WASHINGTON (TNND) — The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives announced an investigation into a “major” cybersecurity incident that affected a standalone system. The ATF said Wednesday that the “impacted system operates separately from the ATF enterprise network, and there is no indication that the incident has affected the ATF enterprise network, the ATF...Read More
WASHINGTON (TNND) — The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives announced an investigation into a “major” cybersecurity incident that affected a standalone system. The ATF said Wednesday that the “impacted system operates separately from the ATF enterprise network, and there is no indication that the incident has affected the ATF enterprise network, the ATF...Read More
Australian Police Charge Two Over TeamPCP Credential Theft Pierluigi Paganini August 27, 2026 Australian police charged two men linked to TeamPCP over malware hidden in open-source code that stole 500,000+ credentials from 1,000+ organizations. Australian police have charged two men from Western Australia over a global cybercrime operation that allegedly hid malicious code in open-source...Read More
Critical Infrastructure Security , Geo Focus: The United Kingdom , Geo-Specific Government Tight Lipped Over Possible Iranian Hack, Experts Complain Shaun Waterman • August 25, 2026 Power lines on the Kent coast in the southeast of England. (Image: Jevanto Productions/Shutterstock) Operational technology security leaders are calling on the British government to release technical...Read More
Dive Brief: The July security breach at Hugging Face was unleashed after 1,200 agents communicated on an unsanctioned message board, despite attempted measures to keep them isolated, according to an independent report released on Wednesday. About 700 of those agents went on to commit an unprecedented attack on Hugging Face, an open-source AI platform. The...Read More
Machine Intelligence Research Institute President Nate Soares warns about artificial intelligence swarms compromising other AI companies and committing cybercrimes, like OpenAI hacking Hugging Face. Machine Intelligence Research Institute President Nate Soares warns about artificial intelligence swarms compromising other AI companies and committing cybercrimes, like OpenAI hacking Hugging Face. Soares argues that developers are creating super...Read More
Some of the most sensitive institutions in the U.S. government, including the Federal Reserve, NASA, the Department of Justice and the U.S. Senate, were victims of computer intrusions linked to a Chinese state-sponsored hacking operation, federal authorities revealed. The Justice Department and FBI announced that they had seized three internet domains used to operate two...Read More
Surfshark’s Cybersecurity Advocacy Fund offers up to €100K a year It’s open to university groups, students, and faculties worldwide The first submission window opens in September 2026 Surfshark, one of the best VPN services, is now putting money behind the people it believes can help close the gap between online threats and public understanding. The...Read More
security US Justice Department investigating the breach The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) said it’s responding to a “major” cybersecurity incident shortly after the Qilin ransomware gang posted the US federal law enforcement agency on its leak site. According to ATF’s statement, the intrusion affected a standalone system that operated separately from...Read More
ATF, the regulatory agency that enforces federal laws governing firearms and explosives in the United States, has confirmed that one of its systems was compromised after breach claims made by the Qilin ransomware gang. This follows Qilin adding the U.S. Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives to its dark web data leak portal on...Read More
