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The Pentagon treats August freezer failures at US military bases as a suspected hack and is working with French investigators after a supermarket attack. The Pentagon is investigating freezer failures that spoiled food at US military bases in August as a suspected cyberattack, according to four officials who spoke to…
Belgium's finance and tax agency has pulled "several" digital services offline after a cyberattack on the organization. FOD Financiën confirmed the attack on Wednesday, saying that MyMinfin, the agency's main online tax portal, as well as other online services, are temporarily unavailable while they start the initial…
The Federal Public Service Finance (FPS Finance), which oversees taxation and other financial administration, said Wednesday that it was investigating the extent of the attack and had temporarily suspended access to MyMinfin, the country's main online platform for managing tax and financial affairs.
The UK’s privacy regulator has issued a reprimand to Staffordshire Police following a serious breach of personal information
Names, offices, contact details and assignments of more than 41,000 U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) employees have been leaked by a hacktivist group calling itself the Department of Peace. The group handed the data to the transparency collective Distributed Denial of Secrets (DDoSecrets) and to Swiss hacker…
ENGIE says attackers accessed French customers’ contact and energy contract data through a partner sales tool. Banking data was not affected. French multinational energy company ENGIE warned customers in France that attackers accessed personal information through a sales tool used by some business partners. The…
Dutch spies, Russian hackers and Jared Kushner’s iPhone. It sounds like the ingredients for a thriller, but according to claims in a new book the US President's son-in-law may have been hacked twice. Is any of it true, and what does it tell us about the phones in our pockets? Meanwhile, James Ball explains that of the…
Executive Summary Since the spring of 2026, Insikt Group has observed multiple Russian-language traffer teams that have quickly adapted affiliate-fraud models to capitalize on growing public interest in prediction markets such as PolyMarket and Kalshi. The platforms offered by three such teams — AtlasCore, PolyFucked,…
UK domain registrar 123 Reg (no relation – Ed) says it was the victim of an “AI-driven cyberattack” that exposed customer data. Customers began receiving their notification emails this week, informing them that their contact information, "related customer relationship data," company VAT numbers, and "product…
Interpol's annual Operation Serengeti, now in its third iteration, led to 1,462 arrests across 20 African countries and the US, recovering $105 million in stolen funds.
Italy ’s Parliament cyberattack highlights hybrid warfare risks and the need for transparency, stronger defenses and accountability. The cyberattack targeting email accounts at Italy’s Chamber of Deputies, including a parliamentary account assigned to Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni, raises questions that go well beyond…
The cyberattack on Alternative for Germany (AfD), the country’s most prominent far-right political party, exposed hundreds of thousands of confidential emails and attachments, as well as more than 345,000 unique email addresses. Have I Been Pwned confirmed the scale of the breach for the first time today, after AfD…
UK police forces and fire and rescue services have been urged to strengthen cybersecurity as rising cyber threats outpace current defenses
The Computer Emergency Response Team of Ukraine (CERT-UA) has issued an alert warning of unauthorized remote access to video surveillance systems manufactured by Dahua. "Cases of compromising IP cameras and DVRs with access to the video stream, changing the device configuration and creating third-party accounts have…
An unknown threat actor has infected 953 online stores, most of them running Magento, as part of a long-running campaign active since July 2025. According to Dutch e-commerce security company Sansec, the activity is designed to add a small piece of code to the store's pages that, when visited by unsuspecting users,…
UK Biobank (UKB) says its platform is now "secure" and that academics will soon regain access, months after a major data leak of volunteer health data. The charity, which runs the eponymous research project and describes itself as the custodian of the world's most comprehensive biomedical dataset, said it is waiting…
The AfD has confirmed that hackers breached its hosting provider. A leak site now claims to offer 421,179 of the party’s internal emails, and shows AI-written summaries rather than the emails themselves. Read more in my article on the Hot for Security blog.
The ICO has slammed security failings by the Welsh local government data unit and IT service provider following the 2024 incident
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France-based operators of Danfoss refrigeration controllers have sharply reduced their internet exposure after the October 11 cyber-attack
The ICO has handed the Metropolitan Police a reprimand and enforcement notice after privacy failings linked to the Auror platform
Earlier this week, a mass hack of refrigeration systems at an estimated 700 supermarkets throughout France caused them to suddenly malfunction, causing spoilage of untold tons of perishables and, in some cases, fires. As is now the norm, basic cybersecurity would have prevented it. French authorities say the systems,…
At least two French supermarkets using temperature regulation devices from Dixell Electronics also experienced food stock disruptions
Unit 42 dissects a cyberattack targeting a European bank's IT infrastructure, delivering concrete defense strategies to help organizations detect and counter comparable threats. The post The Noise Inside the Network: How an Unsophisticated Attack Exposed a Third-Party Risk appeared first on Unit 42 .
Several Europe-based retail firms have confirmed experiencing cyber incidents, while H&M said it is “investigating” such claims
The CEO of Cooperative U confirmed a cyber-attack affected the food stock in several stores from October 11
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The UK, US and allies have issued an alert detailing malicious activity linked to China’s Integrity Technology Group