10:20 AM PDT · May 8, 2026 Poland’s intelligence service said it detected attacks on five water treatment plants where hackers could have taken control…
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US defense contractor who sold hacking tools to Russian broker ordered to pay $10M to former employers |
9:43 AM PDT · May 8, 2026 Peter Williams, a veteran cybersecurity executive who was the head of the hacking and surveillance tech division of…
Hackers steal students' data during breach at education tech giant Instructure |
Education tech giant Instructure has confirmed a data breach affecting students’ private information. The hacking and extortion gang ShinyHunters claimed responsibility for the breach. The…
Ubuntu services hit by outages after DDoS attack |
8:00 AM PDT · May 1, 2026 Hacktivists have claimed responsibility for taking down the public-facing infrastructure of popular Linux operating system distribution Ubuntu, as…
Man who hacked US Supreme Court filing system sentenced to probation |
Nicholas Moore, who pleaded guilty to hacking the U.S. Supreme Court’s electronic document filing system dozens of times over several months, was sentenced on Friday…
Hackers are abusing unpatched Windows security flaws to hack into organizations |
Hackers have broken into at least one organization using Windows vulnerabilities published online by a disgruntled security researcher over the last two weeks, according to…
Hackers steal and leak sensitive LAPD police documents |
Cybercriminals have allegedly stolen a large amount of sensitive internal documents from the Los Angeles Police Department and leaked the data online. The stolen data…
Hack-for-hire group caught targeting Android devices and iCloud backups |
Security researchers say they have identified a hack-for-hire group targeting journalists, activists, and government officials across the Middle East and North Africa. The hackers used…
After fighting malware for decades, this cybersecurity veteran is now hacking drones |
Mikko Hyppönen is pacing back and forth on the stage, with his trademark dark blond ponytail resting on an impeccable teal suit. A seasoned speaker,…