Vilius Petkauskas

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Michigan data manager hit by breach affecting 47K individuals

2 weeks ago | cybernews.com | Vilius Petkauskas

Renkim Corporation, a Michigan-based data management and communications firm, had attackers breach its systems, exposing the personal data of thousands. The company noticed unauthorized activity in its systems on March 3rd, 2025, proceeding to “terminate that activity and secure our network environment.” However, after hiring third-party cybersecurity pros, the company learned that attackers breached Renkim’s systems a day earlier.
Largest ever data leak exposes over 4 billion user records

2 weeks ago | cybernews.com | Vilius Petkauskas

In what’s likely the biggest data leak to ever hit China, billions of documents with financial data, WeChat and Alipay details, as well as other sensitive personal data, were exposed to the public. Worryingly, there’s little that impacted users can do to protect themselves. Hundreds of millions of users are likely exposed. Data leak contained billions of documents with financial data, WeChat and Alipay details.
Cyprus Airways faces security breach affecting customer data

2 weeks ago | cybernews.com | Vilius Petkauskas

Cyprus’s flag carrier’s systems have allegedly been breached, with attackers getting extensive information on the airline's passengers, including their names, emails, and travel histories. They claim they can still access the system. The attackers posted the announcement on a popular data leak forum, alleging that they’d stolen a whopping 41 gigabytes of data. The stolen details range from passenger names to travel details.
Hacker attack on major American media company exposes employees

2 weeks ago | cybernews.com | Vilius Petkauskas

Tens of thousands of employees at Lee Enterprises have had their personal details accessed by hackers, including Social Security numbers. Attackers accessed the media company’s systems in early February of this year, Lee Enterprises explained to impacted individuals in its breach notification letter. Even though the company managed to secure its networks the same day, cybercriminals had time to access databases with sensitive employee data.
Environmental Protection Agency breach claims lack teeth, researchers say

2 weeks ago | cybernews.com | Vilius Petkauskas

Attackers claim to have stolen over 100 gigabytes of data from the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). However, the claim is likely hot air as no sensitive data could be found. Malicious actors posted EPA’s alleged data on a popular data leak forum, claiming they’ve obtained “fresh” data with numerous tables inside. The EPA is an independent US agency tasked with protecting the environment.
Major potato packer hit with ransomware, hackers claim

2 weeks ago | threatbeat.com | Vilius Petkauskas

Skip to content NEW Security news and analysis brought to you by the McCrary Institute | READ MORE → By Vilius Petkauskas • Jun 03, 2025 Nokota Packers, a North Dakota-based potato processing company, has been on the radar of hackers in the hunt for ransom payers. The company was listed on the J Group ransomware gang’s dark web leak site, which cybercrooks use to showcase their latest victims.
Volkswagen Group investigates hacker data breach claims

2 weeks ago | cybernews.com | Vilius Petkauskas

Volkswagen, the world’s second-largest automaker, said that it’s investigating claims of a data breach. So far, the company has not spotted any breached systems or exposed customer data. A hacker group’s claims of a Volkswagen Group data breach could be just hot air, as the German auto giant says no unauthorized access was detected. While the company is aware of the claims, so far, there’s no indication that attackers accessed any of its systems.
Major potato packer hit with ransomware, hackers claim

2 weeks ago | cybernews.com | Vilius Petkauskas

Nokota Packers, a North Dakota-based potato processing company, has been on the radar of hackers in the hunt for ransom payers. The company was listed on the J Group ransomware gang’s dark web leak site, which cybercrooks use to showcase their latest victims. Attackers claim they’ve obtained 50 gigabytes from the potato industry veteran. We’ve reached out to the company and will update the article once we receive a reply.
Hacker claim Volkswagen breach, fail to provide evidence

2 weeks ago | cybernews.com | Vilius Petkauskas

Volkswagen Group, the German automaker behemoth, has appeared on a ransomware cartel’s dark web leak site. However, researchers can’t confirm that any data was taken from the company. The automaker was posted in late May with the attackers, the Stormous ransomware gang, making some bold claims about the scope of the alleged hack. Threat actors claim they have access to user account data, authentication tokens, identity access data, and various other details.
Major data leak hits Unimed, 14M patient-doctor messages exposed

3 weeks ago | cybernews.com | Vilius Petkauskas |Jurgita Lapienyte

The world’s largest healthcare cooperative, Unimed, left an exposed instance that leaked millions of patient-doctor messages. The data included uploaded pictures, documents, and other personal information. Healthcare data is among the most sensitive and private pieces of information any individual has. Unfortunately, no matter how we treat it, it’s not immune to data leaks. For example, the Cybernews research team discovered an unprotected Kafka instance owned by Brazilian healthcare giant Unimed.