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Chainalysis
Chainalysis breached using “offensive agentic techniques”

Blockchain analytics firm Chainalysis has suffered a cybersecurity incident that led to a data breach. According to the company’s Friday announcement, the incident is …

data leak
Hacktivists leak 41,000 DHS staff records, revealing undercover ICE agents

Names, offices, contact details and assignments of more than 41,000 U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) employees have been leaked by a hacktivist group calling itself …

Germany
345,000 email addresses stolen in cyberattack on Germany’s far-right party AfD

Over 345,000 unique email addresses were exposed in the September 2026 breach at German far-right political party Alternative für Deutschland (AfD). Breach notification …

Sony
Data breach at Sony-owned internet provider compromises 2.6 million customer records

Attackers who broke into the So-net member database made off with personal information belonging to more than 2.58 million current and former customers, along with the email …

compliance
Breach victims discover their data was held by companies they’ve never heard of

Nearly seven in ten people affected by data breaches handled by Kroll were exposed through an outside supplier, according to its Data Breach Outlook 2026. Businesses rely on …

University of New Mexico Health Sciences Center
Cyberattack disrupts University of New Mexico hospitals, extortion group claims attack

University of New Mexico (UNM) Health Sciences Center (HSC), the academic medical arm of the University of New Mexico, has suffered a cyberattack that has temporarily …

University of Copenhagen
Cyberattack on University of Copenhagen exposes data of 525,000 people

The University of Copenhagen (UCPH) has ruled out a second cyberattack, saying the activity that led it to shut down several administrative systems on Monday is tied to the …

gaming
Capcom data breach exposes 11.7 million account records

Players who signed up for Capcom’s online account service may want to look twice at emails that seem to come from the company. The company has disclosed that a third …

data breach
ASOS confirms data breach after “hacked” app alert reaches shoppers

UK fashion retailer ASOS has confirmed a data breach after a notification claiming hackers had broken into its data was sent to shoppers through its app. ASOS was founded in …

data breach
Data breach at Denmark’s population register exposes 8.8 million people

A data breach at Denmark’s Central Population Register (CPR) has exposed the personal information of 8.8 million people. These include people living in Denmark, deceased …

data breach
Pentagon breach exposes personal data of more than 3 million people

The Pentagon’s Defense Manpower Data Center (DMDC) is notifying millions of people that hackers gained access to their personal data. The breach affects 2.76 million living …

healthcare breach
Hackers exploit SQL injection flaw to steal patient data from Polish medical software provider

Hackers stole patient data from Qbusoft, a Polish medical software maker, weeks after a breach at another provider exposed records of nearly 19 million people in the country. …

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