Cyber Security News reports that a Jordanian youth known as “Rey” and “Hikki-Chan” online has been detained in Jordan as a suspected member of ShinyHunters. Reuters broke the story, reporting that sources told them Saif al-Din Khader was cooperating with the FBI to help them identify other hackers linked to the group. Two sources said […]
A 16 year-old arrested as the leader of a ransomware gang? The news had experienced cybersecurity professionals shaking their heads and sighing in chat rooms. The Register reports: Police suspect a 16-year-old was the main operator of KillSec, a ransomware group linked to around 1,000 suspected attacks worldwide. Authorities announced on Thursday that an international […]
Once again, the United States’ best chance of catching some criminals is to hope they travel to a country that will extradite them to us. The Record reports: An Iranian national accused by the U.S. of taking part in dozens of breaches involving the theft of academic data and intellectual property has been extradited from […]
404 Media continued its excellent reporting on the ShinyHunters attack that compromised the FBI job portal and exfiltrated sensitive information on intelligence personnel and others. The hackers behind the massive FBI breach told 404 Media on Monday they do not intend to publish the data. The breach, in which the hackers stole personal information on […]
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 […]
In June, LabCorp settled a class action lawsuit over the 2018 American Medical Collection Agency (AMCA) breach for $35 million. Now it has settled charges by state attorneys general stemming from the same incident. Bank Info Security reports: LabCorp has agreed to pay $2.2 million and improve its data security and vendor risk management practices […]
Would you fall for this? And if you did, how long would it take your firm to recognize it? The Register reports: You work in your company’s human resources department and use HR software to check employee information, benefits, and payroll. So, when you see a downloadable Windows version promising a faster alternative to the […]
Claims that AU Medicare had been hacked by an OpenAI agent made headlines everywhere this week. But was the compromise really a sophisticated action by an OpenAI agent, or was it easy peasy because AU Medicare had an obvious vulnerability? The Record reports: Security researchers are questioning whether an OpenAI agent needed to hack an […]
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, […]
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’ […]
