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Hackers claim to have hit US Marshals Service with a major cyberattack

By Ellen Jennings-Trace published

Ransomware group Hunters International claim to have hacked the federal agency.

Cybercrime gang hacks major health data provider - millions of highly personal files could be at risk of breach

By Sead Fadilpašić published

Freedman HealthCare apparently breached, but the company is yet to confirm the attack.

Disney's biggest cybersecurity threat could be...Club Penguin fans?

By Sead Fadilpašić published

Someone leaked sensitive Disney information online, apparently after looking for Club Penguin data.

Major data breach leaks highly sensitive donor records of multiple charities

By Craig Hale published

Collossal data breach totalling more than 465GB has exposed the details of multiple charities’ donors.

Thousands of confidential UN documents linked to gender equality push leaked online

By Benedict Collins published

UN Women documents were left unencrypted and without password protection in a database that anyone with an internet connection could access.

Notorious North Korean hacking group Kimsuky gets hacked itself - revealing some of its deepest secrets

By Sead Fadilpašić published

A hacker with a conscience targeted Kimsuky and leaked tools, logs, and more.

The dark web is full of UK MPs' leaked personal data

By Chiara Castro published

Over two-thirds of MPs in the House of Commons have had their data exposed, including those looking after UK cybersecurity. This is what's at stake.

Want to know what EU officials are up to? Call a data broker

By Ellen Jennings-Trace published

Reporters have used data brokers to access location and movement information of EU Commissioners.

WhatsApp encryption isn't the problem, metadata is

By Chiara Castro published

Despite WhatsApp being under scrutiny for data vulnerability, don't worry, its encryption is not flawed. But this doesn't mean you are completely out of risk.

Hacker threatens to leak a rumoured huge cache of stolen Telefónica data

By Sead Fadilpašić published

More than 100GB of data will be released unless Telefónica complies with the hacker's demands.

Metadata privacy matters – and this VPN promises to help

By Chiara Castro published

Nym Technologies says it may have the solution against traffic analysis. Now, NymVPN promises to be the "world's most private VPN."

Notorious NSO Group exploits flaw to send malicious messages and more

By Sead Fadilpašić published

Old court documents were hiding a previously unknown flaw that allowed data exfiltration.

The Internet Archive hit with a new level of cyberattack

By Benedict Collins published

The Internet Archive failed to rotate API keys, which meant attackers still had some level of access.

When attack plans go mobile

By Eric O'Neill published

Former FBI operative Eric O'Neill breaks down the recent Signal Gate controversy and discusses where we go from here.

Government-linked Italian spyware maker caught distributing malicious Android apps

By Luke Hughes published

Security researchers accuse notorious spyware maker SIO of loading fake versions of popular apps and support tools with malicious code.

Swiss government warns data stolen in third-party ransomware attack

By Sead Fadilpašić published

A breach at Radix saw Swiss government files leaked on the dark web.

20% of US politicians and staff had their emails compromised on the dark web

By Chiara Castro published

Not just a potential threat to national security, but for researchers this is also a stark reminder that anyone's personal data is at risk of breach.

Internet Archive hacked, millions of records stolen following DDoS attack

By Ellen Jennings-Trace published

One of the internet's best resources has been hacked, with 31 million Internet Archive users reportedly affected.

Millions of secrets and auth keys were leaked on GitHub last year

By Sead Fadilpašić published

Devs appaently don't care about exposing sensitive data on GitHub, with many compromising commits remain valid for days.

US lawmakers want Trump to call out UK Apple iCloud encryption backdoor demand

By Craig Hale published

US officials are urging the Director of National Intelligence to reconsider US-UK cybersecurity arrangements.

International Criminal Court says it was hit by sophisticated cyberattack

By Sead Fadilpašić published

No details about the incident were given but the media are tentatively linking it to Israel.

US Treasury declares ‘major incident’ after apparent state-sponsored Chinese hack

By Ellen Jennings-Trace published

Documents reportedly stolen in security breach targeting the US Treasury Department.

Environmental groups may have been targeted by Exxon lobbyists in hack-and-leak operations

By Benedict Collins published

A group that worked on behalf of Exxon Mobil allegedly hacked into the emails of environmental groups and leaked them to the press to hamper investigations and lawsuits.

Apache OpenOffice says it wasn't hit by cyberattack - despite ransomware hacker claims

By Sead Fadilpašić published

Akira says it's about to leak gigabytes of sensitive data, but OpenOffice says it doesn't even have that type of data.

Russian criminal gang Star Blizzard found hitting WhatsApp accounts

By Sead Fadilpašić published

Spear-phishing attack seems to be targeting Western high-profile targets, Microsoft warns.

New York Times warns freelancer journalists their data may have been stolen in cyberattack

By Sead Fadilpašić published

Full-time newsroom staff or other New York Times contributors don't seem to be affected.

Millions of phone location records feared leaked as one of the biggest data leaks ever may be a whole lot worse

By Ellen Jennings-Trace published

The geo-location information of tens of millions of smartphones have been leaked, a fresh lawsuit alleges.

MOVEit breach chaos continues, data on hundreds of thousands leaked from Nokia, Morgan Stanley

By Sead Fadilpašić published

Six large companies have had their data leaked, more than a year after the MOVEit drama.

US government identifies hackers who stole 50 billion AT&T records in Snowflake hack

By Sead Fadilpašić published

Two individuals stand accused of major crimes, including computer hacking and wire fraud schemes.

Military geographic data is being stolen in data breaches, China warns

By Benedict Collins published

China has blamed 'foreign software' for a number of data breaches including sophisticated geographical information on its military and transport infrastructure