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The IRS Impostor Blast That Hit 29,000 Inboxes Installed Signed ScreenConnect, and the Kits Did Not Retire After Tax Day
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The IRS Impostor Blast That Hit 29,000 Inboxes Installed Signed ScreenConnect, and the Kits Did Not Retire After Tax Day

Microsoft traced a February blast to more than 29,000 inboxes and a signed ScreenConnect installer dressed as an IRS viewer. The AEGIS Alliance explains why the same remote-access kits still…
FlamingChina’s Tianjin Supercomputer Samples Are Still Being Sold While Beijing Has Not Confirmed the Theft
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FlamingChina’s Tianjin Supercomputer Samples Are Still Being Sold While Beijing Has Not Confirmed the Theft

FlamingChina claims it spent six months inside China's Tianjin supercomputer and took more than 10 petabytes. Experts told CNN early samples looked real. Beijing has not confirmed a breach, and…
Google’s IPIDEA Disruption Did Not Stay Down as Trackers Counted the Proxy Pool Climbing Back Past a Million Addresses
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Google’s IPIDEA Disruption Did Not Stay Down as Trackers Counted the Proxy Pool Climbing Back Past a Million Addresses

Google cut millions of devices out of the IPIDEA residential proxy network in January 2026 after 550 threat groups used it in one week. By September, Team Cymru was again…
Haaretz Called Tzachi Braverman’s Contact Dump a Data Leak as Prosecutors Moved to Charge Him Over a Different Secret in the Gaza War
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Haaretz Called Tzachi Braverman’s Contact Dump a Data Leak as Prosecutors Moved to Charge Him Over a Different Secret in the Gaza War

Handala's December 2025 dump of Tzachi Braverman's contacts was later described by the Prime Minister's Office as a data leak, not a phone hack. In May 2026 prosecutors moved to…
Judge Jed Rakoff Closed the RaccoonO365 Civil Case in Default While Nigeria’s File Still Names Okitipi Samuel
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Judge Jed Rakoff Closed the RaccoonO365 Civil Case in Default While Nigeria’s File Still Names Okitipi Samuel

On May 18, 2026, Judge Jed S. Rakoff entered a default judgment and permanent injunction against Joshua Ogundipe in Microsoft's RaccoonO365 suit. Nigerian police still name Okitipi Samuel as the…
700Credit’s $17.5 Million Claim Window Has Closed for 5.8 Million Car Buyers Ahead of the October Court Hearing
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700Credit’s $17.5 Million Claim Window Has Closed for 5.8 Million Car Buyers Ahead of the October Court Hearing

The September 22 claim deadline on 700Credit's $17.5 million settlement has passed for about 5.8 million car buyers. A federal judge in Detroit hears final approval on October 7.
Phantom Hacker Crews Still Talk Victims Into Wiring Away Their Savings as Tech-Support Fraud Losses Clear $2.1 Billion
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Phantom Hacker Crews Still Talk Victims Into Wiring Away Their Savings as Tech-Support Fraud Losses Clear $2.1 Billion

The FBI's 2025 Internet Crime Report puts tech-support fraud losses above $2.1 billion. The Phantom Hacker scam is the three-call version that talks victims into wiring away their own savings.
Anonymous-Linked Prisoner Hacked Romania’s Inmate System, Cut Sentences, and Exposed a Password Nobody Rotated
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Anonymous-Linked Prisoner Hacked Romania’s Inmate System, Cut Sentences, and Exposed a Password Nobody Rotated

Union officials named Cristic Nicu Aurel Z. as the Târgu Jiu inmate who used a stale director password to alter sentences and accounts for 15 prisoners. No criminal judgment has…
U.S. and European Sanctions Hit Beijing’s Integrity Technology Group for Supplying Flax Typhoon’s Hacking Infrastructure
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U.S. and European Sanctions Hit Beijing’s Integrity Technology Group for Supplying Flax Typhoon’s Hacking Infrastructure

OFAC sanctioned Integrity Technology Group in January 2025. The European Union listed the same Beijing firm in March 2026 over Flax Typhoon's device compromises.
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