April 24, 2026

Medtronic Confirms Data Breach After ShinyHunters Claims Theft of 9 Million Records

Medical technology giant Medtronic confirmed that it had experienced a cybersecurity incident after the hacking group ShinyHunters claimed to have stolen more than 9 million records from the company’s corporate systems. The incident became public on April 24, 2026, when Medtronic disclosed the breach and informed regulators.According to reports, ShinyHunters added Medtronic to its data leak website in mid-April and […]
April 20, 2026

Everest Ransomware Hits Two Major US Banks Simultaneously

Two major U.S. banks, Citizens Financial Group and Frost Bank, found themselves at the center of a significant cybersecurity incident after the Everest ransomware group claimed to have stolen millions of customer records. The ransomware operation posted both organizations on its dark web leak site and threatened to release the stolen data publicly unless its demands were met within six […]
April 16, 2026

Data breach at edtech giant McGraw Hill affects 13.5 million accounts

Educational publishing giant McGraw-Hill has confirmed a significant data breach after cybercriminal group ShinyHunters gained access to sensitive information through a misconfigured Salesforce environment.According to reports, the attackers initially demanded a ransom and claimed to have stolen around 45 million records. When negotiations reportedly failed, the group released more than 100 GB of data online, exposing a large volume of […]
March 27, 2026

European Commission Suffers Second Data Breach

The European Commission has confirmed that cybercriminals gained unauthorized access to part of its cloud infrastructure and stole more than 350 GB of data. According to initial findings, the attackers accessed information stored in the Commission’s Amazon Web Services (AWS) environment, including employee records, email server data, and databases linked to several Europa.eu websites.The breach was discovered on March 24, […]
March 20, 2026

SNUH says 16,000 patient records leaked in internal email error

Seoul National University Hospital (SNUH) recently disclosed a data breach that affected around 16,000 patients after an employee accidentally sent an internal email to the wrong recipient. While the incident was not the result of a cyberattack or malicious activity, it highlights how a simple human mistake can lead to a major privacy and security issue.According to the hospital, the […]
March 12, 2026

Iranian Hacktivists Destroy Stryker’s Global Infrastructure

One of the most alarming cyber incidents of 2026 wasn’t caused by ransomware or a sophisticated piece of malware. Instead, attackers turned a company’s own management tools against it.On March 11, medical technology giant Stryker suffered a massive cyberattack that affected more than 200,000 employee devices across 79 countries. According to reports, the threat group Handala gained access to Microsoft’s […]
March 10, 2026

APT28 (FancyBear) OPSEC Failure Exposes Espionage Pipeline

In an unusual turn of events, a cyber espionage campaign linked to Russia’s notorious hacking group FancyBear (also known as APT28) was exposed because of a simple security mistake made by the attackers themselves.Researchers at Hunt.io discovered that the group had left one of its servers publicly accessible on the internet for more than 500 days. The exposed server contained […]
March 3, 2026

Google Patches 129 Android Vulnerabilities Including Qualcomm Zero-Day

Google has released its March 2026 Android Security Bulletin, delivering the largest Android security update in almost eight years. The update addresses 129 security vulnerabilities across the Android operating system, making it the biggest monthly patch release since April 2018. Among the issues fixed are 10 critical vulnerabilities and one actively exploited zero-day flaw, tracked as CVE-2026-21385. Security researchers reported […]
February 28, 2026

Iranian Prayer App Turned Into a Cyber Weapon During Airstrikes

Millions of people across Iran experienced an unusual and alarming situation on the morning of February 28, 2026, as military strikes and a major cyber incident unfolded at the same time.The incident involved BadeSaba Calendar, one of Iran’s most widely used prayer and religious applications, with more than five million downloads. Instead of delivering its normal prayer reminders and religious […]