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Barry O’Connor provides an update on the C2K breach in Northern Ireland: The IT systems in schools targeted in a cyber attack last week have been “largely restored” the Education Authority (EA) has said. All online and IT systems in s… Continue reading Northern Ireland school IT systems ‘largely restored’ after cyber attack
Alexander Martin reports: A 16-year-old boy has been arrested in Northern Ireland after a cyberattack disrupted access to educational systems used by potentially hundreds of thousands of students. The boy, who has not been named for legal reasons, was … Continue reading Teen arrested in Northern Ireland over cyberattack on school network
ANCHORAGE, Alaska – The U.S. Justice Department today announced court-authorized actions taken to disrupt some of the world’s leading Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) Internet of Things (IoT) botnet services. U.S. authorities continue to focus reso… Continue reading U.S. authorities conduct cyber operations as part of global crackdown on DDoS-for-hire services
Kenna Hughes-Castleberry reports: Nine Mexican government agencies were hacked in an artificial intelligence (AI)-driven cyber campaign between December 2025 and mid-February 2026 in what researchers have said should “serve as a wake-up call.R… Continue reading Double trouble: Hackers used both Claude Code and ChatGPT in a cybersecurity hack that lasted two and a half months.
Laura Pippig reports: A security vulnerability was recently discovered in Microsoft Defender, the first-party Windows 11 antivirus tool used by millions. Attackers can exploit this vulnerability to gain elevated system privileges and cause significant … Continue reading Unpatched Microsoft Defender flaw lets hackers gain admin access
Not everyone complies with the conditions of pre-sentencing release. After pleading guilty to a credential stuffing attack, this defendant reopened his online criminal shop and advertised what he was doing. Unsurprisingly, he was re-arrested and remand… Continue reading Defendant Sentenced To Prison For Hacking Betting Website
Introduction P3 Global Intel advertises itself as a “fully integrated and state-of-the-art tip acquisition and tip management solution that has quickly become the leading choice of Crime Stoppers Programs, Law Enforcement Agencies, Campus Safety … Continue reading P3 Advertised 20+ Years and 0 Security Breaches. You Can Guess What Happened Next.
The IAPP writes: Last year, the California Privacy Protection Agency adopted a major new rule requiring certain businesses to conduct an annual cybersecurity audit. The rule went into effect 1 Jan. 2026. This pioneering requirement, the first of its ki… Continue reading California’s cybersecurity audit rule is now in effect: its impact for class litigation
There are insider breaches, and then there are fourth-degree felonies and other possible charges if public records are destroyed improperly or without a lawful purpose. KVIA in New Mexico reports: The City of Anthony released a letter to KVIA on Saturd… Continue reading City of Anthony, NM, public records have been suspiciously disappeared, locked, or wiped
When the FBI issued a Private Industry Notice in May 2025 about the Silent Ransom Group (SRG) targeting law firms, they were not exaggerating. The image on the left side of this post is not a new geometric wallpaper. The green boxes represent law firm … Continue reading A Silent Threat, Loud Consequences: Ransom Group Hits Law Firms Hard