The ShinyHunters extortion gang stole personal information from 4.9 million accounts after hacking the U.S. telecom giant Charter Communications in early April, according to data breach notification service Have I Been Pwned. […]
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MyPillow listed on ransomware gang’s leak site, but denies it has been breached
A notorious ransomware gang claims to have stolen MyPillow’s private data, but CEO Mike Lindell calls it a politically motivated “hit job.” With the countdown ticking toward a massive dark web leak, who is telling the truth? Read more in my article on the Hot for Security blog.
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Ransomware Actors Show Up In Person to Steal Law Firm Data
The FBI warned that the extortion gang Silent Ransom Group is targeting law firms and socially engineering its way into servers and databases.
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FBI warns of in-person data theft attacks from extortion gang
The FBI warned on Tuesday that the Silent Ransom Group (SRG) extortion gang is now targeting U.S.-based law firms in in-person data theft attacks. […]
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7-Eleven data breach exposes personal information of 185,000 people
The ShinyHunters extortion gang stole the personal information of over 183,000 people after hacking the systems of convenience store chain giant 7-Eleven in April, according to data breach notification service Have I Been Pwned. […]
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The Gentlemen Ransomware Gang Hit by Internal Breach, Operations Exposed
The Gentlemen ransomware gang suffered an internal breach in May 2026, exposing victim data, affiliate activity, and backend operations.
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Canvas login portals hacked in mass ShinyHunters extortion campaign
The ShinyHunters extortion gang has breached education technology giant Instructure again, this time exploiting another vulnerability to deface Canvas login portals for hundreds of colleges and universities. […]
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Iranian state-backed spies pose as ransomware slingers in false flag attacks
An Iranian state-sponsored espionage group is pretending to be a regular ransomware gang in a new wave of ransomware attacks targeting enterprises. APT group MuddyWater (aka Seedworm) is masquerading as the Chaos ransomware-as-a-service group to confuse incident response and mask its spying and cyber-sabotage, according to research by security vendor Rapid7. The attacks — geared…
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Vimeo data breach exposes personal information of 119,000 people
The ShinyHunters extortion gang stole personal information belonging to over 119,000 people after hacking the Vimeo online video platform in April, according to data breach notification service Have I Been Pwned. […]
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Scattered Spider co-conspirator pleads guilty
Another member of the notorious Scattered Spider gang of cyber criminals has pleaded guilty in a US court, and will be sentenced later this year. Tyler Buchanan pleaded guilty in a Florida court to conspiring with others to hack into companies’ computer systems with the intent of stealing at least $8 million in virtual currency.…
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‘The Gentlemen’ Rapidly Rises to Ransomware Prominence
Not nearly as polite as the name suggests, the ransomware gang has impressed researchers with its speed in scaling up operations — and its sophistication.
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Interlock Ransomware Targets Cisco Enterprise Firewalls
The ransomware gang, known for double-extortion attacks, had access to a critical Cisco firewall vulnerability weeks before it was publicly disclosed.
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LeakNet ransomware: what you need to know
A ransomware gang that claims to be a group of “investigative journalists”? Meet LeakNet – the group using fake CAPTCHA pages to trick employees into hacking themselves. Read more in my article on the Fortra blog.
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Ransomware gang exploits Cisco flaw in zero-day attacks since January
The Interlock ransomware gang has been exploiting a maximum severity remote code execution (RCE) vulnerability in Cisco’s Secure Firewall Management Center (FMC) software in zero-day attacks since late January. […]
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LeakNet ransomware uses ClickFix and Deno runtime for stealthy attacks
The LeakNet ransomware gang is now using the ClickFix technique for initial access into corporate environments and deploys a malware loader based on the open-source Deno runtime for JavaScript and TypeScript. […]
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UH Cancer Center data breach affects nearly 1.2 million people
The University of Hawaii confirmed that a ransomware gang stole the data of nearly 1.2 million individuals in August 2025 after breaching its Cancer Center’s Epidemiology Division. […]
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ShinyHunters extortion gang claims Odido breach affecting millions
The ShinyHunters extortion gang has claimed responsibility for breaching Dutch telecommunications provider Odido and stealing millions of user records from its compromised systems. […]
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Romania’s oil pipeline operator Conpet confirms data stolen in attack
Romania’s national oil pipeline operator, Conpet S.A., confirmed that the Qilin ransomware gang stole company data in an attack last week. […]
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Crazy ransomware gang abuses employee monitoring tool in attacks
A member of the Crazy ransomware gang is abusing legitimate employee monitoring software and the SimpleHelp remote support tool to maintain persistence in corporate networks, evade detection, and prepare for ransomware deployment. […]
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Warlock Ransomware Breaches SmarterTools Through Unpatched SmarterMail Server
SmarterTools confirmed last week that the Warlock (aka Storm-2603) ransomware gang breached its network by exploiting an unpatched SmarterMail instance. The incident took place on January 29, 2026, when a mail server that was not updated to the latest version was compromised, the company’s Chief Commercial Officer, Derek Curtis, said. “Prior to the breach, we…
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Hackers breach SmarterTools network using flaw in its own software
SmarterTools confirmed last week that the Warlock ransomware gang breached its network after compromising an email system, but did not impact business applications or account data. […]
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Hackers breach SmarterTools network using flaw in its own software
SmarterTools confirmed last week that the Warlock ransomware gang breached its network after compromising an email system, but did not impact business applications or account data. […]
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The hack that messed with time, and rogue ransomware negotiators
Time itself comes under attack as a state-backed hacking gang spends two years tunnelling toward a nation’s master clock — with chaos potentially only a tick away. Plus when ransomware negotiators turn to the dark side, what could possibly go wrong? All this and more is discussed in episode 442 of the “Smashing Security” podcast…