The Record reports: A senior FBI official pleaded guilty to stealing millions in cryptocurrency from wallets controlled by nation-state hackers and theft victims. Patrick Steven Yaroch, 37, is facing up to 20 years in prison on wire fraud and money laundering charges after admitting to using his position on an FBI investigative squad to steal […]
The Korea Herald reports: A South Korean court on Thursday shot down Coupang’s request for a stay of execution for the 423.58 billion won ($315.72 million) penalty surcharge imposed for a massive data breach last year. The Seoul Administrative Court partially accepted the e-commerce giant’s request to suspend measures levied by the Personal Information Protection […]
Digital Shield reports: France has once again been targeted by cybercriminals. This time, the cyber attackers have focused on the French Blood Service (Établissement Français du Sang or EFS) in an incident whose modus operandi is very reminiscent of the recent hacking of some French supermarket chains. The threat actors intervened in the temperature control […]
News24 in Australia reports: A major state health department has been hit with a data breach triggering an immediate criminal investigation. NSW Health has been hit with a cyber breach, with police launching a major investigation. On Wednesday, NSW Health confirmed the department was hit with a “major incident” and the Cyber Crime Squad had […]
Round 2? ABC News (AU) reports: Multiple supermarket and grocery chains across Europe have reported an IT incident affecting fridges and freezers overnight, with one company attributing the temperature spikes to a cyber attack. Dutch supermarket chain Ahold Delhaize and Belgian chain Colruyt said on Monday a tech incident overnight hit cold storage in dozens […]
Informat reports: Binance, the world’s largest cryptocurrency trading platform, announced Saturday that it had recovered approximately 90% of the assets stolen in a cyberattack estimated at more than $6.3 billion. The company said the losses would not be passed on to users. The remaining 10% consists of less liquid tokens, which may be more difficult […]
On October 26, Frontline Education issued a press release about a data breach: WAYNE, Penn., October 26, 2026–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Frontline Education, a leading provider of administration software purpose-built for K-12, today announced that it has begun sending notification letters to individuals whose data was impacted in the August 2026 cybersecurity incident involving Frontline Central and School […]
TechCrunch reports on what is almost certainly a very worrying breach for employees of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS): Personally identifiable information belonging to thousands of U.S. Department of Homeland Security employees has been published online after a hacker stole reams of data in a previously undisclosed breach at the government department earlier this […]
TechCrunch reports: Security researchers at digital rights unit The Citizen Lab say government spyware makers are abusing global advertising networks to target and hack devices by serving malicious online adverts. A new report published Thursday by the University of Toronto lab, which investigates surveillance and digital rights abuses, said an Israeli company called Discover-Tech allows […]
CBC reports: More Ontario police units have now paused their use of the Crime Stoppers program, after CBC News revealed the extent of a massive data leak. The Toronto, York Region, Halton Region, Windsor, Kingston, Cornwall and Hamilton police services all announced they have suspended their partnerships with local Crime Stoppers chapters and are asking […]
