Hacked, leaked, and held for ransom: the worst breaches of 2026 so far
If anything, 2026 has made clear that cybersecurity is no longer a background concern — it’s front and center, woven into almost every major story of the year. Yes, wars…
Chinese spies are using LinkedIn to lure Westerners into sharing sensitive information
Spies working for Chinese intelligence are using job search and recruitment websites, including LinkedIn, to lure Western workers into sharing sensitive information, according to a joint advisory by the FBI,…
GitHub says hackers stole data from thousands of internal repositories
GitHub, the popular developer platform owned by Microsoft, confirmed it was hacked and attackers had stolen data from around 3,800 internal code repositories. The code hosting and sharing giant said…
NYC Health and Hospitals says hackers stole medical data and fingerprints during breach affecting at least 1.8 million people
New York public health provider NYC Health and Hospitals says a months-long data breach that allowed hackers to steal personal data, medical records, and fingerprints scans affects at least 1.8…
Open source tool maker Grafana Labs says hackers stole its code, refuses to pay ransom
Grafana Labs, the maker of its eponymous popular open source web visualization software, confirmed it had been hacked but that it refused to pay the hackers who had threatened to…
US lawmakers demand answers from Instructure after Canvas data breaches
U.S. House lawmakers are demanding representatives from Instructure, the twice-hacked education software maker, testify about the company’s response to cyberattacks that allowed hackers to steal the personal data of millions…
Kaspersky suspects Chinese hackers planted a backdoor into Daemon Tools in ‘widespread’ attack
Security researchers at Kaspersky say they have identified a malicious backdoor planted in the popular and long-running Windows disc imaging software, Daemon Tools. The Russian cybersecurity company said on Tuesday…
Hackers steal students’ data during breach at education tech giant Instructure
Education tech giant Instructure has confirmed a data breach affecting students’ private information. The hacking and extortion gang ShinyHunters claimed responsibility for the breach. The hackers claim to have stolen…
Hackers are still exploiting the cPanel bug to gain control of thousands of websites
Nearly a week after the makers of the popular web server management software cPanel and WebHost Manager (WHM) alerted users of a critical flaw in its software, hackers are still…
Ubuntu services hit by outages after DDoS attack
Hacktivists have claimed responsibility for taking down the public-facing infrastructure of popular Linux operating system distribution Ubuntu, as well as Canonical, the company that develops and maintains the software. The…