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The alleged leader of the cybercriminal gang behind the Qakbot malware, which was used by many high-profile ransomware gangs, has been indicted by the U.S. Justice Department.

The company paused the platform for safety reasons before confirming that an attacker had stolen the funds.

Since January, cybersecurity experts have seen Chinese-speaking hackers exploiting a bug impacting a tool used by local governments to manage critical infrastructure assets and other services.

The hackers used phishing emails containing government-themed lure documents to gain access to targeted systems.

Earlier this month, Killnet claimed it had hacked Ukraine’s drone-tracking system after disappearing from public view in 2023.

Cellcom CEO Brighid Riordan said the company has been dealing with a “cyber incident” but they “simply don’t have a lot of facts.”

Children with parent-controlled Google accounts will automatically be able to access the AI-powered Gemini chatbot unless a parent opts out.

A sting involving law enforcement and private sector companies disrupted the Lumma infostealer — malware sold around the globe to cybercriminals and credited for millions of infections.

Two Democratic members of the Privacy and Civil Liberties Oversight Board were unlawfully removed from their positions by President Donald Trump, a federal judge ruled.

In documents filed with regulators in Maine on Tuesday, Coinbase said the information leaked included details like photos of passports and government IDs, as well as account information such as balances and transaction history.

The 19-year-old Assumption College student, Matthew Lane, also was charged Tuesday with hacking and demanding a ransom payment from an unnamed telecommunications company, according to Massachusetts federal prosecutors.

George Simion, the leader of the Alliance for the Union of Romanians (AUR), claimed that external forces had attempted to influence the outcome.

A data extortion incident impacting the British government’s Legal Aid Agency could have serious implications for vulnerable people.

Twenty-one intelligence agencies from 11 allied nations pointed to the Russian hacking operation known as Fancy Bear or APT28 as the source of a widespread campaign to hack into Western logistics and technology companies.

Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem declined to provide specifics on what would be removed from the nation’s leading cybersecurity agency in light of the Trump administration’s proposed $491 million budget cut to the organization.

The Kettering Health network based in western Ohio reported a system-wide technology outage that it tracked to "unauthorized access."

After a cyberattack first identified about 10 days ago, Alabama's IT leaders said the "threat has been neutralized and Alabama’s core operations are safe and stable."

Internet monitoring services showed ongoing disruptions to Russia's tax service, as well as services for managing secure digital keys and documents (Saby), among others.

The Netherlands has updated its digital security laws to criminalize cyber-espionage and increase penalties for computer-related offenses.

Hospitals tied to the two companies announced breaches over the last week involving Social Security numbers, financial information and sensitive health insurance data.