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Two Members of Scattered Spiders Plead Guilty Over £39M TfL Cyberattack

HackRead reports that two hackers associated with Scattered Spider have pleaded guilty in the U.K. to some of their alleged crimes: Two young hackers, reportedly the members of the Scattered Spider hacking group, pleaded guilty under the Computer Misuse Act for their involvement in a £39 million cyberattack on Transport for London (TfL). Specifically, they admitted to conspiring to commit unauthorised acts against TfL’s computer systems, a charge carrying a severe warning that the attack created a serious risk of damage

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International law enforcement initiates hunt on malware group SocGholish

Politie (the Dutch Police) reports: In Operation Endgame, a major operation this week disrupted a key infection chain used by cybercriminals. Within an international cooperation, 14.971 websites infected with SocGholish malware were remediated. This malware is used by a criminal group that plays a pivotal role in international cybercrime, namely: Evil Corp. SocGholish exploits hacked legitimate WordPress sites to spread malware to visitors, with the aim of gaining unauthorized access to their computer systems. WordPress is the world’s most widely

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24 Billion Credentials Exposed in Major Infostealer Data Leak

Israeli Defense reports: Cybernews researchers discovered an exposed, publicly accessible database containing roughly 24 billion records and more than 8.3TB of sensitive data. The dataset appears to be one of the largest leaks ever uncovered, consisting mainly of stolen login credentials harvested from infected devices.  The leak, which was discovered on June 12, 2026 and reportedly secured by June 15, 2026, is believed to consist primarily of infostealer malware logs – stolen data harvested from infected devices, including usernames, email addresses,

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How a massive password-cracking operation spilled credentials for thousands of orgs

Ars Technica reports: Researchers have uncovered a massive breach of Fortinet firewalls that has given Russian-speaking attackers near-unrestricted access to some of the world’s largest and most powerful organizations, including Oracle, Chevron, Lenovo, Federal Express, a NATO defense contractor, and Fortinet itself. Nearly 74,000 Fortinet devices from more than 21,000 IP addresses in 194 countries have been compromised and their plaintext credentials exposed online, Bob Diachenko, a security researcher and head of SecurityDiscovery.com, said online and in an interview. He said he

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Nintendo responds after alleged third-party data breach: Our ‘systems have not been compromised’

Mashable reports: Nintendo of North America says it’s aware of what’s been described as a small third-party data breach affecting some of its employees. “Nintendo’s systems have not been compromised,” the company told Mashable in a statement, acknowledging that a third-party service was affected by an “issue.” Earlier this week, a hacking group calling itself ShadowByte$ posted a threat on a “well-known cybercrime forum,” according to CyberNews. The group alleged it stole 859MB of internal corporate data from a third-party service called

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LATEST NEWS ON HACKING, CYBER SECURITY & DATA BREACH

Featured News and Articles

Thalha Jubair (L) and Owen Flowers (R)
Data Breach News

Two Members of Scattered Spiders Plead Guilty Over £39M TfL Cyberattack

HackRead reports that two hackers associated with Scattered Spider have pleaded guilty in the U.K. to some of their alleged crimes: Two young hackers, reportedly the members of the Scattered Spider hacking group, pleaded guilty under the Computer Misuse Act for their involvement in a £39 million cyberattack on Transport for London (TfL). Specifically, they admitted to conspiring to commit unauthorised acts against TfL’s computer systems, a charge carrying a severe warning that the attack created a serious risk of damage

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Malware Ransomware

International law enforcement initiates hunt on malware group SocGholish

Politie (the Dutch Police) reports: In Operation Endgame, a major operation this week disrupted a key infection chain used by cybercriminals. Within an international cooperation, 14.971 websites infected with SocGholish malware were remediated. This malware is used by a criminal group that plays a pivotal role in international cybercrime, namely: Evil Corp. SocGholish exploits hacked legitimate WordPress sites to spread malware to visitors, with the aim of gaining unauthorized access to their computer systems. WordPress is the world’s most widely

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24 Billion Credentials Exposed in Major Infostealer Data Leak

Israeli Defense reports: Cybernews researchers discovered an exposed, publicly accessible database containing roughly 24 billion records and more than 8.3TB of sensitive data. The dataset appears to be one of the largest leaks ever uncovered, consisting mainly of stolen login credentials harvested from infected devices.  The leak, which was discovered on June 12, 2026 and reportedly secured by June 15, 2026, is believed to consist primarily of infostealer malware logs – stolen data harvested from infected devices, including usernames, email addresses,

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How a massive password-cracking operation spilled credentials for thousands of orgs

Ars Technica reports: Researchers have uncovered a massive breach of Fortinet firewalls that has given Russian-speaking attackers near-unrestricted access to some of the world’s largest and most powerful organizations, including Oracle, Chevron, Lenovo, Federal Express, a NATO defense contractor, and Fortinet itself. Nearly 74,000 Fortinet devices from more than 21,000 IP addresses in 194 countries have been compromised and their plaintext credentials exposed online, Bob Diachenko, a security researcher and head of SecurityDiscovery.com, said online and in an interview. He said he

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