L.A. Metro shut down parts of its network after its security team detected hacking activity last month, and law enforcement and cybersecurity specialists are continuing to investigate who was behind the attack, authorities said. “On Monday, March 16, Metro proactively limited employee access to many internal administrative computer systems after the agency’s security team discovered...Read More
Ubisoft has been forced to take all Rainbow Six Siege servers offline after the game was hacked by unknown entities. The company confirmed on X at around 9:10 AM EST on Saturday, December 27, that there was an incident with the title, with its Service Status page reporting an Unplanned Outage across all platforms as...Read More
Get stories like this delivered straight to your inbox. Sign up for The 74 Newsletter Were you a current or former student in the last few decades? Or a parent? Or an educator? If so, your sensitive data — like Social Security numbers and medical records — may have fallen into the hands of cybercriminals. Their target was...Read More
The hack of a company that helps schools track tens of millions of students appears to be the largest breach of American children’s personal information to date, school officials and cybersecurity experts say. Subscribe to read this story ad-free Get unlimited access to ad-free articles and exclusive content. And a specially commissioned interim cybersecurity audit...Read More
When a ruse puts on a familiar face, your guard might drop, making you an easy mark. Learn how to tell a friend apart from a foe. 09 Apr 2025 • , 4 min. read News that someone close, be it a friend, relative, or colleague, has had one of their valuable online accounts compromised...Read More
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The FBI — which first detected suspicious activity on Feb. 17, according to the notice — did not indicate who was responsible for the possible breach but said the hackers’ techniques “appear sophisticated.” The details the FBI shared with Congress and the White House’s outreach to the NSA and CISA suggest the incident could be...Read More
No full credit card details, passwords, or messages and activity beyond conversations with Discord’s customer support agents were leaked, the firm said. All impacted users have been contacted and Discord is working with law enforcement to investigate the matter, it added. The platform said it has revoked the customer support provider’s access to the system...Read More
For better or for worse, some of us spend a lot of time in front of a TV or monitor, with a game console whirring away in the background. Consoles are a source of entertainment, the occasional bit of education, and even companionship. In all that time, with all of those people, you deserve to...Read More
The Czech prime minister’s account on the social media platform X was hacked on Tuesday, with a series of false messages posted, including those claiming a Russian attack on Czech soldiers and a response to U.S. tariffs. Petr Fiala confirmed the incident, saying the hack originated “from abroad.” “Despite thorough security measures, including two-factor authentication...Read More
The messaging app used by at least one top Trump administration official has suspended its services following reports of hackers stealing data from the app. Smarsh, TeleMessage’s parent company, says it is now investigating the incident. “TeleMessage is investigating a potential security incident. Upon detection, we acted quickly to contain it and engaged an external...Read More
70,000 Discord users may have had their government ID photos compromised following a cyber attack on one of its “third-party vendors.” As part of the company’s legal obligation to comply with the UK government’s new Online Safety Act and the EU’s Digital Services Act, Discord — which boasts over 200 million users worldwide — required...Read More
Listen to this article Estimated 4 minutes The audio version of this article is generated by AI-based technology. Mispronunciations can occur. We are working with our partners to continually review and improve the results. Two B.C. airports say their public address and flight information displays systems were hacked by a third party Tuesday evening. Kelowna...Read More
TeleMessage, the app that President Donald Trump’s former national security adviser, Mike Waltz, appeared to use to archive his group chats, has suspended all services after hackers claimed to have stolen files from it. Subscribe to read this story ad-free Get unlimited access to ad-free articles and exclusive content. A spokesperson for Smarsh, the company...Read More
During a recent cabinet meeting, President Donald Trump’s then national security adviser, Mike Waltz, must have been bored. Apparently unaware of the photographer behind him, he was caught clandestinely checking his Signal messages under the table. Only he wasn’t using the official Signal app, which is widely considered to be the gold standard of encrypted...Read More
The personal data of hundreds of thousands of legal aid applicants in England and Wales dating back to 2010, including criminal records and financial details, has been accessed and downloaded in a “significant” cyber-attack. Officials admit that the data may have included contact details and addresses of applicants, their dates of birth, national ID numbers,...Read More
A Chicago area couple logged into their retirement account only to find out it had been hacked, and a large chunk of their retirement savings was gone, and the response from the online brokerage firm is only adding insult to injury. “Look at these trades at 3:32. That’s after the market closed. I usually don’t...Read More
TLDR Galaxy Digital’s testnet was hacked but client funds and data were not affected The breach was limited to an isolated R&D workspace, not live systems Less than $10,000 in test funds was lost Galaxy detected the breach quickly and secured the environment All trading platforms and client services remain fully operational 💥 Find the...Read More
The Baltimore Ravens entered the offseason determined to turn the page after a disastrous 2025 campaign. That reset came swiftly, with the organization parting ways with longtime head coach John Harbaugh and hiring Jesse Minter as his replacement last Thursday. But before Minter has even had a full week to settle into the role, tension...Read More
The Case Manager Last week, I got an email from a friend inviting me to a party. I clicked the link, but the invite didn’t open. I did it a few more times and then had the sinking feeling that this was a fake email. I...Read More
D-keine/Getty Images The advancements in AI over the past few years have led to a rise in cyber threats and hacks, with the year 2025 witnessing as many as 2,200 cyberattacks every day. Often, after a massive breach, the compromised credentials end up on the dark web...Read More
After an earlier denial, the office of former prime minister Naftali Bennett acknowledged Wednesday that while his cellphone itself was not hacked, unauthorized access was gained to his Telegram account, following claims by an Iran-linked hacker group that it had breached his device. Images, contacts and other information claimed by the group to have been...Read More
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“Swamp chic” is how Hillary Hanning describes The Little House, the neighborhood bar she owns on New Orleans’ West Bank. It’s the kind of place where a customer can sip Croatian orange wine while surrounded by hanging chicken feet and taxidermied alligators. “Everything with this place, like even the colors on the wall, has something...Read More
Local News A national security segment revealed how hackers infiltrated the local utility network as part of a wider Chinese operation. The CBS logo at the entrance to its headquarters, in New York. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan) A “60 Minutes” report uncovered how Chinese hackers infiltrated Littleton, Massachusetts’s electric and water systems, as one small town...Read More
The presenter Mike Graham has been dismissed from Rupert Murdoch’s digital channel TalkTV, after the company said he had failed to cooperate with an investigation into a racist post that appeared on one of his social media accounts. Graham, 65, was suspended by the broadcaster, owned by Murdoch’s News UK, after concerns were raised about...Read More
(Photographer: Samuel Corum/Bloomberg) Remember when the Supreme Court was absolutely consumed with figuring out who leaked the Dobbs draft opinion? They assigned the Marshal to investigate, brought in outside help, and made scores of employees sign affidavits. The response was immediate, muscular, and deeply unserious. The investigation did basically everything except interview the justices, because...Read More
Hackers have accessed the search history and viewing habits of premium users of Pornhub, one of the world’s most popular pornography websites. A gang has reportedly accessed more than 200m data records, including premium members’ email addresses, search and viewing activities and locations. Pornhub is a heavily used site and says it has more than...Read More
Notepad++, a free open source text and code editor for the Windows operating system, suffered an “infrastructure-level compromise” last year by threat actors seeking to deliver malware to selected users. A post-mortem of the incident which started in June 2025, and which was reported to Notepad++ by security researchers, suggested the shared hosting server for...Read More
Though it had long stopped being the powerhouse that it once was, social media site MySpace hit the headlines in 2016 after 360 million user accounts were leaked onto both LeakedSource.com and put up for sale on dark web market The Real Deal with an asking price of 6 bitcoin (around $3,000 at the time)....Read More
I have a confession to make: I used to reuse passwords. It’s the number one security sin, but this was over a decade ago and I didn’t know about the best password managers yet. This was a huge mistake. And with news that researchers just uncovered a database of 16 billion records, including passwords and...Read More
Tea, a provocative dating app designed to let women anonymously ask or warn each other about men they’d encountered, rocketed to the top spot on the U.S. Apple App Store this week. On Friday, the company behind the app confirmed it had been hacked: Thousands of images, including selfies, were leaked online. “We have engaged...Read More
DEAN OBEIDALLAH: So let’s turn to story number two, which is much lighter and almost, I’m going to hide my enjoyment, um, in this Kash Patel got hacked. Now it’s never good to get hacked, but he got hacked by Iranian linked hackers, according to the reporting now and his website, the group Handala Hack...Read More
Strange things are going on over on X, with questions about whether Elon Musk’s account has been hacked…again. As well as owning the social media platform previously known as X, Musk has amassed a massive following of 229.3 million users. With him posting numerous times every day, he has a loyal legion of fans. This...Read More
gargantiopa/Getty Images How do hackers get access to your computer? Hackers have many tricks up their sleeves. Viruses and malicious software, aka malware, make the most of security gaps, but something called social engineering is even easier. As Ravichandran points out, “Hackers and scammers know there’s one vulnerability they can always exploit: you.” Social engineering...Read More
It is not immediately clear who is behind the hack, though nation-state-affiliated actors are widely suspected, the people said. Criminal organizations may also have been involved, they added. The Administrative Office of the U.S. Courts declined to comment. Asked whether it is investigating the incident, the FBI referred POLITICO to the Justice Department. The Justice...Read More
The surveillance state is all around us — in the cameras that watch us and even in the devices we own — a creepy reality that makes Peacock’s The Copenhagen Test an unfortunately timely spy thriller. For the lead character in this eight-episode series, premiering December 27, it’s also a waking nightmare. Simu Liu stars...Read More
The University of Pennsylvania confirmed on Tuesday that a hacker stole university data as part of last week’s data breach, during which alumni and other affiliates received suspicious emails from official university email addresses. “We got hacked,” the message from the hackers read. “We love breaking federal laws like FERPA (all your data will be...Read More
Sex toy maker Tenga notified customers of a data breach on Friday, according to an email obtained by TechCrunch. In the message, the Japanese company said that “an unauthorized party gained access to the professional email account of one of our employees,” which gave the hacker access to the contents of the employee’s inbox. This...Read More
The FBI has confirmed that threat actors have gained access to an email account belonging to FBI Director Kash Patel, but said no government information has been compromised. The Iran-linked hacker group Handala on Friday claimed to have hacked Patel’s email account, releasing files allegedly representing photos, emails, and classified documents taken from the FBI...Read More
An elite Chinese cyberspy group hacked at least one state’s National Guard network for nearly a year, the Department of Defense has found. Subscribe to read this story ad-free Get unlimited access to ad-free articles and exclusive content. The hackers, already responsible for one of the most expansive cyberespionage campaigns against the U.S. to date,...Read More
Tea, a provocative dating app designed to let women anonymously ask or warn each other about men they’d encountered, rocketed to the top spot on the U.S. Apple App Store this week. On Friday, the company behind the app confirmed it had been hacked: Thousands of images, including selfies, were leaked online. “We have engaged...Read More
You wake up and decide to scroll a little. After a while, your phone gets really hot. Then you notice a new app you don’t remember installing. These are just two signs of phone hacking. Read on and learn the signs that your phone has been hacked, short codes and apps to check it, and...Read More
Hackers have breached the Tea app, which recently went viral as a place for women to safely talk about men, and tens of thousands of women’s selfies and photo IDs have now seemingly been leaked online. Subscribe to read this story ad-free Get unlimited access to ad-free articles and exclusive content. A spokesperson confirmed the...Read More
U.S. Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy said an investigation is underway after several airport intercom systems were hacked, including one in Pennsylvania. Video posted to social media shows an announcement at Harrisburg International Airport in Pennsylvania that included the phrase “free Palestine” and derogatory remarks about President Donald Trump and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. RELATED...Read More
Journalist James Lucas, who has been covering the story for website The Gamer, external, says it’s unusual to see an attack on this scale on such a high-profile title. “You could empty the store a dozen times over,” says James. James adds that the timing of the outage, during the lucrative Christmas period, comes at...Read More
Of course, Bonnie Blue has now commented Right now I’d love nothing more than to be a fly-on-the-wall in the ABC News offices, as its Facebook page has just been hacked and the hacker shared a bunch of pictures of Bonnie Blue. Chaotic. Hackers targeted the Australian outlet’s Facebook page, and instead of sharing US...Read More
The British Library discovered it had a problem shortly after 7.30am. It was the morning of Saturday, October 28, 2023, when one of the library’s tech support staff realised they couldn’t connect to its network. Within minutes the scale of the problem was becoming apparent. Everyone was logged out of their systems. Payroll, HR records...Read More
Google confirms it has been hacked. SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images Update, August 9, 2025: This story, originally published on August 7, has been updated with additional information from cybersecurity experts regarding the now confirmed hacking of Google. This article explores the user data that has been compromised during the attack and what organizations need...Read More
But like any gateway, there will always be some unauthorized individuals who want to get in. If they do, they could access your personal and financial information, steal your online account logins and even deploy ransomware. Or they could hijack your devices and conscript them into a botnet to launch attacks on others. Read on...Read More
There are lots of ways to protect your personal information and data from scammers. But what happens if your email or social media account gets hacked? Here are some quick steps to help you recover your email or social media account. Signs That Someone Hacked Your Account Hackers try to take over your accounts....Read More
Whitney Cummings is offering every government official a bad, but very funny, security tip. The comedian filled in as a co-host on “The View” on Monday, and during a discussion about Friday’s news that FBI Director Kash Patel’s personal Gmail account had been hacked, Cummings conjured up a one-liner that caused the entire panel to crack...Read More
January 1, 2026 — 4:16pm Save You have reached your maximum number of saved items. Remove items from your saved list to add more. Save this article for later Add articles to your saved list and come back to them anytime. Got it AAA A British cybersecurity expert has been given coveted Australian permanent residency...Read More
A notorious cybercriminal gang says it has gained access to the names, location and viewing habits of Pornhub customers. Criminals from the ShinyHunters group claim to have stolen 200 million pieces of personal information, including email addresses, location and the titles and links of videos that users have viewed. At least three former Pornhub customers...Read More
Nearly a year after his YouTube channel was hacked by crypto scammers, Steve still thinks about the ordeal every day. “I’m scared to leave my browser open,” he says. Steve, along with his wife, Danielle (who are withholding their last name for privacy reasons), launched Vegas Action in 2020, chronicling their wins and losses playing...Read More
In this photo illustration, the Tea app logo is seen displayed on a smartphone screen. The dating advice app suffered a major data leak last month. SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images hide caption toggle caption SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images The Tea app describes itself as “the safest place to spill tea” about potential online...Read More
Topline Air France and KLM Royal Dutch Airlines—the flagship carriers of France and the Netherlands—were the latest in a string of global carriers to be hacked since mid-June. Five global airlines—WestJet in Canada, Hawaiian Airlines in the US, Qantas in Australia, Air France in France and KLM in the Netherlands—have been hacked in the past...Read More
It usually starts with a small, uneasy moment. A login alert you don’t remember triggering. A password that suddenly doesn’t work. A friend asking why you just posted something… bizarre. Sometimes it’s even worse: you open your Facebook Page and realize you’re no longer an admin. Facebook account takeovers often don’t look dramatic at first. They start quietly: a new device login, a recovery email...Read More
The first time Perth man Casey Grogan, who runs a media and videography business from home, knew that he had a major issue with internet security was when a client contacted him about a strange email he’d received. “I had a client who was in America at the time just hit me up on WhatsApp...Read More
A recent hack of Columbia University’s computer system compromised the personal information of hundreds of thousands of people, including students and applicants, new documents show. Over all, about 870,000 individuals were affected by the breach. The university provided draft notices to officials in Maine and California that it intends to send to affected parties in...Read More
ITV’s brilliant new drama The Hack is set to revisit the controversial phone-hacking scandal, which resulted in a popular newspaper being shuttered and many key players facing jail-time. David Tennant will play Nick Davies, the journalist who tirelessly worked to uncover the scandal, in which several journalists from the News of the World tabloid paper...Read More
Workday, a company that provides human resources technology to over 11,000 corporations and 70 million users worldwide, announced in a classic Friday news dump that it suffered a data breach. The company did not disclose how much information was stolen by the hackers, but did reveal that information—including the names, email addresses, and phone numbers—of...Read More
A scam is currently circulating on WhatsApp that could be very dangerous for you. Users are receiving seemingly harmless messages—usually from unknown numbers without unique names—and those messages contain nothing more than a photo along with a question along the lines of “Is that you?” or “Do you know this person?” It’s a clear attempt...Read More
Three private Chinese companies helped China carry out one of the boldest hacking operations to date, including snooping on text messages from Kamala Harris’ and Donald Trump’s campaigns, according to a coalition of U.S. agencies and 12 allied governments. The operation, known as Salt Typhoon, hacked into telecommunication companies around the world, including AT&T and...Read More
It seems like there’s a new data breach every week. Whether it’s an insurance company with millions of customers or a major credit bureau with data on everyone, your personal devices don’t even have to be breached for your data to get lost. But then, every time you overshare on social media or use the...Read More
Hackers gained access to sensitive information on millions of Americans in a data breach targeting TransUnion, one of the nation’s big three credit bureaus. TransUnion confirmed an unauthorized “cyber incident” happened on July 28, affecting over 4.4 million people, according to legal disclosures filed this week with the offices of attorneys general in Maine and...Read More
Executive Summary On October 31, 2025, the University of Pennsylvania experienced a coordinated campaign in which offensive emails with the subject “We got hacked (Action Required)” were sent to students, alumni, and faculty from various university email addresses, including those associated with the Graduate School of Education. The emails claimed that university data had been...Read More
Insight Partners confirms 12,657 people affected by October 2024 ransomware attack Attackers exfiltrated and encrypted data; but no group has claimed responsibility Victims offered identity protection; no evidence of data misuse reported so far Months after suffering a cyberattack and confirming data theft, venture capital firm Insight Partners has started notifying affected individuals. The company...Read More
Just when you think the Discord data breach is coming to an end, a new twist emerges about the security incident that exposed the information and ID photos of over 70,000 users worldwide. Discord has now named 5CA, a third-party service provider, as the vendor at the root of the problem. However, 5CA denies any...Read More
Has your Gmail password been hacked? SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images Your Google account password is the key to unlocking far more than just your Gmail inbox. It’s the silver bullet that can shatter your carefully constructed cyber defenses, leaving your accounts, data, and ultimately money open to attackers. But what if hackers already have...Read More
Instagram hacks don’t always start with a dramatic “you’ve been locked out” moment. More often, it starts with something small: your followers asking why you just sent them a weird link. Your account suddenly following hundreds of random profiles. A post you didn’t write showing up in your feed. Or an email from Instagram saying your login details were...Read More
Jan 12, 2026, 05:05 AM ET Manchester United released a statement announcing that captain Bruno Fernandes‘ social media platform X account was hacked on Sunday evening, after a number of bizarre posts were shared on his page. The Portugal international played all 90 minutes of Sunday’s 2-1 defeat to Brighton in the FA Cup. Fernandes’...Read More
If your email account has been hacked, acting quickly can limit the damage. Email is often the reset point for banking, shopping, social media, and work tools, so a takeover can affect other accounts linked to your email. This guide outlines how to confirm a hack and regain control, and walks you through step-by-step instructions...Read More
It’s not yet clear what caused the unauthorized broadcast or how long it lasted. HOUSTON — Houston sports radio station ESPN 97.5 FM says its signal was “hacked” Sunday after unexpected audio began playing over the air. In a statement posted on social media at 4:34 p.m., the station said that audio aired within the last...Read More
Whitney Cummings joined The View this morning for the start of her guest co-hosting stint this week, and got some laughs from both the Hot Topics Table and the studio audience while teasing FBI Director Kash Patel. Whoopi Goldberg opened up a segment on Monday’s episode of about the FBI director’s personal email reportedly getting...Read More
Fans are hilariously requesting money from MJF after his X/Twitter account got hacked. New AEW World Champion Maxwell Jacob Friedman (MJF) has become the victim of a cyberattack after his X/Twitter account got hacked. The hackers posted a couple of tweets, which fans noticed were clearly investment scams. Several fans also reported receiving messages from...Read More
Lunchbox’s Robinhood account where he bought stocks to invest with Bobby and Amy, but now just Amy, has been hacked. Bobby and Amy had contributed money to it over the course of the last few years. Bobby eventually felt uneasy about the arrangement and asked for his money back. After taking some time, Bobby did...Read More
According to independent researcher Kevin Beaumont, three organizations told him that devices inside their networks that had Notepad++ installed experienced “security incidents” that “resulted in hands on keyboard threat actors,” meaning the hackers were able to take direct control using a web-based interface. All three of the organizations, Beaumont said, have interests in East Asia....Read More
There’s a moment in many executive war rooms when a CISO realizes their organization’s carefully maintained disaster recovery plan is completely useless. The backup system that would have saved them from a flood, a power outage, or a botched software update has just restored something far more dangerous than lost data: an attacker’s back door....Read More
The European Commission – the same regulatory body that slaps big fines on tech heavyweights like Apple and Meta and issues AI safety guidelines – was hacked in March, with attackers stealing a ton of data. In a blog post detailing the attack, the EC said it had discovered a cyber attack on its Europa.eu...Read More
The first external signs of the chaos about to hit JLR, Britain’s largest automotive employer, came on the quiet last Sunday of August. Managers at a factory in Halewood, Merseyside, told industry contacts there might have been a hack – although it was not clear then just how bad the situation was. That changed quickly...Read More
Lunchbox’s Robinhood account where he bought stocks to invest with Bobby and Amy, but now just Amy, has been hacked. Bobby and Amy had contributed money to it over the course of the last few years. Bobby eventually felt uneasy about the arrangement and asked for his money back. After taking some time, Bobby did...Read More
Peacock has released a full trailer for its upcoming thriller The Copenhagen Test, starring Simu Liu as a man with a problem that is very much all in his head. As in, Liu’s character has literally had his brain hacked, and since he works as a government intelligence analyst, he has a big problem. The...Read More
Popular social platform Discord has suffered a data breach—though technically, it wasn’t Discord itself that was hacked. A third-party customer support provider was compromised, allowing attackers to access Discord’s user data. Either way, it’s Discord users who feel the impact. The breach, which happened on September 20, didn’t involve a direct attack on Discord’s servers....Read More
If you’re an iPhone user, there’s a good chance your device could be at risk of hacking or malicious spyware. That’s because Apple has just issued two new fixes for security holes in its WebKit browser engine that’s being used to hack into people’s devices — but you can only get the protections if your...Read More
Hackers may have stolen the government ID photos of around 70,000 Discord users, the company said Wednesday evening. In a statement, Discord, the popular chat app, said the breach affected people who had contacted the platform’s customer support or trust and safety teams to verify their ages and that it was emailing the people whose...Read More
There is a whole shady industry for people who want to monitor and spy on their families. Multiple app makers promote and advertise their software — often referred to as stalkerware — to jealous partners who can use these apps to access their victims’ phones remotely. Yet, despite how sensitive this personal data is, an...Read More
Kelowna nurse Ashley Stone sits down at her kitchen table, opens a bulky blue folder containing a paper trail of 10 years of multiple frauds committed in her name by imposters and gets right to the point. “It’s just been a nightmare.” She says she’s had to repeatedly put out “fires” and convince debt collectors...Read More
Some of the nation’s biggest banks were scrambling on Saturday night to assess the fallout from a large-scale hack of a vendor whose compromise could expose sensitive customer data. The vendor, SitusAMC, has been deployed by hundreds of banks and other lenders to help originate and collect money from real estate loans and mortgages. The...Read More
Until recently, Tim Haugh was among America’s top spymasters. The four-star general spent 33 years in Air Force Intelligence and rose to lead America’s largest and most advanced intelligence agency. Haugh was also in charge of defending America from computer threats. In his first television interview since retirement, General Haugh is here to warn that...Read More
A popular prayer app used in Iran is believed to have been hacked after it began urging users to lay down their weapons on Saturday following airstrikes by the U.S. and Israel. The messages, as reported by WIRED Middle East, were sent in quick succession over a 30-minute period to users of “BadeSaba Calendar.” The...Read More
I’m Sid Yenamandra, CEO of Entreda, and welcome to CyberCrypt Tales. This is a monthly section in Wealth Solutions Report where I’ll cover the most common cybersecurity related issues, the most outrageous situations we see out there and how to best address in case this ever happens to you. All names have been changed and...Read More
What comes to mind when you hear “child poverty”? The term “child poverty” is younger than it looks. As a modern political category, it emerged in Britain in 1965, when a group of academics and social workers founded the Child Poverty Action Group and sent a letter to Prime Minister Harold Wilson warning that half...Read More
This image shows logo of Geo News. — Geo News Geo News wants to inform its viewers that over the past 24 hours, certain elements have been attempting to hack the channel, which broadcasts on Pakistan’s satellite, Paksat, and disrupt its transmission. On Sunday, during the 9 pm bulletin, Geo News’ satellite beam was hacked...Read More
While very different, there is a lot of common ground between the Formula 1’s International Automobile Federation (FIA) and the National Association for Stock Car Auto Racing (NASCAR). However, today we won’t be discussing similarities in team structures and driver development; instead, we’ll focus on the fact that both organizations experienced cybersecurity incidents earlier this...Read More
A recent IBM report, which looked at data breaches experienced by about 600 organisations worldwide found that the average cost was $4.4m (or £3.3m). But JLR is far from an outlier when it comes to high-profile cyber attacks on an even greater scale. Those at Marks & Spencer and the Co-op supermarket chain this year...Read More
Government ID photos of about 70,000 global users of Discord, a popular messaging and chat platform among video gamers, may have been exposed after hackers compromised a company contracted to carry out age verification checks. Some users’ names, email addresses and other contact details, IP addresses and messages with Discord’s customer service agents may also...Read More
Seventy-thousand. That’s the number of users who may have had their government-issued IDs stolen as part of a major breach of the popular chat and messaging app Discord. While that may seem like a small number when considering Discord has hundreds of millions of users, there is a more concerning factor here — tech companies...Read More
If you suspect a hacker has accessed your email inbox, you need to act immediately and change your password as soon as possible. With access to your emails, a hacker could potentially take over your other online accounts by requesting password resets and intercepting the recovery links. They might also use your inbox to impersonate...Read More
Penn appears to have experienced a cybersecurity breach on Friday after a series of mass emails were sent to students, faculty, alumni, and parents from accounts linked to the Graduate School of Education. The messages — sent from multiple University-affiliated email addresses — were addressed to the Penn community and contained criticisms of the University’s...Read More
As one of the first social media sites, Facebook has built a massive following since its start as a university-only website in 2004. Somewhere between 3 billion to 3.5 billion users log in each month globally. With that many users, it’s unsurprising that criminals are keen to hijack legitimate accounts to commit all kinds of crimes. For...Read More
Hackers sent an inflammatory message Friday morning through one of the University of Pennsylvania’s graduate email systems. The message, which appeared to go out across alumni, students and faculty, accused the school of having “terrible security practices” and being a “dogshit elitist institution,” and included a nonspecific promise to leak “all your data.” Several members...Read More
Instagram users are concerned after thousands of people received notifications of attempts to reset the passwords on their accounts. The social media platform issued a statement on Saturday (January 10) responding to the concern voiced by thousands of people after they received notifications to reset their password, following reports of a massive data breach. Keep...Read More
f you’ve typed “your iPhone has been hacked” into a search bar, we get it – you’re already in crisis mode. While Apple’s ecosystem is built on strong security foundations and even includes threat notifications, no device remains impervious. If you’re here to find clear answers on how to detect if your iPhone truly is...Read More
The University of Pennsylvania suffered a cybersecurity incident on Friday, where students and alumni received a series of offensive emails from various University email addresses, claiming that data was stolen in a breach. The emails have a subject line of “We got hacked (Action Required)” and claim that data was stolen during an alleged breach, also...Read More
Confirmation of a hack by a Chinese state group would be awkward for the government ahead of a planned visit to Beijing next year by Sir Keir Starmer, the first by a UK prime minister since 2018. The Labour government has said it is important to engage with China as it cannot be ignored on...Read More
Another shocking gangland-style murder took place in Bali this week when a tourist from the Netherlands was attacked by two knife-wielding assassins on a motorbike and hacked to death in front of his girlfriend on the street. The shocking incident that has left residents stunned follows a spate of similar events on the island. Last...Read More
Following a series of mass emails alleging Penn had been hacked, individuals claiming responsibility for the security breach released thousands of pages of internal University files on Nov. 1. The documents — which were released by the alleged hacker on LeakForum and reviewed by The Daily Pennsylvanian — include internal University talking points, memos about...Read More
From Panic to Empowerment: A 72-Hour Odyssey It started with a single, chilling notification email that I almost missed: “Your Facebook password has been changed.” My heart sank. I hadn’t made any change. I immediately tried to log in, but my password was no longer valid. The “Forgot Password” link led to a dead end—the...Read More
This ransom post screenshot is from a popular hacking forum. Photo: Supplied Hackers say ManageMyHealth ransomware attack about ‘business’ Company has until Tuesday morning to pay up or 400,000 patient documents released Cyber security experts fear some patients at risk of blackmail or identity theft Patient health portal criticised for sluggish response Thousands of patients...Read More
Britney Spears is going after an ex-bodyguard who she alleges hacked into her personal devices and Apple iCloud account. The singer’s attorney sent a cease-and-desist letter to the security guard, named Thomas Bunbury, last month, according to TMZ. Spears, 44, claims that Bunbury was able to access her devices and iCloud account without her authorization or consent. ...Read More
Dozens of patients of a premier Manhattan plastic surgeon had their hacked nude images and social security numbers posted online — and the doctor failed to notify both his clients and the authorities, according to a class action lawsuit. Dr. Richard Swift’s office, located on the monied Upper East Side, was hacked in an alleged...Read More
Forsyth County Sheriff’s Office says their Facebook page was compromised | Preventative measures implemented I’M CHRIS PETERSON, WXII 12 NEWS. WELL, WE’VE HAD SOME GREAT WEATHER SO FAR THIS WEEK. I KNOW THERE ARE A FEW CHANGES AHEAD THOUGH, SON AND I AND CAROLINE THIS MORNING WE’RE TALKING ABOUT THOSE HUGE SNOW BANKS AND HOW...Read More
The Congressional Budget Office has been hacked, potentially exposing its communications with the offices of lawmakers, according to an email sent to congressional staff this week and obtained by CNN. The email from the Senate sergeant at arms did not name a culprit, but a US official briefed on the hack told CNN on Thursday...Read More
The CBO confirmed the incident and that it was under investigation on Thursday, but did not say whether the data breach was done by a foreign actor. FATIMA HUSSEIN November 7, 2025 9:47 am 1 min read WASHINGTON (AP) — The Congressional Budget Office on Thursday confirmed it had been hacked, potentially disclosing important government...Read More
The U.S. Congressional Budget Office has confirmed it was hacked. Caitlin Emma, a spokesperson for CBO, told TechCrunch on Friday that the agency is investigating the breach and “has identified the security incident, has taken immediate action to contain it, and has implemented additional monitoring and new security controls to further protect the agency’s systems...Read More
A Russian telecom company that develops technology to allow phone and internet companies to conduct web surveillance and censorship was hacked, had its website defaced, and had data stolen from its servers, TechCrunch has learned. Founded in Russia, Protei makes telecommunications systems for phone and internet providers across dozens of countries, including Bahrain, Italy, Kazakhstan,...Read More
The head of the FBI just got hacked. Let that sink in for a moment. An Iranian government-backed hacking group called Handala claimed Friday that it broke into FBI Director Kash Patel’s personal Gmail account and dumped the contents online. A Justice Department official confirmed to Reuters that the breach was real and that the...Read More
WASHINGTON (AP) — A pro-Iranian hacking group claimed Friday to have hacked an account of FBI Director Kash Patel and has posted online what appear to be years-old photographs of him, along with a work resume and other personal documents. Many of those records appeared to be more than a decade old. READ MORE: Iran-linked hackers take...Read More
The Trump Mobile T1 has passed through the FCC It’s a sign that we may eventually see a launch The handset was announced back in July 2025 If you’re an iPhone owner then you have the option of enabling Lockdown Mode, a super-secure configuration that adds extra protection for your device and data – and...Read More
ROSEMONT, Ill. (WLS) — The owners of a chain of suburban restaurants say hackers stole tens of thousands of dollars by hacking into their accounts. They are among the latest victims of hackers who got into food delivery accounts. ABC7 Chicago is now streaming 24/7. Click here to watch Moretti’s Restaurants do a big chunk...Read More
Slower performance, suspicious pop-ups, and unusual account activity can all be signs your computer has been hacked. Since these indicators can sometimes be subtle, they’re often easy to miss. Catching them early, though, can make a huge difference in minimizing damage. Let’s go over how to spot the red flags, what to do next, and...Read More
Foreign Office data has been compromised by hackers, a minister has confirmed to Sky News, but he said the government is “fairly confident” that no individual data has been accessed. Trade minister Sir Chris Bryant told Sky’s Mornings with Jones and Melbourne that the government first became aware of the hack in October, and was...Read More
It is unbelievable that the king of smartphones, Apple, could be hacked. Still, the tech industry was sent into shock at the end of December 2025 after reports emerged that one of Apple’s supply chain partners in China had fallen victim to a massive cyberattack. Now, initial accounts said that unauthorised parties might have accessed...Read More
The attack on Manage My Health is one of several recent cybersecurity hacks. Photo: Pixabay/shafin_protic A ransom hack on New Zealand’s largest health portal is being billed as one of the country’s biggest cybersecurity incidents, but how does it compare? The hackers have threatened to release more than 400,000 documents stolen from about 126,000 Manage...Read More
Just before the new year, an alert went out from Have I Been Pwned, a security website that monitors data breaches: A hacker surfaced with information taken from Wired accounts, reportedly stolen through the publication’s parent company, Condé Nast. The number of subscribers hit? 2.4 million. The lost details included email addresses and display names,...Read More
GREEN BAY, Wis. (WBAY) – A source tells On the Clock contributor Rob Demovsky that Packers defensive end Rashan Gary’s Instagram account was hacked, to explain an announcement Friday that Gary’s leaving Green Bay. The announcement that appeared on Gary’s Instagram account, thanking his supporters and his family, was deleted by 1 p.m. “The opportunity...Read More
Have you ever stolen data, traded a hacking tool, or just lurked on a dark web forum believing that you are anonymous? If so, I might have some unsettling news for you – because, on January 9 2026, it was revealed that one of the world’s most notorious cybercriminal marketplaces has had its entire user...Read More
Tiina Parikka was half-naked when she read the email. It was a Saturday in late October 2020, and Parikka had spent the morning sorting out plans for distance learning after a Covid outbreak at the school where she was headteacher. She had taken a sauna at her flat in Vantaa, just outside Finland’s capital, Helsinki,...Read More
Iranian-backed hackers were reported to have breached Patel’s private communications in 2024, weeks before he was appointed to lead the FBI. It is not clear if that breach was different from the one claimed by the Handala group on Friday. Photos Handala claims to have taken from Patel’s email account have been circulating on social...Read More
It was an early morning at Sydney airport, and I was juggling a bunch of deadlines, a few last minute phone calls and working out where to get a coffee that would cost me less than my last mortgage interest rate hike. Distracted, I flipped open my laptop to move a bit of money...Read More
Attackers who gain access to your Twitch account may be able to change your login credentials, make unauthorized purchases, broadcast inappropriate content, or use your channel to scam your followers. If you suspect your Twitch account has been compromised, or you’ve already confirmed it, acting quickly can limit the damage. This guide covers immediate recovery...Read More
NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Dating apps are built on trust. You share personal details, photos, preferences and conversations on the assumption that they will remain private. But recent reports suggest that even some of the biggest names in online dating aren’t immune to cyberattacks, and can’t keep your private data “private.”...Read More
ROMEO, Mich. – Karen Drew was investigating the case of someone having their identity hacked online, and then she realized that it was happening to her. All week, Karen has been telling the story of how a total stranger stole a Macomb County teenager’s photos and videos and decided to upend his life. DJ Phillips,...Read More
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X (formerly Twitter) hacks tend to hit fast. One minute you’re scrolling like normal. The next, your account is posting crypto promotions, sending spam DMs, or following hundreds of random accounts you’ve never heard of. Sometimes you don’t even notice until a friend asks why you’re suddenly “giving away” gift cards. If you use X for work, your personal brand, or your business,...Read More
Kyle Kucharski/ZDNET Stay ahead of tech news with Tech Today, delivered to your inbox every morning. Your phone holds a wealth of personal and sensitive data, making it a prime target for hackers. Through malicious apps, phishing attacks, and other threats, attackers can install spyware and gain control of your device. But how can you tell...Read More
Italian authorities confirmed that a journalist who was alerted by WhatsApp last year of a suspected spyware attack on his phone was indeed hacked. In a press release sent to journalists on Thursday, the public prosecutors’ offices in Rome and Naples, which are investigating the spyware scandal in the country, said that a technical report...Read More
This Keystone Cops-ass administration will not stop getting worse. The FBI, the very same one that brags about investigating “The Cyber Threat,” was just forced to confirm that Iran-linked hackers broke into the personal email of the dorkishly incompetent FBI director, Kash Patel Honestly, the pictures are pretty much what you would expect: Patel with...Read More
Apple says it has no record of a successful spyware attack against any device running Lockdown Mode, the opt-in security feature it introduced in 2022. “We are not aware of any successful mercenary spyware attacks against a Lockdown Mode-enabled Apple device,” an Apple spokesperson told TechCrunch. Lockdown Mode is available on the iPhone, iPad, and...Read More
