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Hackers Leak Millions of Airport Passenger Records After Ransom Refusal
Manchester Airports Group (MAG) has confirmed a data breach affecting customer information stored in a third-party database, leading to the exposure of personal details for approximately 8.8 million individuals. The incident, which MAG disclosed on August 27, involved data related to parking, lounge, and Fast Track bookings, as well as airport Wi-Fi sign-ups.

Love Electric Breach: 877,000 Driver Records Offered for $600
A data breach allegedly affecting Love Electric, a UK-based electric vehicle salary sacrifice scheme provider, has led to a threat actor offering 877,000 driver records for sale on an English-language data-breach forum. The seller, identified as "seraphims," posted the listing on August 26, offering the dataset for $600 in cryptocurrency, with the price negotiable.

Chess.com Data Leak Exposes 7.3 Million Users Via Scraping
A 15.5 GB file containing records for over 7.3 million Chess.com users has appeared on data leak forums, offered freely without any ransom demands. Technical analysis confirms the data is authentic and recent, but evidence suggests it was obtained through large-scale scraping rather than a direct breach of Chess.com's servers.