Massive Cybersecurity Storm: Ransomware Rampages, Mega-Breach Scare & Global Outages
Crippling Breaches Hit Businesses and Infrastructure Late October brought a wave of alarming cyber breaches across industries. Advertising leader Dentsu revealed that its U.S. arm Merkle was compromised, forcing systems offline as investigators found employee banking details, payroll info, and client records exposed bleepingcomputer.com bleepingcomputer.com. In aviation, WestJet (Canada’s second-largest airline) admitted hackers stole sensitive customer data including passport scans and personal details ts2.tech. The carrier traced the breach to a third-party IT supplier and is offering affected fliers credit monitoring ts2.tech. Security experts call stolen passport info especially dangerous since it can enable identity theft and fraud in travel