ABC News reports that a breach of the Pentagon’s personnel database exposed sensitive information, including Social Security numbers and details about the jobs they held: The breach affected 2.76 million living people and another 294,000 who are deceased, the official said. The scope and sensitivity of the exposed information could raise national security concerns, particularly […]
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 […]
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 […]
Most companies rebound fairly quickly if their stock prices are impacted by a data breach. But an update to the Stryker incident is an exception. MassDevice reports: Stryker (NYSE: SYK) stock plunged this week after its CFO said the orthopedic and surgical device giant is still managing supply disruptions after an Iran-backed cyberattack earlier this year. SYK […]
The Guardian reports: Hackers linked to Iran have been blamed for a cyber-attack that caused a British power plant to be temporarily shut down. The incident involved a small-scale energy generator, according to the UK government, which said that at no point was there a risk to the wider energy system. However, it marks an apparent escalation […]
The Record reports: The Trump administration will allow private companies to launch attacks on cybercrime organizations, according to a presidential memorandum released late on Wednesday. The firms will partner with the Justice and Homeland Security departments on offensive operations and surveillance targeting “transnational cybercrime, fraud, and other predatory schemes against American citizens.” “By partnering with vetted United […]
A Public Service Announcement from the FBI: Alert: I-073026-PSA | 30 JULY 2026 Malicious Cyber Actors Targeting Water and Wastewater Sector Internet-Facing Programmable Logic Controllers, Causing Operational Disruptions INTRODUCTION The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) and Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) are issuing this Public Service Announcement (PSA) to warn critical infrastructure asset owners and operators […]
The Hacker News reports: A coordinated cyberattack targeted operational technology at more than 30 Minnesota community water systems on July 26 and 27, triggering a statewide cybersecurity response. Braham, Plymouth, South St. Paul and Maple Plain have publicly described a plant outage, communications failures or affected automated controls. Braham‘s water plant went offline, and the […]
News AZ reports: Brazil’s government is investigating a suspected cyberattack after a bizarre, unauthorized emergency alert woke citizens across multiple states early Saturday morning. The country’s National Protection and Civil Defense Secretariat confirmed that the national notification system was completely shut down around 1:30 a.m. local time, News.Az reports, citing Reuters. The emergency shutdown was triggered immediately after […]
Financial Times reports: Anthropic is helping the US National Security Agency deploy its powerful Mythos AI model for offensive cyber operations, embedding engineers inside the agency despite an ongoing legal battle with the Pentagon. The San Francisco-based company had installed about half a dozen staff within the NSA as so-called forward-deployed engineers to guide […]
