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SecurityWeek · 10/13/2026

Most of the affected individuals are Meta employees in the United States and they are being offered credit monitoring services. The post Meta Says Hackers Took Code, Personal Data of 1,500 in GitHub Breach appeared first on SecurityWeek .

SecurityWeek · 10/13/2026

The company says it took some of its systems offline to contain a security issue within its network. The post Cyberattack Prompts Grocery Giant Ahold Delhaize to Disconnect Systems appeared first on SecurityWeek .

SecurityWeek · 10/12/2026

Hackers stole patients’ personal information, including names, addresses, email addresses, dates of birth, and phone numbers. The post iRhythm Data Breach Impacts at Least 360,000 People appeared first on SecurityWeek .

SecurityWeek · 10/12/2026

The suspect is believed to be Edward Dubrovsky, a Canadian cybersecurity executive who was visiting the United States for a conference. The post Ransomware Response Expert Arrested in ShinyHunters FBI Hack Probe appeared first on SecurityWeek .

SecurityWeek · 10/9/2026

Noteworthy stories that might have slipped under the radar: Tensorlake npm SDK compromised, Empire Market co-founder gets 40 years, exposed NVIDIA GPU monitors leak telemetry. The post In Other News: AI Used in Korean Bank Breaches, Poem-Guided Botnet, Empire Admin Gets 40 Years appeared first on SecurityWeek .

SecurityWeek · 10/9/2026

$1.2 million was paid out at Pwn2Own Ireland 2026 for exploits targeting phones, printers, smart speakers, smart home hubs, and AI infrastructure and coding tools. The post Google Pixel 10 Exploits Earned Hackers $560,000 at Pwn2Own appeared first on SecurityWeek .

SecurityWeek · 10/8/2026

Zhang Yu was charged alongside Xu Zewei, who was extradited from Italy to the US in April 2026. The post US Seeks Alleged Chinese Hafnium Hacker With $10 Million Reward appeared first on SecurityWeek .

SecurityWeek · 10/8/2026

Zohar Pinhasi was paying ransoms to obtain decryption keys and then charging victims substantially more for remediation. The post Fake Decryption Tools Masked $11M Markup in Ransomware Recovery Scheme appeared first on SecurityWeek .

SecurityWeek · 10/8/2026

The figure is far higher than the counts that surfaced in earlier filings and patient notifications. The post Oracle Health Data Breach Tally Climbs to Nearly 20 Million appeared first on SecurityWeek .

SecurityWeek · 10/7/2026

Southern Company is notifying customers that their utility account information was accessed by hackers. The post Georgia Power, Alabama Power Data Breach Hits 400,000 Accounts appeared first on SecurityWeek .

SecurityWeek · 10/7/2026

The individual was detained in May and has been extradited to Germany to face hacking charges. The post Qilin Ransomware Suspect Arrested in Japan, Extradited to Germany appeared first on SecurityWeek .

SecurityWeek · 10/7/2026

The Japanese chip testing giant said hackers stole personal information from its servers in the February 2026 cyberattack. The post Advantest Discloses Data Breach Months After Ransomware Attack appeared first on SecurityWeek .

SecurityWeek · 10/7/2026

Hackers compromised a third-party communication platform and sent rogue notifications to ASOS users. The post ASOS Confirms Cyberattack, Data Breach appeared first on SecurityWeek .

SecurityWeek · 10/7/2026

The Arizona Supreme Court said the information was copied for people dating back as far as 30 years. The post Personal Information for Over 1 Million People Stolen in a Cyberattack on Arizona’s Court System appeared first on SecurityWeek .

SecurityWeek · 10/6/2026

The FBI has removed an Accenture contractor over a data breach that exposed personal information of thousands of bureau employees. The post FBI Blames Contractor’s Missed Patch for ShinyHunters Breach appeared first on SecurityWeek .

SecurityWeek · 10/6/2026

Hackers abused a company’s lawful access to the CPR system to steal the personal information of registered citizens. The post 8.8 Million Impacted by Data Breach at Denmark’s Central Person Register appeared first on SecurityWeek .

SecurityWeek · 10/5/2026

Hackers stole patient information from Clover Health Investments and AngMar Management Services in July. The post 250,000 Impacted by Data Breaches at New Jersey, Texas Healthcare Firms appeared first on SecurityWeek .

SecurityWeek · 10/2/2026

Amir Barati, an alleged member of the Mabna Institute, was indicted for targeting universities, private organizations, and government entities in the US and abroad. The post In Rare Move, Alleged Iranian State Hacker Extradited to US appeared first on SecurityWeek .

SecurityWeek · 10/1/2026

Rob Juncker is chief product and technology officer at Mimecast. Is he a hacker? “Unequivocally yes,” he says. The post Hacker Conversations: Rob Juncker, a Knock at the Door and a Moral Compass appeared first on SecurityWeek .

SecurityWeek · 10/1/2026

Police took control of KillSec’s leak site and secured at least 110 terabytes of data stolen from victims. The post Police Shut Down KillSec Ransomware, Identify Alleged Teen Leader appeared first on SecurityWeek .

SecurityWeek · 10/1/2026

The flaws were chained to hijack sessions, achieve remote code execution, and elevate privileges to root. The post Zammad Zero-Days Exploited in AI-Powered DIVD Hack appeared first on SecurityWeek .

SecurityWeek · 9/29/2026

Branch Target Reuse (BTR) is a new Spectre v2 attack targeting JIT compilers in web browsers, language runtimes, and the operating system kernel The post New Spectre v2 Variant Exposes Intel, AMD, Arm CPUs to Data Leaks appeared first on SecurityWeek .

SecurityWeek · 9/29/2026

The personalized versions of ChatGPT were used to impersonate legitimate products and trick users into executing PowerShell commands. The post Hackers Use ChatGPT Custom GPTs in ClickFix Attacks appeared first on SecurityWeek .

SecurityWeek · 9/29/2026

The data breach affects the Defense Manpower Data Center (DMDC), which maintains personnel records for the Department of Defense. The post Pentagon Personnel Agency Data Breach Impacts 3 Million People appeared first on SecurityWeek .

SecurityWeek · 9/28/2026

Cameron John Wagenius was sentenced to 70 months in prison for stealing information from the wireless carriers. The post Prison Sentence for Former US Soldier Who Hacked AT&T and Verizon appeared first on SecurityWeek .