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Cybercrime group ShinyHunters leaked data allegedly stolen from Charter Communications, exposing millions of customer records after a failed extortion attempt. The ShinyHunters extortion group has published data allegedly stolen from Charter Communications after the company apparently refused to pay a ransom. Charter Communications is one of the largest telecommunications companies in the United States. It […]

Company Says Supply-Chain Risk Label Threatens Billions in ContractsAnthropic filed an emergency motion asking a federal appeals court to block a Defense Department decision labeling the AI developer a national security supply-chain risk. The company says the move could cost billions and followed its refusal to weaken AI safety restrictions.

Company Says Limits Triggered Federal Retaliation, Which Violate Free Speech RightsAI developer Anthropic sued the U.S. government alleging retaliation after it refused to allow its Claude models to support lethal autonomous warfare or mass surveillance of Americans. The suit claims federal agencies unlawfully banned the firm's technology and labeled it a national security risk.

US President Directs Federal Agencies to Cease Use of AI Firm's TechThe Pentagon is escalating its feud with Anthropic after the company refused to loosen safeguards on its Claude model, threatening classified AI deployments and potentially creating months-long capability gaps across defense and contractor networks.

Company refuses to pay ransom as attackers threaten larger daily dumps The Netherlands' national police is backing Odido's refusal to pay a ransom after ShinyHunters leaked a second round of records belonging to the telco.…

Dutch authorities arrested a 40-year-old man after he downloaded confidential documents that had been mistakenly shared by the police and refused to delete them unless he received "something in return." [...]

Russia-Linked Ransomware Group Dumps Customer Data After Failed Extortion AttemptUnder Armour may trade on the "blood, sweat, respect" slogan, but a Russia-linked ransomware group hasn't been abiding, after they stole data pertaining to 72.7 million of the athleisure giant's customers, then leaked it on darkweb sites after saying the retailer refused to pay a ransom.

Cop wins hit crime infrastructure, not the people behind it If 2025 was meant to be the year ransomware started dying, nobody appears to have told the attackers.…

OBR says the scheme will cost £600M a year with no identified savings The UK government has finally put a £1.8 billion price tag on its digital ID plans – days after the minister responsible refused to name a figure.…

The agreement aims to help law enforcement prosecute cross-border cybercrime, but the final treaty could allow unchecked surveillance and human-rights abuses, critics say; and, it includes no protection for pen-testers.

Pennsylvania’s Attorney General confirmed the OAG had refused to pay a ransom demand to the attackers after files were encrypted

AT&T and Verizon refused to hand over the security assessments, says Cantwell US Senator Maria Cantwell (D-WA) has demanded that Google-owned incident response firm Mandiant hand over the Salt Typhoon-related security assessments of AT&T and Verizon that, according to the lawmakers, both operators have thus far refused to give Congress.…

Russian judge lets off accused with time served – but others who refused to plead guilty face years in penal colony Four convicted members of the once-supreme ransomware operation REvil are leaving captivity after completing most of their five-year sentences.…

Plus: Plankey's confirmation process 'temporarily delayed' Sean Cairncross, President Donald Trump's nominee to serve as national cyber director, doubled down on taking offensive cyber actions against foreign adversaries during a Senate homeland security committee nomination hearing on Thursday, and refused to condemn the president's proposed cuts to the main US cyber defense agency.…

Of the numerous victims, at least three refused to pay the demanded ransom, with the rest seemingly in talks with the cybercriminal group.

The August ransomware attack stole 50,000+ documents from Nidec, leaked after ransom refusal

Billionaire Telegram Owner Faces Charges Freighted With A 10-Year Minimum SentenceFrench authorities charged Telegram CEO and owner Pavel Durov with a slew of offenses including complicity with hacking, child sexual abuse material and refusal to cooperate with law enforcement authority requests for intercepted communications.

The legal spars between Delta Air Lines and CrowdStrike are heating up, with the cybersecurity firm claiming that Delta's extended IT outage was caused by poor disaster recovery plans and the airline refusing to accept free onsite help in restoring Windows devices. [...]

Vendor plans to aggressively defend its case before listing catalog of shortcomings at the airline CrowdStrike says it is "highly disappointed" and rejects the claims made by Delta and its lawyers that the vendor exhibited gross negligence in the events that led to the global IT outage a little over two weeks ago.…

Crypto exchange Kraken revealed that an unnamed security researcher exploited an "extremely critical" zero-day flaw in its platform to steal $3 million in digital assets and refused to return them