Data Breaches & Scandals

Amazon's Customer Support Trapped Identity Theft Victims in a Kafkaesque Nightmare — FTC just fined them $2.25 million
Data Breaches & Scandals

Amazon’s Customer Support Trapped Identity Theft Victims in a Kafkaesque Nightmare — FTC just fined them $2.25 million

Amazon refused to help identity theft victims access fraud records, violating federal law. The FTC…

By Rivo Raphaël Chreçant
Signal's Backup Recovery Key Just Became Russia's Master Skeleton Key—FBI Issues Urgent June Warning
Data Breaches & Scandals

Signal’s Backup Recovery Key Just Became Russia’s Master Skeleton Key—FBI Issues Urgent June Warning

FBI warns Russian intelligence hackers now steal Signal backup recovery keys to permanently access private…

By Rivo Raphaël Chreçant
Chrome's Featured Adblock for YouTube Extension Harbors Hidden Code Injection Capability—10M Users at Risk
Data Breaches & Scandals

Chrome’s Featured Adblock for YouTube Extension Harbors Hidden Code Injection Capability—10M Users at Risk

A Chrome extension with 10M+ installs and a Featured badge was found capable of executing…

By Rivo Raphaël Chreçant

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French police arrested a 15-year-old selling stolen government data — from the agency issuing national IDs
Data Breaches & Scandals

French police arrested a 15-year-old selling stolen government data — from the agency issuing national IDs

A 15-year-old was detained for allegedly stealing and selling sensitive data from France's national ID agency ANTS, exposing millions to…

By Rivo Raphaël Chreçant
CopyFail exploit CVE-2026-31431 gives hackers instant root access to millions of Linux machines worldwide
Data Breaches & Scandals

CopyFail exploit CVE-2026-31431 gives hackers instant root access to millions of Linux machines worldwide

Critical Linux vulnerability CopyFail allows hackers instant root access to millions of PCs and servers. Patches exist but many machines…

By Rivo Raphaël Chreçant
Brazilian DDoS protection firm secretly enabled botnet attacks on rival ISPs, KrebsOnSecurity reveals
Data Breaches & Scandals

Brazilian DDoS protection firm secretly enabled botnet attacks on rival ISPs, KrebsOnSecurity reveals

A Brazilian DDoS protection company allegedly weaponized its platform to attack competitors, then blamed a breach when discovered by KrebsOnSecurity.

By Rivo Raphaël Chreçant
Bluekit phishing kit just added AI—now criminals can launch 40 targeted attacks in minutes
Data Breaches & Scandals

Bluekit phishing kit just added AI—now criminals can launch 40 targeted attacks in minutes

Criminals are weaponizing AI to automate phishing attacks. A new kit called Bluekit includes 40 templates and AI features to…

By Rivo Raphaël Chreçant