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Source: PC Mag Microsoft and European police have shut down a site that fueled cybercrime, including helping hackers bombard U.S. users with phishing emails. On Jan. 14, the company announced it had seized RedVDS, which was available on the open web, and sold access to virtual machines that run Win

Cyberattack in Venezuela Demonstrated Precision of U.S. Capabilities

Source: The New York Times The cyberattack that plunged Venezuela’s capital into darkness this month demonstrated the Pentagon’s ability not just to turn off the lights, but also to allow them to be turned back on, according to U.S. officials briefed on the operation. The Jan. 3 operation was one o

FBI fights leaks by seizing Washington Post reporter’s phone, laptops, and watch

Source: ars TECHNICA The FBI searched a Washington Post reporter’s home and seized her work and personal devices as part of an investigation into what Attorney General Pam Bondi called “illegally leaked information from a Pentagon contractor.” Executing a search warrant at the Virginia home of repo

Eurail passengers taken for a ride as data breach spills passports, bank details

Source: The Register Eurail has confirmed customer information was stolen in a data breach. The European travel company, also known as Interrail to EU residents, initially posted the news on Jan. 10, but affected customers, the number of whom was not disclosed, began receiving emails on Jan. 13. Wh

Ugandan officials impose internet blackout ahead of national elections

Source: The Record Authorities in Uganda imposed an internet blackout and suspended some mobile phone services Jan. 14, the day before a general election. The Uganda Communication Commission (UCC) started turning off internet and mobile phone services Jan. 13, according to the agency. Internet moni

Matthew McConaughey Trademarks Himself to Fight AI Misuse

Source: The Wall Street Journal Matthew McConaughey is taking a novel legal approach to combat unauthorized artificial-intelligence fakes: trademarking himself. Over the past several months, the “Interstellar” and “Magic Mike” star has had eight trademark applications approved by the U.S. Patent an

Belgian hospital cancels more surgeries 24 hours after cyberattack

Source: Techzine Almost 24 hours later, Belgian-based AZ Monica is still suffering the effects of a cyberattack. The hospital in Antwerp canceled 70 operations, according to De Tijd. Even urgent procedures have been canceled. Servers have been shut down as a precaution, making electronic patient fi

Hackers claim to have Target source code for sale following recent cyberattack

Source: TechRadar Pro Hackers are apparently selling internal source code stolen from American retail giant Target. A threat actor posted in an underground hacking community to claim they were selling Target’s data. The poster created multiple repositories on Gitea, a self-hosted Git platform, and

Man to plead guilty to hacking US Supreme Court filing system

Source: TechCrunch A resident of Springfield, Tenn., is expected to plead guilty to hacking the U.S. Supreme Court’s electronic document filing system dozens of times over several months. Prosecutors say between Aug. and Oct. 2023, Nicholas Moore, 24, “intentionally accessed a computer without auth

Personal information of thousands of Aussie students accessed in targeted cyberattack

Source: news.com.au The personal information of thousands of Victorian students has been exposed in a targeted cyberattack, forcing education officials to take drastic measures. Public schools across the Australian state were hit by the breach through a school system, with hackers accessing names,

Suspected ransomware attack threatens one of South Korea’s largest companies

Source: The Record Kyowon Group, one of South Korea’s largest education and lifestyle companies, announced shutting down key parts of its internal computer network this past weekend following what it described as a suspected ransomware attack. The hackers behind the attack have issued Kyowon with a

Hackers broke into Fintech firm Betterment's systems via social engineering

Source: TechCrunch Automated financial advisory and investment platform Betterment has confirmed that hackers broke into some of its systems last week. In an email seen by TechCrunch, Betterment said that hackers gained access Jan. 9 by way of a social engineering attack, which involved “third-part

Oregon DEQ data breach leaked thousands of people’s information, but the agency hasn’t told the public

Source: Oregon Public Broadcasting (OPB) About 4,800 members of the public had their personal information exposed after a cyberattack on the Oregon Department of Environmental Quality’s servers — but nine months later, the agency has yet to publicly disclose the scope of the leak. As OPB previously

Nissan allegedly hacked just days after claimed Chrysler breach

Source: cyberdaily.au Japanese car manufacturer Nissan has allegedly suffered a cyberattack, after hackers listed the company on their dark web leak site, claiming to have stolen almost a terabyte of data. This occurred just days after the same hackers claimed a breach of US carmaker Chrysler. Niss

Dutch court sentences hacker who used port systems to smuggle cocaine to 7 years

Source: The Record A Dutch appeals court sentenced a 44-year-old man to seven years in prison for hacking a major port company in Belgium to help smuggle cocaine into the Netherlands. The Amsterdam Court of Appeal ruled last week that the man played a central technical role in a criminal network th

Ransomware Attack on Texas Gas Station Firm Leaks 377,000 User Records

Source: Cyber Press Gulshan Management Services, Inc., a Texas-based gas station operator, has disclosed a significant data breach that compromised the personal information of more than 377,000 customers, according to a breach notification filed by the company. The incident occurred between Sep. 17

Massive cyberattack on Polish power system in December failed, minister says

Source: Reuters Poland's power system faced its largest cyberattack in years in the last week of December that also followed a different pattern, the country's energy minister said. The failed attack aimed to disrupt the communication between renewable installations and the power distribution opera

Spanish energy giant Endesa says it was hit by data breach

Source: TechRadar Pro Endesa Energia, the retail arm of one of Europe’s biggest energy providers, Endesa, S.A., has confirmed it recently suffered a cyberattack which saw it lose sensitive data on an undisclosed number of people. In a press release, published in Spanish on the company’s website, En

Data breach at largest private medical oncology provider in New Zealand

Source: Patients caught up in a Canopy Health data breach are furious that it took the company six months to tell them about a major cyberattack on its systems In a new update on its website, Canopy Health, the largest private medical oncology provider in New Zealand said on Jul. 18, 2025, it ide

Instagram says accounts 'are secure' after wave of suspicious password reset requests

Source: Engadget Malwarebytes reported that there was a data breach revealing the "sensitive information" of 17.5 million Instagram users and added that the leak included Instagram usernames, physical addresses, phone numbers, email addresses and more. However, Instagram said there was no breach an

34 arrests in Spain during action against the ‘Black Axe’ criminal organisation

Source: Europol The Spanish National Police (Policía Nacional), in close cooperation with the Bavarian State Criminal Police Office (Bayerisches Landeskriminalamt) and with the support of Europol, has conducted an operation against the international criminal organisation ‘Black Axe’. The action res

University of Hawaii Engaged With Hackers Who Highjacked Cancer Study Data

Source: Honolulu Civil Beat Social Security numbers and personal information from participants in a University of Hawaiʻi Cancer Center study were exposed to hackers in August but four months later UH had yet to notify those affected that their data was stolen. UH outlined the ransomware attack in

Database of 320K+ BreachForums Users Leaked as Admin Disputes Scope

Source: HackRead On Jan. 9, a database belonging to BreachForums, a notorious cybercrime and hacker forum available on both clear and the “Dark Web,” was released to the public, putting over 320,000 users in the spotlight. In Apr. 2025, the forum suddenly disappeared without explanation. The databa

QR codes a powerful new phishing weapon in hands of Pyongyang cyberspies

Source: The Register North Korean government hackers are turning QR codes into credential-stealing weapons, the FBI has warned, as Pyongyang's spies find new ways to duck enterprise security and help themselves to cloud logins. In an advisory published this week, the agency said the Nork-linked "Ki

Truebit token crashes after hacker drains $26.6M in ether