Theft in cybersecurity covers stolen data, credentials, devices, and funds, often creating risks of unauthorized access, fraud, and privacy loss.
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Unauthorized taking or copying of information, credentials, intellectual property, or digital assets is cyber theft. News under this tag may involve stolen passwords, payment data, personal information, source code, cloud tokens, cryptocurrency, or sensitive business files. Theft can result from phishing, malware, compromised accounts, insider access, exposed storage, or the loss of an unencrypted device; the relevant issue is the unauthorized acquisition or control of an asset, whether or not the attacker also alters systems.
Security teams should identify where valuable data and credentials are stored, restrict access by role, require strong authentication, encrypt data at rest and in transit, and monitor unusual downloads or transfers. Vulnerability management matters when flaws expose databases, endpoints, or cloud services to unauthorized retrieval. After suspected theft, preserving logs, revoking tokens and credentials, determining what was accessed or copied, and assessing privacy or notification obligations are central to containing the incident and measuring its impact.
The Clop ransomware gang is targeting Internet-exposed Gladinet CentreStack file servers in a new data theft extortion campaign. [...]
Hackers are exploiting critical-severity vulnerabilities affecting multiple Fortinet products to get unauthorized access to admin accounts and steal system configuration files. [...]
Audio streaming platform SoundCloud has confirmed that outages and VPN connection issues over the past few days were caused by a security breach in which threat actors stole a database containing user information. [...]
Japanese e-commerce giant Askul Corporation has confirmed that RansomHouse hackers stole around 740,000 customer records in the ransomware attack it suffered in October. [...]
Adult video platform PornHub is being extorted by the ShinyHunters extortion gang after the search and watch history of its Premium members was reportedly stolen in a recent Mixpanel data breach. [...]
Adult video platform PornHub is being extorted by the ShinyHunters extortion gang after the search and watch history of its Premium members was reportedly stolen in a recent Mixpanel data breach. [...]
Phishing attacks in 2025 increasingly moved beyond email, with attackers using social platforms, search ads, and browser-based techniques to bypass MFA and steal sessions. Push Security outlines key phishing trends and what security teams must know as identity-based attacks continue to evolve in 2026. [...]