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Interpol-led action decrypts 6 ransomware strains, arrests hundreds
Bleeping Computer reports: An Interpol-coordinated initiative called Operation Sentinel led to the arrest of 574 individuals and the recovery of $3 million linked to business email compromise, extortion, and ransomware incidents. Between October 27 and November 27, the investigation, which involved law enforcement in 19 countries, took down more than 6,000 malicious links and decrypted […]
Former Israeli cybercompany employee pleads guilty to extorting millions from US companies
The Jerusalem Post reports: A former employee of the Israeli cybersecurity company Sygnia pleaded guilty to federal offences in the US for being involved in ransomware attacks in an attempt to extort millions of dollars from companies around the US. Ryan Clifford Goldberg, who served as a cyber incident response supervisor at the company, admitted he was part of […]
Denmark blames Russia for destructive cyberattack on water utility
Bleeping Computer reports: Danish intelligence officials blamed Russia for orchestrating cyberattacks against Denmark’s critical infrastructure, as part of Moscow’s hybrid attacks against Western nations. In a Thursday statement, the Danish Defence Intelligence Service (DDIS) identified two groups operating on behalf of the Russian state: Z-Pentest, linked to the destructive water-utility attack, and NoName057(16), flagged as […]
Hacking group ‘ShinyHunters’ threatens to expose premium users of sex site Pornhub
Reuters reports: The hacking group “ShinyHunters” said on Tuesday it has stolen data belonging to premium customers of the leading sex website Pornhub and is threatening to publish it. Although Reuters could not immediately establish the scope, scale, or details of the breach, the hackers provided a sample of the data which the news agency […]
France arrests 22-year-old over Interior Ministry hack
The Record reports: French authorities arrested a 22-year-old on Wednesday as part of an investigation into a hack of the country’s Interior Ministry that saw the perpetrators access several email accounts and dozens of confidential documents. The ministry confirmed what was described as a serious incident after a user claimed credit for a hack on […]
SoundCloud confirms breach after member data stolen, VPN access disrupted
Bleeping Computer has been reporting on ShinyHunters’ latest activities. Their newest reporting includes incidents involving SoundCloud and PornHub. Audio streaming platform SoundCloud has confirmed that outages and VPN connection issues over the past few days were caused by a security breach in which threat actors stole a database exposing users’ email addresses and profile information. […]
ASEC warns of expanding Gentlemen ransomware campaigns hitting manufacturing and healthcare
Industrial Cyber reports: Researchers from ASEC detailed Gentlemen, a newly identified ransomware group, which first emerged around August 2025. […] “During the breach, the group employs typical tactics seen in advanced ransomware groups, such as Group Policy Objects (GPO) manipulation and Bring Your Own Vulnerable Driver (BYOVD). As of now, there is no clear evidence […]
NHS cyber breach exposes 169,000 files, including records linked to King Charles’s home
Geo News reports: Russian hackers have sent shockwaves through Britain’s health system after gaining access to hundreds of thousands of sensitive NHS documents some of them linked to the Royal Household. The cyber breach, blamed on a ransomware gang exploiting a flaw in NHS software, has resulted in around 169,000 confidential files being dumped on […]