SoundCloud's backend assistance dashboard was accessed without authorization, and HIBP pointed out that about 29.8 million account information was exfiltrated, including about 30 million individual email addresses, no passwords and financial information. The platform was hit by a DoS attack after processing, the attacker harassed the relevant people by email and claimed to hold sensitive information, the platform has strengthened protection, HIBP has recorded the incident, the official reminded users to guard against phishing....

AT&T has reached a $177 million settlement, pending judge's approval, for two serious data breaches in 2024. The incidents involved the disclosure of sensitive data and telephone numbers of 73 million users, and the settlement was split between the two incidents, with the legal team claiming about one-third of the costs. The State of Connecticut has stepped up data privacy enforcement over the same period, reflecting the tightening of digital security regulations in the U.S. AT&T users are still awaiting judgment and compensation....

According to Media OutReach Newswire, the Hong Kong Cyber Security Incident Response Team Coordination Center (HKCERT), a division of the Hong Kong Productivity Council (HKPC), held a media briefing to announce its annual "Hong Kong Cybersecurity Outlook 2026" on January 28, 2026,...

Nike, the global sportswear giant, was attacked by the international ransomware organization WorldLeaks in January 2026, which involved the theft of 1.4 terabytes of internal data and a total of 188,347 files, and the hackers even set up a countdown timer to threaten to disclose all the contents, which has aroused the concern of the global business community and cybersecurity industry....

Hong Kong's privacy regulator recorded nearly 250 data leakage incidents last year, an increase of more than 20% over the previous year, with one-third of the incidents involving hacking attacks, according to the HKFC....

When Marina Bay Sands undertook a massive software migration, it resulted in the leakage of more than 660,000 customers' data, which was sold on the Dark Web. The IAC noted that Sands admitted to breaching its obligation to take reasonable security measures to protect the personal data it held....