Two U.S. banks settle class action lawsuits
The Daily Hodl reports: A bank in the US is settling with customers affected by a cybersecurity breach that exposed
March 29, 2026
The Daily Hodl reports: A bank in the US is settling with customers affected by a cybersecurity breach that exposed
Axios reports: Read more at Axios.
WPIX reports: A luxury fashion company that sells clothing, accessories and cosmetics has agreed to a class action settlement to resolve claims
The Wall Street Journal reports: President Trump signed an executive order Friday directing diplomatic, law enforcement and national security agencies
The Department of Justice announced yesterday the seizure of the LeakBase database, one of the world’s largest online forums for
Miscellaneous News
DysruptionHub reports: A cybersecurity event has disrupted calibration systems at Des Moines, Iowa-based Intoxalock since March 14, leaving some court-ordered
The International Business Times reports: Discord is preparing to enforce a global age verification system from early March that will
GDN Online reports: Cyber-attacks targeting Bahrain and its Gulf neighbours have skyrocketed eight-fold this month in the wake of the joint US-Israeli military operation against Iran, security experts have warned. Hacktivists aligned with Tehran have dramatically ramped up Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) strikes across the Middle East, capitalising on the chaos of the widening regional conflict. Data released by cybersecurity firm StormWall showed that between March 1 and 20, the volume of these malicious traffic attacks surged by a
Newsbytesapp reports that Google has issued a security warning for its Chrome browser after confirming that hackers have exploited a vulnerability in the system with a zero-day exploit. This is the second issue reported recently and is dubbed CVE-2026-5281. The vulnerability can be used to corrupt data, crash systems, and execute malicious code via a dummy HTML page. Google is rolling out a security update to fix this vulnerability, along with 20 other issues. However, the rollout process could take
Bloomberg reports: The Federal Bureau of Investigation has concluded that last month’s breach of the networks it uses to manage wiretaps and other surveillance work qualifies as a “major incident,” signaling the severity of an intrusion that had already prompted the agency to launch a criminal probe and move to toughen cybersecurity. An inquiry into abnormal activity on the compromised network was opened on Feb. 17, according to a notice to Congress from the Justice Department that was reviewed by
On March 24, the European Commission confirmed it had experienced a breach, but the scope of it was under investigation. HackRead reports: Hackers claiming to be from the ShinyHunters group say they have breached systems linked to the European Commission and released more than 350 GB of data. The claim appeared on the group’s dark web site earlier today, where they also post material linked to earlier incidents involving enterprise platforms. Read more at HackRead.
The International Business Times reports: The breach of FBI Director Kash Patel’s personal Gmail account by an Iran-linked hacking group has prompted the US State Department’s Rewards for Justice programme to offer up to $10 million (approximately £7.8 million) for information leading to the identification of members of the Handala Hack Team, the group that publicly claimed responsibility for the attack on 28 March 2026. The FBI confirmed the breach in a statement, saying it is ‘aware of malicious actors targeting Director
Financial Times reports: A global surge in ransomware attacks has driven the rise of specialist negotiators who are skilled at
Social Media Today reports: Meta has paused all contracts with data provider Mercor after Mercor’s systems were hit by hackers last week,
On March 23, Bleeping Computer reported: Popular anime streaming platform Crunchyroll is investigating a breach after hackers claimed to have stolen
From the Hunton Insurance Recovery Blog: In the rarely litigated space of cyber insurance, the Northern District of Texas issued
The Register reports: The number of successful cyber insurance claims made by UK organizations shot up last year, according to
DysruptionHub reports: A cybersecurity event has disrupted calibration systems at Des Moines, Iowa-based Intoxalock since March 14, leaving some court-ordered
GDN Online reports: Cyber-attacks targeting Bahrain and its Gulf neighbours have skyrocketed eight-fold this month in the wake of the joint US-Israeli military operation against Iran, security experts have warned. Hacktivists aligned with Tehran have dramatically ramped up Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) strikes across the Middle East, capitalising on the chaos of the widening regional conflict. Data released by cybersecurity firm StormWall showed that between March 1 and 20, the volume of these malicious traffic attacks surged by a
Newsbytesapp reports that Google has issued a security warning for its Chrome browser after confirming that hackers have exploited a vulnerability in the system with a zero-day exploit. This is the second issue reported recently and is dubbed CVE-2026-5281. The vulnerability can be used to corrupt data, crash systems, and execute malicious code via a dummy HTML page. Google is rolling out a security update to fix this vulnerability, along with 20 other issues. However, the rollout process could take
Bloomberg reports: The Federal Bureau of Investigation has concluded that last month’s breach of the networks it uses to manage wiretaps and other surveillance work qualifies as a “major incident,” signaling the severity of an intrusion that had already prompted the agency to launch a criminal probe and move to toughen cybersecurity. An inquiry into abnormal activity on the compromised network was opened on Feb. 17, according to a notice to Congress from the Justice Department that was reviewed by
On March 24, the European Commission confirmed it had experienced a breach, but the scope of it was under investigation. HackRead reports: Hackers claiming to be from the ShinyHunters group say they have breached systems linked to the European Commission and released more than 350 GB of data. The claim appeared on the group’s dark web site earlier today, where they also post material linked to earlier incidents involving enterprise platforms. Read more at HackRead.
The Daily Hodl reports: A bank in the US is settling with customers affected by a cybersecurity breach that exposed
Axios reports: Read more at Axios.
WPIX reports: A luxury fashion company that sells clothing, accessories and cosmetics has agreed to a class action settlement to resolve claims
The Wall Street Journal reports: President Trump signed an executive order Friday directing diplomatic, law enforcement and national security agencies
The Department of Justice announced yesterday the seizure of the LeakBase database, one of the world’s largest online forums for
Miscellaneous News
DysruptionHub reports: A cybersecurity event has disrupted calibration systems at Des Moines, Iowa-based Intoxalock since March 14, leaving some court-ordered
The International Business Times reports: Discord is preparing to enforce a global age verification system from early March that will
Financial Times reports: A global surge in ransomware attacks has driven the rise of specialist negotiators who are skilled at
Social Media Today reports: Meta has paused all contracts with data provider Mercor after Mercor’s systems were hit by hackers last week,
On March 23, Bleeping Computer reported: Popular anime streaming platform Crunchyroll is investigating a breach after hackers claimed to have stolen
From the Hunton Insurance Recovery Blog: In the rarely litigated space of cyber insurance, the Northern District of Texas issued
The Register reports: The number of successful cyber insurance claims made by UK organizations shot up last year, according to
DysruptionHub reports: A cybersecurity event has disrupted calibration systems at Des Moines, Iowa-based Intoxalock since March 14, leaving some court-ordered
