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Microsoft logged more than 29,000 targets in a February 2026 IRS-themed blast that delivered signed ScreenConnect installers through a fake Transcript Viewer. The AEGIS Alliance looks at why remote-management tools…

A persona calling itself FlamingChina said it spent six months inside China's National Supercomputing Center in Tianjin and pulled more than 10 petabytes spanning aerospace, military research, fusion, and bioinformatics.…

Google Threat Intelligence Group moved in late January 2026 against IPIDEA, which it calls one of the world's largest residential proxy networks. In seven days GTIG saw more than 550…

U.S. prosecutors called the $15 billion Bitcoin forfeiture the largest in Justice Department history. Chen Zhi, chair of Cambodia's Prince Group, was arrested in Cambodia on January 6, 2026, and…

On December 28, 2025, Handala claimed it owned the smartphone of Tzachi Braverman, Netanyahu's chief of staff, and posted photos, documents, and contacts under the label Bibi Gate. A PMO…

Iran-aligned hackers using the name Handala warned about Benjamin Netanyahu's planned Florida trip to see Donald Trump in late December 2025, then claimed a breach of Tzachi Braverman's phone. Israel's…

Nigerian police booked Okitipi Samuel as the alleged RaccoonO365 kit developer after Microsoft, the FBI, and the Secret Service shared intel. Joshua Ogundipe, named in the U.S. civil case as…

ShinyHunters says it holds 94 GB and about 201 million Pornhub Premium analytics rows, including search and watch history. Pornhub blames Mixpanel. Mixpanel denies the November smishing case is the…

700Credit's $17.5 million class deal covers about 5.8 million auto-finance applicants. Opt out by September 8, 2026. File a claim by September 22. Final approval hearing is October 7.

The FBI now puts Phantom Hacker losses above $2.1 billion. Crews pose as tech support, then a banker, then a federal agent, and talk victims into wiring the money themselves.…