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Source: The Independent The Argentine Football Association (AFA) appears to have been the target of a cyberattack after emails were sent from its official accounts reportedly criticising the “corrupt refereeing” of Argentina’s controversial World Cup last-16 win over Egypt. Argentine news outlet Le

Cyberattack hits Delaware County in Pennsylvania

Source: ABC 6 Action News There is new information about what is being called a "sophisticated cybercriminal attack" against Delaware County in Pennsylvania. According to officials, hackers were able to gain limited access to the county's network and some of the data stored on it. They are working

Lidl supermarket chain customers across Europe hit in suspected data breach

Source: TechRadar Pro Lidl is warning its customers of a cyberattack which may have affected some of their personal information stored with the company. In a data breach notification published on its Netherlands, Belgium, and Germany websites, the German discount supermarket chain said an IT securi

EU, UK hit Russia with joint sanctions over cyberattacks

Source: France24 The European Union and Britain targeted Russia with coordinated sanctions over cyberattacks in Europe, accusing Moscow's FSB intelligence agency over involvement in digital strikes. The move comes as Western officials warn Russia has stepped up its "hybrid" campaign to destabilize

Microsoft uncovers GigaWiper, a backdoor designed for destruction on demand

Source: CSO Microsoft is warning defenders about a new backdoor that blurs the line between espionage malware and wipers. In a technical analysis published last week, Microsoft Threat Intelligence detailed GigaWiper, a Golang-based implant first observed in Oct. 2025 intrusions that combines remote

A Puerto Rico Government Agency Exposed 1M Social Security Numbers

Source: ProPublica The government agency that collects property taxes in Puerto Rico inadvertently exposed the Social Security numbers of approximately 1 million people, Centro de Periodismo Investigativo and ProPublica learned. It was the latest cybersecurity lapse for the Puerto Rico government,

Minnesota County reports data affecting 83K+ people

Source: ClaimDepot Aitkin County Health and Human Services, the county government department in Aitkin County, Minn. that provides public assistance, health and social-service programs, disclosed a data breach that affected approximately 83,114 individuals in the U.S. From Apr. 7-8, cybercriminals

Cyberattack on New Jersey Law Firm May Have Exposed Data Of 13K Patients

Source: Government Technology A cyberattack on a New Jersey law firm that represents major healthcare providers in the state may have exposed nearly 13,000 patients’ names, addresses, Social Security numbers, dates of birth, medical information and health insurance information, according to a notic

The Connecticut Department of Children and Families Hit By Cyberattack

Source: Hartford Courant The Connecticut Department of Children and Families has fallen victim to a phishing scam that may have led to confidential records being leaked. The attacker is believed to have downloaded emails from two accounts belonging to DCF workers through the cyberattack, Peter Yazb

Florida Ransomware Negotiator Who Extorted and Attacked Multiple U.S. Victims Sentenced to Prison

Source: U.S. Department of Justice Angelo Martino, 41, of Land O’Lakes, Fla., formerly employed as a ransomware negotiator, was sentenced on Jul. 9 to 70 months for his role in conspiring with Blackcat/ALPHV (BlackCat) actors to extort multiple victims, as well as conspiring with other former cyber

NSA revives 'Tailored Access Operations' name for elite hacking unit

Source: The Record The National Security Agency has rebranded its elite hacking division, though the new name will be familiar to anyone who has followed the spy agency's history of offensive cyber operations. NSA last week changed the moniker of its Office of Computer Network Operations (CNO) back

Food distribution giant Sysco suffers data breach

Source: Have I Been Pwned In Jun. 2026, food distribution giant Sysco was targeted by a ShinyHunters "pay or leak" extortion campaign. Data was published containing 2.7 million unique email addresses belonging to staff and customers. The data contained largely corporate contact information includin

'GodDamn' Ransomware Sneaks Malware Into American Companies

Source: DarkReading A newly rebranded ransomware outfit is sneaking malware into American organizations using a malicious yet Microsoft-approved driver. Researchers at Symantec recently observed a cyberattack from a group known as "Hyadina." Hyadina is a 4-year-old ransomware-as-a-service (RaaS) op

INTERPOL-led crackdown arrests 5,800+, uncovers crypto laundering network

Source: The Block An INTERPOL-led global anti-fraud operation involving 97 countries and territories resulted in the arrest of 5,811 individuals and the interception of $293 million in illicit assets. Operation First Light, which ran from Jan. 15 through Apr. 30, focused on combating social enginee

Chinese espionage group burrowed into universities

Source: CyberScoop China-aligned attackers broke into the networks of U.S. and Canadian universities to steal sensitive data and establish persistent access via webshells and backdoors, Proofpoint threat researchers said this week. The espionage-motivated attacks targeted physics and engineering de

18-Year-Old Arrested over Cyberattack on Japanese Internet Cafe Operator

Source: nippon.com An 18-year-old has been arrested for his suspected involvement in a cyberattack on the operator of the Kaikatsu Club internet cafe chain, according to investigative sources. The Metropolitan Police Department’s cybercrime countermeasure division arrested the company employee from

Cash App owner Block to pay $45M to settle allegations of lax security

Source: The Record The owner of Cash App will pay dozens of states a total of $45 million to settle allegations that it misled its users about the payment app’s security and exposed them to fraud. State attorneys general announced the bipartisan agreement with Block, Inc. on Jul. 8, saying that the

AssuranceAmerica data breach exposed millions of driver’s license numbers

Source: TechCrunch Atlanta, Ga.-based insurance provider AssuranceAmerica has confirmed a data breach affecting the personal information and driver’s license numbers of 6.9 million people, making it the largest known spill of Americans’ driver’s license information this year. Founded in 1998, Assur

Hacktivists deface two U.S. Army websites

Source: TechCrunch The U.S. Army has reportedly fixed two of its websites that had been defaced to display pro-Kurdish messages and to call out President Donald Trump. Security researcher Ronald Lovelace told Cyberscoop, which first reported the defacements, that error pages were modified on two U.

Accenture confirms breach, hacker claims theft of 35GB of data including source code

Source: Teiss Accenture has confirmed a breach after a hacker claimed to have stolen 35 gigabytes of source code and other internal data from the company and put it up for sale on a cybercrime forum. A threat actor using the alias "888" posted the listing on Jul. 6. The actor described the stolen m

Prince Harry Loses Daily Mail Phone Hacking Suit

Source: The Wall Street Journal Prince Harry lost his lawsuit against the publisher of the Daily Mail over allegations of unlawful behavior and press intrusion, the latest twist in his yearslong battle with the British tabloids. Judge Matthew Nicklin dismissed claims that reporters and investigator

Mercado Libre allegedly hit by ransomware attack

Source: Digitalshield The Latin American e-commerce giant Mercado Libre is reported to have suffered a cyberattack. The ransomware group The Gentlemen, one of the most active at the moment, has included the Argentine company on its dark web leak site. The threat actor has not clarified what specifi

Deutsche Bank data breach fears rise after ransomware group posts “evidence”

Source: Cybernews The Unsafe ransomware group has claimed to have breached Deutsche Bank, listing the German banking giant on a dark web leak site. The alleged attackers posted database extracts as proof of their claims. Screenshots show database queries that call back sensitive employee data. This

Britain plans to build autonomous AI 'Cyber Shield' to defend nation

Source: The Record Britain’s cyber agency laid out plans on Jul. 7 for what it called “a national scale, sovereign defense capability” that would use agentic AI systems to discover and fix cybersecurity weaknesses across government networks and critical national infrastructure. The capability, call

Canadian spy agency reports hacking three criminal groups in 2025