Cybercrime
EU's highest court says banks should refund phishing victims
A case at the EU’s highest court has prompted a law officer to issue a formal opinion stating that banks cannot refuse to immediately refund victims of unauthorized payments caused by phishing scams, even if it appears that the customer is at fault.
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Trump releases long-awaited cyber strategy, orders crackdown on scam networks
On Friday, Donald Trump released his administration’s long-awaited National Cyber Strategy and signed an executive order to combat cybercrime, including fraud, extortion, and phishing schemes targeting American residents, businesses, and critical infrastructure.
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Hacker sends BBC copy of TfL database, reporter finds his own details among 10M breached records
A hacker has sent the BBC a copy of a Transport for London (TfL) database containing the personal details of around 10 million people, allowing the broadcaster to verify the scale of the breach.
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Telegram has become a common marketplace for hackers, cybersecurity firm says
Threat actors, including ransomware groups, initial access brokers, and malware operators, are turning to Telegram to buy illegally obtained login credentials and malware-as-a-service (MaaS) subscriptions.
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Police use hologram to solve sex crime gone cold
A rape case gone cold has recently been revived as authorities use cutting-edge technology to try and uncover the perpetrator's identity.
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Odido hackers leak remaining customer data from breach affecting 6.5m people
ShinyHunters, a hacker group that claimed responsibility for the breach of Dutch telecom provider Odido, published the remaining stolen customer data, abandoning plans to release it in installments.
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Violent online network "The Com" targeting minors hit with 30 arrests, 179 suspects identified
Authorities have arrested 30 members of "The Com" – a violent online network targeting minors – and identified 179 additional suspects in a sweeping global crackdown led by Europol.
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Ransomware Roundup: RAMP seized, BreachForums exposed, Telegram pressured
RAMP seized, nearly 324,000 BreachForums accounts exposed, and Telegram facing scrutiny – ransomware’s core infrastructure is under growing pressure in early 2026.
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New York sues maker of Counter-Strike 2 and Team Fortress 2, calls loot boxes “illegal gambling”
New York State Attorney General Letitia James has filed a lawsuit against game developer Valve for promoting illegal gambling through video games that are popular with children and teenagers.
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Suspects arrested in bitcoin theft from South Korean police
Two suspects have been detained in South Korea over the theft of 22 bitcoin that had gone missing from police custody earlier this year. Authorities say an investigation is ongoing, but the arrests represent the first major breakthrough in the high-profile case.
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Wynn hit with class action lawsuit over ShinyHunters data breach
Luxury US hotel and casino operator Wynn Resorts is facing a federal class action lawsuit following claims that hacking group ShinyHunters obtained more than 800,000 customer and employee records.
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Browser-based trojan with YouTube tutorial lowers entry barrier to double extortion
A newly identified remote access trojan (RAT) dubbed Steaelite is streamlining cyberattacks by bringing data theft and ransomware into a single, browser-based control panel, lowering the barrier to entry for would-be cyber criminals.
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Microsoft Japan under investigation for limiting rivals on Azure
Microsoft Japan raided over suspected violation of anti-monopoly law, source says.
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Air Côte d’Ivoire reveals cyberattack: “some data was stolen”
Air Côte d'Ivoire, the flag carrier of the Ivory Coast, was hit with a cyberattack earlier this month. Business operations continued as normal, but some data was stolen by the attackers.
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How a fake ‘Vera Hill’ profile became a sextortion machine
A rampant, yet elaborate deepfake scam has been circulating online, with viral links drawing millions of curious clicks, with users being promised explicit content.
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Hacker marks living patients as dead in New Zealand hospital cyberattack
The New Zealand medical app MediMap was thrown into chaos after an acute hack left it in disarray, severely affecting one elderly care home in particular, and even branding some of the victims as "Charlie Kirk."
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Eurojust takes down fraudulent call center in Ukraine, 11 suspects arrested
In coordination with Eurojust, law enforcement authorities from Latvia, Lithuania, and Ukraine have taken down a fraudulent call center operation.
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Hackers post alleged Burger King and Wendy’s data linked to European franchises
Hackers claim to have compromised data belonging to fast food chains Wendy’s UK and Burger King France, after datasets were advertised on a dark-web forum.
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Japanese chip testing firm Advantest investigates ransomware incident
Advantest, a Japanese manufacturer of semiconductor test equipment, confirmed this week that it is responding to a cybersecurity incident involving ransomware that may have impacted certain systems of its network.
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Former Google engineers accused of stealing sensitive tech secrets and sending them to Iran
Three Silicon Valley engineers, including two former Google employees, have been charged with stealing trade secrets from leading tech companies and transferring them to Iran.
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