasury sounds alarm on Anthropic AI as experts warn Mythos could accelerate cyber threats
2+ mon, 2+ week ago (624+ words) Insurance Business US Treasury sounds alarm on Anthropic AI as experts warn Mythos could accelerate cyber threats US officials and cyber leaders warn Anthropic's Mythos shows AI could rapidly expose software flaws, outpacing patching and traditional defenses Earlier this week,…...
Self-described Medi Map hacker reports erasing seized health data
4+ mon, 5+ hour ago (863+ words) Insurance Business Self-described Medi Map hacker reports erasing seized health data Outage forces clinicians back to paper prescribing and charts An individual claiming responsibility for the Medi Map data breach says they have deleted information taken from the platform, while…...
Medi Map seeks urgent court orders after cyber patient data incident
4+ mon, 1+ day ago (817+ words) Insurance Business Medi Map seeks urgent court orders after cyber patient data incident Records altered to show deaths, name changes, facility moves Digital medicines platform Medi Map is seeking urgent court orders in New Zealand after an individual claiming to…...
Medication system breach hits aged care across New Zealand
4+ mon, 2+ day ago (132+ words) A cyber incident at New Zealand medication management platform Medi Map has disrupted medication administration in aged care, and increased insurer attention on health data integrity. Read next: Manage My Health warns of impersonation, phishing attempts on patients Read next:…...
From data poisoning to AI agents: The next wave of cyber threats
9+ mon, 4+ week ago (665+ words) Artificial intelligence (AI) tools are spreading rapidly across industries, offering organizations new tools for efficiency, insight, and growth. But as adoption accelerates, so too does the exposure to cyber risk. While AI can strengthen defenses, its capabilities are also being…...
Allianz faces fresh lawsuit as cyberattack exposes 1. 4 million records
10+ mon, 3+ week ago (525+ words) Allianz Life Insurance Company of North America is under fire again as customers allege a July cyberattack exposed sensitive data for over a million policyholders. .. Allianz faces fresh lawsuit as cyberattack exposes 1. 4 million records Allianz Life Insurance Company of North…...
Allianz Life hit with class action after major July data breach
10+ mon, 3+ week ago (221+ words) A newly filed class action says Allianz Life Insurance Company of North America failed to protect customer data in a July 2025 breach, putting policyholder information at risk. On July 31, 2025, a class action complaint landed in the United States District Court…...