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Source: CoinDesk Truebit’s TRU token cratered nearly 100 percent on Jan. 8 after an exploit drained about 8,535 ether, worth roughly $26.6 million, from the protocol’s reserves, according to onchain data and independent researchers. Truebit, an Ethereum-based verification and computation project, s

Russia frees French researcher in prisoner swap for alleged ransomware hacker

Source: NBC News Laurent Vinatier, a French researcher serving a three-year prison sentence in Russia for violating Moscow's foreign agent laws, has been freed as part of a prisoner exchange, French and Russian officials said Jan. 8. Russia's FSB security service said Vinatier, 49, had been swapped

Two Chrome Extensions Caught Stealing ChatGPT and DeepSeek Chats from 900,000 Users

Source: The Hacker News Cybersecurity researchers have discovered two new malicious extensions on the Chrome Web Store that are designed to exfiltrate OpenAI ChatGPT and DeepSeek conversations alongside browsing data to servers under the attackers' control. The names of the extensions, which collec

Man charged in Snapchat hacking allegedly targeted Northeastern, Colby students

Source: Boston.com Federal prosecutors in Boston have charged an Illinois man with phishing Snapchat access codes from nearly 600 women in an attempt to steal nude photos he allegedly kept, sold, or traded — a scheme that investigators say included working with a Northeastern track coach convicted

Metro Pet Vet with 3 offices in Pennsylvania faces ransomware attack

Source: WGAL News 8 Metro Pet Vet, with three offices in Lancaster County, Pa. is grappling with a ransomware attack affecting access to patient records and causing significant operational challenges. The attack started with technical difficulties on Jan. 5 and 6, when the office's router stopped w

Iran hacks itself, Internet collapses amid nationwide protests

Source: TechCrunch Internet connectivity collapsed across Iran on Jan. 8 amid nationwide protests, according to web monitoring firms. “I think we’re at a near-total disconnection from the outside world now,” Amir Rashidi, an Iranian cybersecurity researcher who works for the nonprofit Miaan Group,

Man Accused of Stealing Billions in Crypto Scam Is Captured Abroad

Source: The New York Times A man who U.S. federal prosecutors said ran one of the largest criminal networks in the world, relying on thousands of enslaved workers in Southeast Asia to bilk victims out of billions of dollars, has been arrested and extradited to China, Cambodian authorities announced

DDoSia Powers Affiliate-Driven Hacktivist Attacks

Source: DarkReading A pro-Russian hacktivist group known as NoName057(16) is using a volunteer-distributed distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) tool to disrupt government, media, and institutional websites tied to Ukraine and Western political interests. The group has been active since at least 202

Stalkerware operator pleads guilty in rare prosecution

Source: The Record The owner of a Michigan-based stalkerware company pleaded guilty this week to federal charges for selling a surveillance product designed to spy on people without their consent. Bryan Fleming admitted to founding and running pcTattletale, a company that marketed its spyware as a

Cyberattack hit car volumes at JLR by 43 percent in Q4

Source: MotorTrader.com Jaguar Land Rover lost billions of pounds in the final quarter of 2025 due to the hit on production caused by the cyber-attack. In a statement released this week ahead of its full results due to be published in February it said wholesale volumes had plummeted 43 percent to 5

Lone Hacker Used Infostealers to Access Data at 50 Global Companies

Source: HackRead A lone hacker managed to break into the private files of about 50 major companies, reveals research by the Israeli cybersecurity firm Hudson Rock conducted for its sister site Infostealers.com. The attacker is believed to be an Iranian national operating under the names Zestix and

Cyberattack under investigation by IIllinois school district

Source: WAND News A Coles County school district in Oakland, Ill. is investigating after falling victim to a cybersecurity attack over their holiday break. In a press release sent to WAND News, Oakland Community School District 5 said hackers gained access to their systems and demanded payment to r

Russian hackers target European hospitality industry with ‘blue screen of death’ malware

Source: The Record Suspected Russian cybercriminals are using a fake “Blue Screen of Death” page to target European hotels and hospitality companies with malware. Researchers from Securonix said they have been tracking an ongoing malware campaign they call PHALT#BLYX, which typically starts with a

Rental Car insurer Prosura suffers data breach, customers contacted by 'threat actor'

Source: ABC News Personal information belonging to customers of insurer Prosura Pty Ltd has been obtained by a self-described "threat actor", who has threatened to leak the data unless they strike a deal with the company. The company, which also trades as Hiccup and sells insurance to cover acciden

Canadian fugitive arrested in Spain over major Desjardins data leak

Source: Global News A man wanted by Quebec provincial police in connection with the massive Desjardins data breach that affected nearly 10 million clients has been arrested in Spain after evading authorities for more than a year. Quebec provincial police said this week that Juan Pablo Serrano, 40,

Millions of Android Powered TVs and Streaming Devices Infected by Kimwolf Botnet

Source: HackRead A massive global network of infected gadgets, Aisuru DDoS Botnet‘s Android variant dubbed Kimwolf, has grown to over 2 million devices since last August, reveals the latest research from the anti-fraud intelligence company Synthient. Reportedly, hackers are hunting for Android-powe

Brightspeed investigates breach as crims post stolen data for sale

Source: The Register Internet service provider Brightspeed confirmed that it's investigating criminals' claims that they stole more than a million customers' records and have listed them for sale for three bitcoin, or about $276,370. On Jan. 4, a cybercrime crew called Crimson Collective said in it

Major Australian gold producer confirms cyberattack

Source: cyberdaily.au Regis Resources, based in Western Australia, is one of the country’s largest, unhedged gold producers. Founded in 1986, the company began in the Duketon Greenstone Belt in the north-eastern Goldfields of Western Australia. The company’s subsidiary, McPhillamys Gold, was listed

Hacktivist broke into WhiteDate, swiped 100GB of data, deleted the site

Source: METRO The profiles of thousands of people who joined a white supremacist dating site have been leaked online after it was hacked. An anonymous hacker broke into WhiteDate and deleted it – but not before downloading 100 gigabytes of data. Livestreaming the moment at the annual Chaos Communic

NYC Wegmans storing shoppers’ facial scans and biometric data to ID customers, boost security

Source: New York Post New signs unveiled at some Wegmans across New York City are warning customers that personally-identifying biometric data, such as facial recognition scans, is being stored while they shop. The signs, posted this month in the grocery stores’ Brooklyn and Manhattan locations and

Cyberattack forces British high school to close

Source: The Record A cyberattack has forced a British high school to remain closed following the Christmas holidays. Higham Lane School in Nuneaton, a town in central England, has told its roughly 1,500 students they won’t be able to attend classes until at least Jan. 7 due to the incident. In an e

Crypto Wallet Ledger Suffers Breach Tied to Payment Processor

Source: PYMNTS Cryptocurrency wallet Ledger is reportedly dealing with a data breach connected to its payment processor. As CoinDesk reported Jan. 5, an email sent to customers by Global-e—Ledger’s third-party payments service—and later shared on X said the breach of the company’s cloud system invo

Foreigners' data stolen in hack of French immigration agency

Source: Le Monde The French Office for Immigration and Integration (OFII) confirmed a breach and said it was linked to a subcontractor. Personal data belonging to foreign nationals residing in France was posted online Jan. 1 by a hacker claiming the attack was for profit. The hacker released two sa

Hackers claim breach of engineering firm, client data stolen

Source: TechRadar Pro Pickett and Associates, a Florida-based civil engineering, surveying, and geospatial services firm, has allegedly been hacked and had sensitive client data stolen. Earlier this week, cybercriminals posted a new thread on a dark web forum claiming to have stolen more than 800 f

European Space Agency Confirms Breach — Hackers Claim 200GB Of Data Stolen