Hacking

Ransomware group says it stole Berlin data, offers it for auction

Berlin’s Governing Mayor Kai Wegner and Berlin’s Senator for Interior, Digitalisation and Sport Iris Spranger attending a press conference on Aug 28 about a cyberattack which hit the Berlin’s Senate network.

Australian police arrest two men accused of widespread open-source software hacking

The Australian men face a combined 14 charges for their alleged roles in TeamPCP, a hacking collective that inserted malicious code into popular tools to compromise businesses.

OpenAI agents hacked Hugging Face in 700-strong swarm, tried to cover tracks: Investigations

The two reports – one issued by OpenAI itself, the second by a set of independent investigators – together reveal surprising new details about the breach and its lead-up.

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The US said it had disrupted a Chinese hacking operation responsible for break-ins at the US Justice Department, NASA, the US Federal Reserve, the US Senate, and other sensitive government agencies.

US says Chinese hackers broke into Justice Department, NASA, Federal Reserve, Senate and more

Domains used by two hacking platforms were seized. The platforms were allegedly run by a China-based firm whose clients included China’s civilian intelligence agency, the Ministry of State Security and its military, the People’s Liberation Army.

China’s hackers use DeepSeek for attacks, researchers say

State-affiliated cyber groups have more than doubled the amount of attacks.

Chinese national in South Korea gets 20 years for hacking accounts of BTS’ Jungkook, others

The Seoul Central District Court found the Chinese national guilty of fraud and violations of the Information and Communications Network Act.

US warns Siemens devices can be hacked, amid fears Iran is breaching water plants

The US’ Siemens warning comes amid widespread cyber incidents in recent weeks, in multiple states, targeting local water systems.

DOJ unseals new charges against 17 hackers in Iran-backed campaign

The campaigns targeted hundreds of US and international universities, dozens of US companies, and at least five US state and federal government agencies, it said.

US takes risky bet on private ‘pirates’ to combat cybercrime

The Trump administration has 60 days to finalise the program’s details, though some aspects will remain classified.

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