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The clock doesn’t stop on holidays

🤷‍♀️ What now?: Stay vigilant. It doesn’t matter what day it is, threat actors are always working.

Meanwhile … Microsoft Removes Password Management from Authenticator App Starting August 2025

📰 Headline Highlights

• Retail giant Ahold Delhaize says data breach affects 2.2 million people

• Switzerland says government data stolen in

• Esse Health says recent data breach affects over 263,000 patients

• Columbia data stolen in cyberattack that caused dayslong IT outage, University says

• CYBERATTACK ON WELTHUNGERHILFE - REPORT

• Medical device company Surmodics reports cyberattack, says it’s still recovering

• North Korean Hackers Use Fake Zoom Updates to Install macOS Malware

• Australia's Qantas says 6 million customer accounts accessed in cyber hack

• Virginia student loan administrator Southwood Financial hit by ransomware attack

In other news, Feds Notify 103,000 Medicare Beneficiaries of Scam, Breach

GOOD READ: United Natural Foods says week-long cyber incident will impact quarterly income

It’s a short week for most of us, and we all want to stay vigilant. Let’s work together to make sure we’re all on the same page and can protect ourselves from potential threats.

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Glossary/Legend:

• Cyberattack - A malicious attempt to gain unauthorized access to a computer system, network, or device. The goal of a cyberattack is to disrupt or damage the target, or to steal data, intellectual property, or money.

• Malware (short for malicious software) - refers to any intrusive software developed by cybercriminals (often called hackers) to steal data and damage or destroy computers and computer systems.

• Ransomware - A type of malware that locks or encrypts a victim's files and demands a ransom payment to unlock and decrypt them. Ransomware can infect a variety of devices, including computers, smartphones, printers, and more.

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