A government customer of sanctioned spyware maker Intellexa hacked the phone of a prominent journalist in Angola, according to Amnesty International, the latest case of…
Author: Lorenzo Franceschi-Bicchierai
Fintech lending giant Figure confirms data breach |
In Brief Posted: 1:02 PM PST · February 13, 2026 Figure Technology, a blockchain-based lending company, confirmed it experienced a data breach. On Friday, Figure…
Sex toys maker Tenga says hacker stole customer information |
12:19 PM PST · February 13, 2026 Sex toy maker Tenga notified customers of a data breach on Friday, according to an email obtained by…
Google sent personal and financial information of student journalist to ICE |
Google handed over a trove of personal data about a student and journalist to U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement in response to a subpoena that…
China's Salt Typhoon hackers broke into Norwegian companies |
In Brief Posted: 7:39 AM PST · February 6, 2026 The Norwegian government has accused the Chinese-backed hacking group known as Salt Typhoon of breaking…
Hackers publish personal information stolen during Harvard, UPenn data breaches |
A notorious hacking group has claimed responsibility for last year’s data breaches at Harvard University and the University of Pennsylvania (UPenn) and published the data…
Informant told FBI that Jeffrey Epstein had a ‘personal hacker’ |
In Brief Posted: 2:04 PM PST · January 30, 2026 A confidential informant told the FBI in 2017 that Jeffrey Epstein had a “personal hacker,”…
Russian hackers breached Polish power grid thanks to bad security, report says |
In Brief Posted: 8:50 AM PST · January 30, 2026 The Polish government said Russian government hackers broke into parts of the country’s energy grid…
Supreme Court hacker posted stolen government data on Instagram |
12:01 PM PST · January 16, 2026 A hacker posted the personal data of several of his hacking victims on his Instagram account, @ihackthegovernment, according…
Man to plead guilty to hacking US Supreme Court filing system |
In Brief Posted: 11:04 AM PST · January 13, 2026 A resident of Springfield, Tennessee, is expected to plead guilty to hacking the U.S. Supreme…