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Hacked FBI Data Has Sensitive Information About Employees’ Intelligence Roles

More details have emerged about data allegedly hacked from the FBI job application portal, and experts suggest it could put individuals at risk. Reuters reports: FBI data allegedly stolen by the hacking group ShinyHunters carries granular ⁠detail ⁠about scores of bureau officials’ job assignments, including sensitive work against Chinese ⁠spies, Russian intelligence, drug cartels, and more, Reuters has found. The 5,000-line spreadsheet – said by the hackers to represent only a small piece of their claimed ​two- to three-terabyte trove –

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ShinyHunters claims it hacked FBI employee data

In May 2026, the FBI published a bulletin about ShinyHunters that contained statements that ShinyHunters found offensive. So it hacked the FBI, defaced one of its websites, and then published a “PSA” explaining why they hacked the data. Mashable reports: The alleged stolen data includes names, home addresses, phone numbers, and details about some employees’ spouses, 404 Media reported. ShinyHunters’ stated demand to the FBI? Take back the warning. The group also reportedly defaced an FBI recruitment website with a

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Stock Market Trading in Nepal Halted Due to a Ransomware Attack on Data Hub

Ratopati reports that a ransomware attack on a Nepal Stock Exchange data center resulted in the closing of stock market trading on Monday. There are 90 broker companies in Nepal. These brokers use two data centers to store data related to transactions with their clients. Of these, Data Hub handles the data center work for 72 brokers, while Himalayan Cloud manages the data for the remaining 18 brokers. The trading had to be postponed as most of the brokers’ data

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Google’s Gemini AI hacked three companies in security test

Google’s Gemini artificial intelligence model autonomously hacked into three companies during a test of its cyber-security capabilities in May. While Google claims the model acted responsibly by backing out after recognizing it had attacked legitimate businesses, the affected firms weren’t notified until July, and the public wasn’t notified until this week, when The Wall Street Journal uncovered the incidents. The BBC reports: In statement to the BBC on Saturday, Irregular said it informed Google and all affected entities back in July as

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Vendor risk tests the boundaries of cyber cover

Insurance Business Magazine considers the question of whether a firm’s cyberinsurance will cover a breach at its vendor. The detail that matters for insurance brokers is not that a breach occurred – it is how. Ryan Specialty’s 2026 analysis of Dependent Business Interruption (Dependent BI) coverage puts the structural problem plainly: “Each of these events shares a common feature: the organisations that suffered operational and financial disruption were not the ones who were attacked. Their vendor was. The question for

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LATEST NEWS ON HACKING, CYBER SECURITY & DATA BREACH

Featured News and Articles

Data Breach News

Hacked FBI Data Has Sensitive Information About Employees’ Intelligence Roles

More details have emerged about data allegedly hacked from the FBI job application portal, and experts suggest it could put individuals at risk. Reuters reports: FBI data allegedly stolen by the hacking group ShinyHunters carries granular ⁠detail ⁠about scores of bureau officials’ job assignments, including sensitive work against Chinese ⁠spies, Russian intelligence, drug cartels, and more, Reuters has found. The 5,000-line spreadsheet – said by the hackers to represent only a small piece of their claimed ​two- to three-terabyte trove –

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Data Breach News

ShinyHunters claims it hacked FBI employee data

In May 2026, the FBI published a bulletin about ShinyHunters that contained statements that ShinyHunters found offensive. So it hacked the FBI, defaced one of its websites, and then published a “PSA” explaining why they hacked the data. Mashable reports: The alleged stolen data includes names, home addresses, phone numbers, and details about some employees’ spouses, 404 Media reported. ShinyHunters’ stated demand to the FBI? Take back the warning. The group also reportedly defaced an FBI recruitment website with a

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Cyberattack

Stock Market Trading in Nepal Halted Due to a Ransomware Attack on Data Hub

Ratopati reports that a ransomware attack on a Nepal Stock Exchange data center resulted in the closing of stock market trading on Monday. There are 90 broker companies in Nepal. These brokers use two data centers to store data related to transactions with their clients. Of these, Data Hub handles the data center work for 72 brokers, while Himalayan Cloud manages the data for the remaining 18 brokers. The trading had to be postponed as most of the brokers’ data

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Artificial Intelligence (AI)

Google’s Gemini AI hacked three companies in security test

Google’s Gemini artificial intelligence model autonomously hacked into three companies during a test of its cyber-security capabilities in May. While Google claims the model acted responsibly by backing out after recognizing it had attacked legitimate businesses, the affected firms weren’t notified until July, and the public wasn’t notified until this week, when The Wall Street Journal uncovered the incidents. The BBC reports: In statement to the BBC on Saturday, Irregular said it informed Google and all affected entities back in July as

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