We bring to your attention a sampling of recent media stories involving cyber risk & privacy liability. Among the stories we’re highlighting this month: Almost 1 Billion Salesforce Records Stolen, Hacker Group Claims, Texas Finalizes Privacy Settlement With Google for $1.375 Billion, Jaguar Land Rover Hack Cost UK Economy 2.5 Billion, Public Administration Increasingly Targeted by DDoS Attacks, and more!

Breach Tracker

• Jaguar Land Rover Hack Cost UK Economy $2.5 Billion Report Says (read more)
• Cybercriminals Claim Hack on Japan’s Asahi Group (read more)
• Manufacturing Sector Sees 1,585 Weekly Attacks per Organization (read more)
• Industrial Giants Schneider Electric and Emerson Named as Victims of Oracle Hack (read more)
• Data Breaches Reported by ModMed, LifeBridge Health, and Right at Home (read more)
• Svenska Kraftnät Investigates Data Breach Linked to Everest Ransomware Group (read more)
• Healthcare Ransomware Attacks Surge 30% in 2025, as Cybercriminals Shift Focus to Vendors and Service Partners (read more)
• Healthcare Data Breach Statistics (read more)
• 2025 Cyber Incident Trends: What Your Business Needs to Know (read more)
• Almost 1 Billion Salesforce Records Stolen, Hacker Group Claims (read more)
• Nevada Ransomware Attack Traced Back to Employee Malware Download (read more)
• Texas Finalizes Privacy Settlement With Google for $1.375 Billion (read more)
• Synnovis Confirms Patient Information Stolen in Disruptive Ransomware Attack (read more)
• DealMed Medical Supplies Cyberattack Data Breach (read more)
• Sweden Power Grid Operator Data Breach (read more)
• New Jersey Medical Center Suffers Ransomware Attack (read more)
• Ransomware Gang Claims Conduent Breach: What You Should Watch for Next (read more)
• Public Administration Increasingly Targeted by DDoS Attacks (read more)
• Europe Sees Increase in Ransomware, Extortion Attacks (read more)
• 180 Ransomware Attacks Plague Education Section Worldwide (read more)

The Evolving Cyber Threat Landscape

• California Leads Regulatory Frontier with New Privacy and Artificial Intelligence Laws for 2026 (read more)
• Ransomware Surges 25% During October, Hitting Manufacturers, Healthcare, Transportation (read more)
• NetDiligence Virtual Programming (read more)
• Global Cyber Attacks Surge in October 2025 Amid Explosive Ransomware Growth and Rising GenAI Threats (read more)
• CrowdStrike 2025 European Threat Landscape Report: Ransomware Hits Region at Record Pace (read more)
• Maryland’s New Online Data Privacy Act: Sweeping Protections for Consumer Health Data and Implications for Health Care, Life Sciences, and AI (read more)
• Threat Snapshot: Cyber Threats Remain Heightened Amid Lapse in Information Sharing Authorities Government Shutdown (read more)
• Ransomware Abusing Remote Access Backup Tools to Escalate Attacks on Critical Infrastructure in 2025 (read more)
• Software Supply Chain Attacks Surge, as Ransomware Groups Escalate and Industrial Sectors Face More Exposure (read more)
• DDoS, Data Theft, and Malware Are Storming the Gaming Industry (read more)
• How to Preserve Privilege in Cyber Investigations (read more)

Insights for Small to Medium Businesses

• Managing AI in the Workplace: Five Key Legal and Compliance Risks and How to Mitigate Them (read more)
• Captives and Cyber: From Tactical Response to Strategic Risk Optimization (read more)
• Privacy Under Fire: Compliance Strategies that Work (read more)
• Top Control of Q4 2025: Penetration Testing (read more)