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16-Year-Old Suspect Arrested

KillSec Ransomware Group Disrupted in International Operation

03. October, 2026 - 06:03

Police have taken control of KillSec’s leak site, preventing further extortion attempts involving stolen data. The Hamburg State Criminal Police Office coordinated the operation.

Seven-Day Deadline

ShinyHunters Claims to Have Hacked FBI Systems

24. September, 2026 - 06:54

The ShinyHunters hacking group claims to have breached FBI systems and stolen sensitive data belonging to agents and job applicants.

ChatGPT Account Access

Hackers Used Claude to Break Into OpenAI Systems

18. September, 2026 - 13:13

Security researchers at Hacktron AI used Anthropic’s Claude models to chain two vulnerabilities and gain access to OpenAI’s internal systems.

Fast and Effective

T-Mobile Cut Off Chinese Hackers With a Pair of Scissors

21. August, 2026 - 06:01

When T-Mobile discovered Chinese hackers inside its network in 2024, the company took a radical approach: Four security staff rushed to a data center and physically cut the connection.

Espionage and fraud from the same infrastructure

Hacking Group Jewelbug breaks into Government Webmail

17. August, 2026 - 13:37

The Chinese hacking group Jewelbug operates government espionage and a large-scale cryptocurrency fraud business in parallel.

What Attackers Do After Breaking In

How Attackers Make Themselves at Home in Compromised Systems

17. August, 2026 - 06:22

An incident investigated by Huntress shows just how thoroughly an attacker can settle into a compromised environment after gaining initial access.

New Names for Cybercriminals

Google Cleans Up Its Hacker Naming System

28. July, 2026 - 05:05

The Google Threat Intelligence Group is overhauling its tracking system for cyber threat actors. Instead of cryptic abbreviations such as APT41, the group will use two part codenames to make threat tracking easier to navigate.

Cyberattack in Eastern Europe

Hacker Wipes Entire European Government Database

21. July, 2026 - 10:19

Following a failed extortion attempt, a hacker has deleted Romania’s entire land registry database. The incident has brought tens of thousands of real estate transactions to a standstill.

Cybersecurity Threat Landscape

The Gentlemen: Inside the New No. 1 Hacker Group

16. July, 2026 - 05:40

A ransomware group that did not even exist a year ago has quickly climbed to the top of the global threat landscape. At the same time, cyberattacks targeting German companies are increasing significantly.

Supply Chain Attacks increase

New Top 10 Ranking Exposes the World’s Most Dangerous Hacker Groups

25. June, 2026 - 05:16

A new ranking reveals that hacker groups are increasingly targeting supply chains and relying on rented infrastructure with market shares of up to 89 percent.