A data breach at ATG, the Swedish horse racing betting operator, compromised the personal data of over 150,000 registered players, including names, addresses, and in thousands of cases, personal identity numbers, according to multiple media reports. The breach was carried out by a group calling itself Coinbase Cartel, which has no connection to the cryptocurrency company Coinbase, the reports said. The leaked data includes demands for repayment from over 2,600 named individuals, totaling tens of millions of kronor. The breach has not been reported to the Swedish Data Protection Authority, and affected individuals have not been contacted, the reports added.
Separately, a data breach at Telia Norway exposed personal information of 500,000 private customers, including names, birth dates, and contact information, according to multiple media reports. Of those, 900 customers had their national ID numbers published on the dark web, and customers' names, contact information, and IP addresses have also been posted online, the reports said. Kripos, the Norwegian national criminal investigation service, is investigating the breach but has no suspects yet, according to the reports. The Norwegian Data Protection Authority and the National Communications Authority are also investigating.
2025 was a very active year for data breaches, according to research from multiple sources. Compromises in third-party vendor Salesforce databases were catalysts for many breaches, with threat actors exploiting over-permissioned API keys, weak OAuth tokens, and exposed sandbox environments linked to Salesforce instances, the research indicated. One Salesforce-linked breach involved the Salesloft Drift chatbot integration, compromised by threat actors tracked as UNC6395 (GRUB1), according to the research.
The 16 Billion Passwords Leak occurred in June 2025, impacting 16 billion user credentials and passwords from Google, Apple, and Facebook platforms, according to research. SK Telecom suffered a breach in April 2025 affecting 27 million users, involving a remote access trojan variant called BPFDoor on 28 Linux-based servers, the research said. Attackers collected SIM management data, IMSI numbers, and authentication keys. SK Telecom was fined US$96.9 million for the incident, and the attack was believed to be linked to state-sponsored APT groups from China or North Korea, according to the research.
In October 2025, a Red Hat GitLab breach involved 570GB of data from over 28,000 repositories, claimed by a group called Crimson Collective, according to research. The breach included sensitive information from clients such as IBM, American Express, NSA, Cisco, and the Department of Defence, the research said.
Cyberattacks are becoming increasingly common and affect companies regardless of industry or size, according to research. Most companies hit by cyberattacks do not make headlines; many are smaller firms that may go under. A cyberattack is a malicious attempt to infiltrate an information system, often for financial gain, secret information, or chaos. Ransomware attacks involve encrypting systems and demanding a ransom; paying does not guarantee data recovery. Phishing is a common method to initiate attacks via deceptive emails. Spear phishing and whaling target specific individuals, often executives. Baiting involves offering something enticing to trick victims into downloading malware or revealing information, according to the research.
An alleged breach of the Norwegian government's cultural platform DenKulturelles was posted on BreachForums.as on March 1, 2026, by a threat actor named Spirigatito, claiming a dataset of over 1.3 million records including personal identifiable information (PII), according to research. The alleged data includes ID numbers, full names, email addresses, phone numbers, residential addresses, nationality, and language preferences. Government databases are high-value targets due to verified citizen information, the research noted. The breach remains unverified.
Telia has been building Sweden for over 170 years, with about 15,000 employees in five countries, 4,100 in Sweden, according to research. Telia is the leading telecom operator in Sweden with the largest fiber access network, the only national transport network, and a world-class mobile network.