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Recently vpnMentor’s Research Team observed a significant spike in the demand for VPN services in the UK. The surge comes after Ofcom — the country’s regulator for online safety — implemented the Online Safety Act as a measure to keep children away from adult content. What’s Important to Know:

The ransomware gang World Leaks — formerly known as Hunters International — claims to have breached the American tech giant Dell Technologies Inc. and leaked 1.3 TB of data. The leak reportedly contains 416,103 files, all of which are publicly available for download. Dell has confirmed the breach

Russia will officially start prosecuting individuals who search for extremist content online, according to a new law. Lawmakers voted the legislation through on Tuesday, 24 July, as the country continues to intensify its crackdown on “misinformation” and dissent amid its ongoing invasion of

The British transportation company KNP Logistics Group Limited (KNP) was one of thousands of businesses hit by the recent wave of cyberattacks led by multiple ransomware gangs and announced that it must shut down. The company could not pay the ransom, and its investigation revealed that hackers

ExpressVPN recently announced that it had undergone its 23rd successful independent audit of its privacy practices. It’s the 3rd audit completed by KPMG LLP, one of the “Big Four” accounting firms, this time examining its TrustedServer technology and privacy policy claims as of 28 February

Cybersecurity Researcher, Jeremiah Fowler, discovered and reported to vpnMentor about an unencrypted and non-password-protected database that contained 3,587,960 records. The database, which presumably belongs to an Australian fashion brand, held invoices, shipping information, and return details.

The CEO of Co‑operative Group Limited, Shirine Khoury-Haq, admitted that 6.5 million members of its internal system had their data stolen during a recent cyberattack. She apologized during an interview with the BBC on Wednesday. According to the statements shared by the BBC, Khoury-Haq confirmed

Reddit introduced new photo ID age verification requirements for visitors to its UK site in order to filter “certain mature content” to users under the age of 18. The new measure came into effect on 14 July in compliance with the UK’s new Online Safety Act, which mandates “robust” age verification

Cybersecurity researchers were able to access the personal information of tens of millions of McDonald’s job applicants after gaining unauthorized entry to the “McHire” site. The AI hiring platform was using the default login credentials with the username “admin” and password “123456” for a staff

The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) issued an advisory on July 10, warning about a vulnerability in the key train system that could allow hackers to send brake control commands remotely and cause significant disruption. The vulnerability was first reported in