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No Sensitive Information Affected

Telekom Gives All-Clear Following Hacker Ultimatum

07. October, 2026 - 15:51

The ransomware group SafePay claims to have attacked T-Systems, the IT subsidiary of Deutsche Telekom, and has set a two-day deadline. According to a company spokesperson, only a small test system was affected and no sensitive data was exfiltrated.

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.

Dialysis company hacked

Fresenius Medical Care Hit by Cyberattack: Attackers Gain Access to Internal Systems

25. September, 2026 - 13:00

Fresenius Medical Care has reported a cybersecurity incident after attackers gained access to internal systems.

Compromised GitLab credentials

AI-Driven Ransomware Operation Uncovered

08. September, 2026 - 05:15

Cybernews has discovered a server on which an affiliate of the ransomware group The Gentlemen was running an almost fully AI-driven extortion operation.

Fake Rescue, Real Risk

Suspected Ransomware Affiliate Poses as Recovery Company

23. August, 2026 - 06:36

A suspected ransomware affiliate is posing as an independent recovery company under the name Ransom Busters.

Suspected data theft

Following Clop Extortion: Shell Investigates Security Incident

19. August, 2026 - 08:22

Shell is investigating a suspected data theft. The Clop group claims to have stolen 89 GB of confidential data.

Third party breach exposes data

Ransomware Group Threatens Bosch With Stolen Engineering Data

15. July, 2026 - 07:41

The ransomware group D1R is threatening Bosch with the release of sensitive engineering data allegedly stolen in a breach involving Synopsys.

Insider Aided Ransomware Gang

Former Ransomware Negotiator Sentenced to Nearly Six Years in Prison

11. July, 2026 - 05:40

An employee who was supposed to help organizations recover from ransomware attacks instead collaborated with the very criminals he was negotiating against. A U.S. court has now handed down his sentence.

Data Leak Allegations

Ransomware Gang Claims to Have Breached Deutsche Bank

08. July, 2026 - 12:14

Deutsche Bank has surfaced as the latest alleged victim of the ransomware group Unsafe on a well-known dark web leak site. To support its claims, the cybercriminals published screenshots showing command-line interfaces and database queries.