The Ministry of Defence offered to expedite the review of a rejected resettlement application of an Afghan national after he posted sensitive details from a data breach on Facebook, the BBC understands.

CHARLOTTE — A ransomware group is claiming to be behind Belk’s data breach in May. A cybersecurity company told the Charlotte Observer a group named DragonForce posted what appears to be evidence of the hack. In a post, the hackers claim Belk refused to pay up, and they wanted this incident to be a warning to other companies.

MAINE, USA — Hackers had access to Covenant Health servers for more than a week, stealing the personal data of thousands of patients. Covenant Health discovered the data breach on May 26. An investigation revealed the hackers had access to the health system’s servers since May 18, according to the Maine attorney general’s office.

On Tuesday, a major data breach which led to thousands of Afghans being secretly relocated to the UK became public knowledge for the first time. Chris joins Adam to discuss the former government’s account of events, as well as what could happen next. And, Adam speaks to Larisa Brown, Defence Editor at The Times, about how she broke the story.

Cybercriminals accessed Medicare data of more than 100,000 Americans by creating fraudulent accounts, prompting CMS to deactivate accounts and issue new Medicare cards.

Despite the year-over-year increase in breaches, the number of victim notices in the first half of 2025 totaled 165.7 million, or just 12% of the victim notices issued by mid-year 2024. The decrease is due in part to fewer people being impacted by the small handful of mega breaches in 2025 compared to 2024, the ITRC says.

The medical billing company Episource has begun notifying millions of patients across the US about a data breach that took place earlier this year.

He tells Sky News he suspected his data had been leaked after his father "died because the Taliban took him into custody and beat him".