Two Pentagon officials fired amid sweeping leak investigation

The week of turmoil affecting the Pentagon’s inner circle continued Friday, when two political appointees suspended earlier this week were terminated, multiple officials told CBS News. Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth’s chief of staff, Joe Kasper, ordered an investigation into Read More …

Why Cloud Misconfigurations Remain A Top Cause Of Data Breaches

It’s 2025, and the industry has built some of the most advanced cloud environments ever seen—automated deployments, real-time threat detection and infrastructure that scales with just a few lines of code. Yet, data breaches aren’t slowing down—why? Because a single Read More …

Flaw in Verizon call record requests put millions of Americans at risk

Security researcher Evan Connelly discovered an enormous flaw affecting one of the largest telecommunications companies in the world that could allow any single person to view the recent incoming call log for potentially any Verizon phone number. A vulnerability in Read More …

UK MoD probes security breach after documents relating to Catterick Garrison found dumped in street

The Ministry of Defence is investigating after a cache of documents containing sensitive military information was found discarded in the street. The papers, some marked “official – sensitive”, were discovered spilling out of a black bin bag in the Scotswood Read More …

The Trump Administration Accidentally Texted Me Its War Plans

The world found out shortly before 2 p.m. eastern time on March 15 that the United States was bombing Houthi targets across Yemen. I, however, knew two hours before the first bombs exploded that the attack might be coming. The Read More …

Pentagon announces leak investigation that will include polygraphs

The Department of Defense is investigating “recent unauthorized disclosures of national security information” and plans to use polygraphs as part of the probe, according to a memo published to the department’s website Friday. “The use of polygraphs in the execution Read More …

CIA employee pleads guilty over leak of classified Israeli plans

A CIA employee who was accused of leaking classified documents about Israel’s plans to strike Iran pleaded guilty on Friday to criminal charges that he willfully retained and transmitted national defense information, the U.S. Department of Justice said. In pleading Read More …

Data leak at VW subsidiary affects 800,000 electric cars

A data leak at the software company Cariad, a subsidiary of German car manufacturer Volkswagen (VW), left the personal details of electric car owners in Europe available online for months, Germany’s Spiegel news magazine reported on Friday. The movement data Read More …

AI chatbot provider exposes 346,000 customer files, including ID documents, resumes, and medical records

Researchers have discovered a huge Google Cloud Storage bucket, found freely accessible on the internet and containing a treasure trove of personal information. AI startup WotNot provides companies with the ability to create their own customized chatbot. The company reportedly Read More …