Basic-Fit confirms data on a million members stolen in cyberattack

Basic-Fit, Europe’s largest gym chain, has confirmed data including the bank details of around a million customers was stolen from its systems. Around 200,000 members in the Netherlands alone had their data snatched in a recent cyberattack, the company confirmed Read More …

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 …

Hack-for-hire group caught targeting Android devices and iCloud backups

Security researchers say they have identified a hack-for-hire group targeting journalists, activists, and government officials across the Middle East and North Africa. The hackers used phishing attacks to access targets’ iCloud backups and messaging accounts on Signal, and deployed Android 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 …

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 …

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 …

DarkSword: Second iOS exploit chain in a month targeting iPhone users

A new exploit kit targeting iPhone users and stealing their sensitive data is being abused by “multiple” spyware vendors and suspected nation-state goons, security researchers said on Wednesday. The exploit kit, called DarkSword, has been in use since at least Read More …