We bring to your attention a sampling of recent media stories involving cyber risk & privacy liability.

Among the stories we’re highlighting this month: Baylor Genetics Data Breach, Mathspace’s 1 Million-Record Breach, McKesson Patient Data Theft, Nutex Health Data Breach, Cl0p’s Windchill Campaign, and more!

Breach Tracker

• Boston Scientific Says Cyberattack Likely to Hurt 2026 Sales and Profit (read more)
• 9.5 Million Impacted by Aesto Health Data Breach (read more)
• Baylor Genetics Data Breach Affects 2.8 Million People (read more)
• Mathspace Data Breach Exposes Over 1 Million People (read more)
• Dropbox Breach Exposes Risks in Legacy Sign-In Integrations (read more)
• McKesson Discloses Breach After ShinyHunters Claims Patient Data Theft (read more)
• Healthcare Facilities Operator Nutex Says Patient and Employee Data Stolen in Cyberattack (read more)
• Berlin Confirms Data Theft After Rhysida Ransomware Attack Claims (read more)
• Cl0p Ransomware Group Names Over 40 Victims of PTC Windchill Campaign (read more)
• Slovenian Casinos Reopen After Cyberattack Knocked Gaming Systems Offline (read more)
• Anthropic Sued Over Alleged Theft of ‘Tens of Thousands’ of Songs (read more)
• McKesson Supplies 1 in 3 Hospital Prescriptions: Now It’s Responding to a Cyberattack Linked to 284 Million Records (read more)
• Qilin Leaks 6.3GB of Alleged ATF Files, Then Pulls Download Links (read more)
• Berlin Ransomware Leak Exposes State Secrets (read more)

NetDiligence In the News

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• We Should Be Paying More Attention to the New Wave of SMB Cyber Claims (read more)

The Evolving Cyber Threat Landscape

• Microsoft Patches Record 974 Vulnerabilities, Including Two Exploited Zero-Days (read more)
• China’s ‘Fire Ant’ Campaign Used Compromised Cisco Routers as Platform for More Attacks (read more)
• G7 Urges Organizations to Prepare for Quantum Cyber Threats (read more)
• New Pro-Ukraine Hacker Group Targets Russian Companies With Custom Ransomware (read more)
• 2026 Cost of a Data Breach Report: AI Wreaks Havoc on Budgets (read more)
• US Companies Face Rise in Cyber Attacks (read more)
• Frontier AI Cyber Risk Warnings Grow Louder as GPT-6 Astra Is Released (read more)
• Booz Allen: AI Models Approaching Autonomous Cyberattack Capability as Critical Infrastructure Response Windows Narrow (read more)
• What the New Executive Order Means for Grid Cybersecurity and Supply Chain Risk (read more)
• Companies Have 6 Months to Prepare for Automated Attacks (read more)

Insights for Small to Medium Businesses

• Practical Guidelines for Preventing and Mitigating Ransomware (read more)
• NIST Cybersecurity Framework 2.0: Small Business Quick-Start Guide (read more)
• Small Business Cybersecurity for Non-Employer Firms (read more)
• Scams and Your Small Business: A Guide for Business (read more)
• AI Regulation in Flux: What Businesses Should Do (read more)
• The 2026 Dealership Cyber Crisis: 3 Attacks and How to Reduce Risk (read more)
• $17 Billion and Counting: What Meta’s Historic Settlement Means for Social Media and Your Business (read more)