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’ […]
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 […]
Insurance Business Magazine considers the question of whether a firm’s cyberinsurance will cover a breach at its vendor. The detail that matters for insurance brokers is not that a breach occurred – it is how. Ryan Specialty’s 2026 analysis of Dependent Business Interruption (Dependent BI) coverage puts the structural problem plainly: “Each of these events […]
The Crypto Times reports Revolut has confirmed that approximately 680 customers were affected in the customer-data disclosure incident: The 680 figure was first reported by the Financial Times, which described the group as “nearly 700.” A source close to the bank confirmed the number to City AM, which said Revolut had contacted all affected customers […]
The Guardian reports that months before the Hugging Face incident made worldwide headlines and triggered investigations by state regulators, there was another attack by Open AI agents on a second service: Agents being tested by OpenAI uploaded hundreds of malicious packages in a cyberattack on software service RubyGems in May, two months before they hacked […]
On September 9, the FBI released its new cyber strategy. “The FBI’s new Cyber Strategy is a roadmap for defending the American people and the nation’s critical infrastructure in cyberspace. The strategy focuses on four pillars: disrupting adversaries, supporting victims, strengthening partnerships, and building the capabilities this mission demands. Together, these four pillars bring the […]
Many people are waiting today to see what happens in a federal court case involving a young man named Malone Lam. He was part of a group that pulled off a major crypto heist but then bragged about it and left a trail leading right back to them. As ABC News reports: They pulled off […]
According to Bitdefender, almost half of 1,200 IT and security professionals surveyed reported a breach or security incident in the last 12 months, and 55.2% of them said they had been asked to keep a breach confidential even when it should have been disclosed. Read that again, because it’s an actual finding from the 2026 Bitdefender […]
