Thousands of official government email addresses, including plaintext passwords available online

The official email accounts of public officials all over the world have been leaked online, with many exposed alongside their plaintext passwords, making it trivial for an attacker to breach their accounts. Researchers at Proton scoured the darker side of Read More …

Hungary: Nearly 800 state logins surfaced in breach data, including defense and NATO-linked accounts

Hungary’s government has discovered the hard way that the biggest threat to national security might just be its own password choices. An investigation by Bellingcat has uncovered close to 800 Hungarian government email and password pairings circulating in breach dumps, Read More …

Hackers steal and leak sensitive LAPD police documents

Cybercriminals have allegedly stolen a large amount of sensitive internal documents from the Los Angeles Police Department and leaked the data online. The stolen data included police officer personnel files, internal affairs investigations, and discovery documents that can include unredacted Read More …

New “BrowserGate” report claims LinkedIn secretly scans user browsers for installed extensions and collects device data

A new report is alleging LinkedIn uses hidden JavaScript to scan its visitors’ browsers for installed extensions, looks for those that compete with its own sales tools, and then twists its users’ arms until they stop using those and pick Read More …

Commission investigates cyberattack targeting EU websites

The European Commission has announced that it is investigating a cyber attack that took place on Tuesday, targeting its cloud infrastructure hosting the ‘europa.eu’ websites and leading to a data leak. “Early findings of our ongoing investigation suggest that data Read More …

Iranian hackers allegedly breached FBI Director Patel’s personal emails

Hackers breached FBI Director Kash Patel’s personal email, according to sources familiar with the situation. The majority of the emails were from prior to 2019, according to sources, and appear to be from before his tenure at the FBI. There Read More …

Millions possibly affected by data breach at dermatology giant QualDerm

Dermatology management services giant QualDerm suffered a cyberattack in late 2025 which saw it lose sensitive personal and healthcare data on more than three million people. The company is now notifying affected individuals by mail, noting in a breach notification Read More …

Trio-Tech International hit by ransomware attack

Trio-Tech International initially shrugged off a ransomware attack at a Singapore subsidiary as immaterial, only to reverse course days later after discovering stolen data had been disclosed. The California-based semiconductor testing and burn-in services outfit said it detected a ransomware Read More …

French naval officer’s jogging app logs Inadvertently expose France’s aircraft carrier location

The relentless pursuit of a personal best is a common motivator for athletes, but for one French naval officer, a routine morning run has now been linked to a national security scare. While the French military typically prides itself on Read More …

Marquis says over 672,000 people had personal and financial data stolen in ransomware attack

Marquis, a technology company used by hundreds of banks to analyze and visualize their customers’ data, says hundreds of thousands of people had their personal and sensitive financial information stolen in a ransomware attack last year. The Plano, Texas-based fintech Read More …