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Hacking is the use of technical methods to access, alter, disrupt, or examine computer systems and data, either with authorization or without it. In security reporting, the term usually covers unauthorized exploitation of software flaws, exposed services, weak credentials, misconfigurations, and sometimes human trust through phishing or other social engineering.

Its security significance depends on the attacker’s access and objective: a compromised internet-facing system may enable data theft, unauthorized changes, or movement into other systems, while a benign penetration test can reveal the same weaknesses before they are abused. Defenders reduce exposure through timely vulnerability management, secure configuration, strong authentication, network and endpoint monitoring, and tested incident-response procedures. Useful reporting distinguishes confirmed compromise from attempted or suspected activity and identifies the exploited entry point, affected assets, and whether access was contained.

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Dutch police suspect local hackers behind the Odido breach that exposed 6M customers after a phishing attack and seek public help identifying them. Dutch police have identified strong indications that Dutch nationals were involved in the February 2026 cyberattack on telecom provider Odido, which resulted in data from more than six million customers being stolen […]

Security Affairs 13 Jul 2026, 9:18 p.m. Incident · 3 stories Breach Cyberattack Exposure Hacking Netherlands Phishing Theft

AssuranceAmerica confirmed a breach exposing nearly 7 million driver’s licenses after hackers compromised an employee account and stole customer data. U.S. auto insurer AssuranceAmerica has confirmed a data breach affecting nearly 7 million people, making it the largest known theft of Americans’ driver’s license information in 2026. “In a data breach notice sent to customers […]

Security Affairs 10 Jul 2026, 12:40 a.m. Incident · 2 stories America Breach Compromise Hacking Theft

Ukraine’s SSU and the FBI Just Confirmed Russian Intelligence Has Been Systematically Hacking Messenger Accounts for Years. The Security Service of Ukraine (SSU), working jointly with the FBI, has formally exposed a sustained Russian intelligence campaign targeting the messaging accounts of government officials, military personnel, politicians, and activists across Ukraine, Europe, and the United States. […]

Security Affairs 29 Jun 2026, 8:57 p.m. Incident · 2 stories America Critical Infrastructure Europe Exposure FBI Government Hacking Military Russia Ukraine

Microsoft warns of a phishing campaign targeting the hospitality sector with fake guest emails that install TonRAT using resilient persistence. Microsoft Threat Intelligence published a detailed analysis on an ongoing hacking campaign against hospitality organizations that has been running since April 2026. The targets are specific: device names observed across compromised environments include strings like […]

Security Affairs 28 Jun 2026, 3:20 a.m. Incident · 3 stories Compromise Hacking Microsoft Phishing Warning

JDY botnet scans SOHO/IoT devices globally to map services and targets, especially US military networks. Lumen’s Black Lotus Labs reported the resurgence of the JDY botnet, a covert reconnaissance network tied to Chinese state-sponsored hacking groups including Volt Typhoon. The network was first spotted in late 2023 as a cluster inside KV-botnet. The U.S. government […]

Security Affairs 11 Jun 2026, 7:46 p.m. Theme · 3 stories America Botnet China Critical Infrastructure Government Hacking IoT Military Nation State

GREYVIBE, a Russia-linked group active since 2025, targets Ukraine with AI-assisted malware and five attack chains. Researchers say it’s part spy op, part crime gang. Security firm WithSecure has been tracking a previously unknown Russian-linked APT group called GREYVIBE since at least August 2025. The group targets Ukraine and Ukrainian-related organizations across military, government, civilian, […]

Security Affairs 30 May 2026, 6:23 a.m. Incident · 4 stories Advanced Persistent Threat Artificial Intelligence Critical Infrastructure Government Hacking Malware Military Research Russia Ukraine
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340 Million OnlyFans Profiles Allegedly Rebuilt from Leaks

A hacker is selling a 340M-strong OnlyFans-linked dataset built by correlating old breaches and public data, not by hacking OnlyFans directly. A threat actor is adverertising a purported database containing data of 340 million OnlyFans users, but the available evidence points to something less dramatic than a direct breach. According to HackRead, which reported the […]

Security Affairs 26 May 2026, 5:10 a.m. Breach Database Hacking Leak Threat Actor

FBI director site went offline after a hack used a fake Cloudflare page to trick users into running a ClickFix attack that installed malware. The merchandise website of FBI director Kash Patel (basedapparel[.]com) was taken offline on Friday after reports that it had been compromised by hackers using it to spread malware. The malware was […]

Security Affairs 25 May 2026, 6:54 p.m. Incident · 2 stories Cloudflare Compromise FBI Hacking Malware Outage