Neowin News Feed for: Hack

Windows 11, Microsoft Edge, and Exchange hacked at Pwn2Own

Usama Jawad — Fri, 15 May 2026 18:38:01 +0000

Microsoft products and AI apps fell to multiple 0-days at Pwn2Own 2026 as researchers claimed huge cash prizes. Read more...

Microsoft reveals job interview scam being used to hack macOS users

Usama Jawad — Thu, 16 Apr 2026 15:00:01 +0000

A fake job interview, a harmless-looking update, and a hidden trap reveal how hackers quietly infiltrated macOS systems. Read more...

How to protect your system following the Notepad++ update server compromise

Paul Hill — Mon, 02 Feb 2026 07:22:01 +0000

Learn the essential steps to verify your software and reset credentials to resolve vulnerabilities caused by a recent state-sponsored attack. Read more...

Hackers breach Ubisoft's Siege servers, flood players with premium currency and bans

Pulasthi Ariyasinghe — Sat, 27 Dec 2025 23:08:01 +0000

Rainbow Six Siege players have been receiving billions in premium currency or getting banned today following a breach at Ubisoft today. The company has now responded. Read more...

70,000 Discord users impacted by data leak

Usama Jawad — Thu, 09 Oct 2025 09:50:01 +0000

Discord has refuted reports about millions of customers being impacted by a recent data breach, claiming that 70,000 users are actually affected. Read more...

Plex shares details on user data hack and breach, including how to reset password

Sayan Sen — Tue, 09 Sep 2025 08:26:01 +0000

Plex has confirmed the recent hack. The firm has shared a detailed advisory on the issue as well as steps on what customers should do. Read more...

Chess.com confirms data breach

Usama Jawad — Fri, 05 Sep 2025 10:46:01 +0000

Popular chess platform, Chess.com, has confirmed a data breach that affects many of its customers. Those affected have been offered some free services. Read more...

Hyundai wants Ioniq 5 customers to pay for cybersecurity patch in baffling move

Usama Jawad — Mon, 11 Aug 2025 15:58:01 +0000

Hyundai has decided to issue an "optional" £49 upgrade to Ioniq 5 customers to prevent the car from being stolen through a hacking device. Read more...

Coffeematic PC is an insane invention that uses a hot coffee maker to "cool" a PC

Usama Jawad — Sat, 02 Aug 2025 08:16:01 +0000

Coffeematic PC is a rather absurd invention that hacks together a GE coffee maker with a Linux Mint PC to dispense hot coffee being brewed while nearly blowing up the PC. Read more...

U.S. nuclear weapons department compromised in SharePoint attack

Usama Jawad — Wed, 23 Jul 2025 11:30:02 +0000

The U.S. Energy Department, responsible for producing and disassembling nuclear weapons, was impacted in the latest attacks on Microsoft SharePoint. Read more...

Someone wrote a script to block 'brainrot' content online using an $8 smart plug

Usama Jawad — Mon, 23 Jun 2025 07:38:02 +0000

A person has hacked together a script that connects to an $8 plug and uses it as a physical switch to block certain websites. Read more...

Research warns that your DNA data can be hacked and used against you

Sayan Sen — Fri, 18 Apr 2025 08:14:01 +0000

Research has warned that your DNA data can be hacked into and used against you by exploiting certain vulnerabilities in modern techniques. Read more...

Cyberhaven Chrome extension targeted by hack, company admits

Paul Hill — Sat, 28 Dec 2024 08:14:01 +0000

Cyberhaven has admitted that its Chrome extension was compromised for a short period after December 24 as part of a wider attack on various Chrome extensions. Read more...

Irish Data Protection Commission fines Meta over $264 million for 2018 Facebook data breach

Sagar Naresh Bhavsar — Tue, 17 Dec 2024 15:02:02 +0000

Ireland has fined Meta over $264 million for a 2018 data breach where hackers gained access to users' profiles and personal information due to lack of security. Read more...

NYT: Hacker stole details about OpenAI's AI tech, but the company kept it quiet

Paul Hill — Thu, 04 Jul 2024 17:16:01 +0000

It has been revealed that a hacker stole details about OpenAI products in early 2023. The company decided not to disclose the hack to the public or law enforcement, creating divisions at the firm. Read more...

U.S. government to investigate Microsoft's role in China-backed email breach

Omer Dursun — Fri, 11 Aug 2023 12:46:02 +0000

The U.S. government data breach by Chinese hackers has led to an investigation into Microsoft's role in securing cloud data. Security concerns about third-party clouds like Azure are growing. Read more...

Microsoft warns Teams users of new Russian-backed phishing attack

Omer Dursun — Thu, 03 Aug 2023 09:38:01 +0000

Microsoft discovers a phishing attack by a Russian-backed hacker group. They are using compromised Microsoft 365 accounts to pose as tech support in Teams. The group targets govts, NGOs, and more. Read more...

U.S. Senator calls for investigation of China-related Microsoft email hack

Omer Dursun — Fri, 28 Jul 2023 11:46:01 +0000

Microsoft said Chinese hackers accessed US and EU government email accounts. Senator Wyden asked authorities to investigate Microsoft's role and negligence. They worry about the encryption keys. Read more...

SEC rules will see public companies report cybersecurity attacks within four days

Paul Hill — Wed, 26 Jul 2023 23:32:01 +0000

The SEC has announced new rules that will force publicly traded companies to report any cybersecurity incidents within four business days. This will help customers learn of breaches sooner. Read more...

Rust-based malware used to hack both Windows and Linux servers

Sayan Sen — Fri, 21 Jul 2023 22:18:01 +0000

A Redis server malware, that has been built on Rust, is infecting servers based on both Windows as well as Linux. Dubbed the "P2PInfect", this worm is able to exploit the Lua vulnerability. Read more...

Microsoft warns of Chinese hackers targeting US, European government

Omer Dursun — Wed, 12 Jul 2023 08:24:01 +0000

Chinese hacking group Storm-0558 accessed US and Western Europe government email accounts, targeting agencies, think tanks, and NGOs. Microsoft identified and notified affected organizations. Read more...

Over 100,000 ChatGPT accounts' data breached by info stealers and sold on dark web

Anushe Fawaz — Wed, 21 Jun 2023 08:28:01 +0000

According to an alarming research, over 100,000 ChatGPT accounts have been compromised and are being traded on illicit dark web marketplaces. Affected regions include the U.S., India, and more. Read more...

Reddit claimed to have been hacked by BlackCat, and it has threatened to leak the data

Steve Bennett — Sun, 18 Jun 2023 12:24:01 +0000

Further to Reddit's recent woes since the announcement of the API pricing change, claims have surfaced that it has suffered a data breach at the hands of BlackCat, with 80GB of zipped data taken. Read more...

AT&T email users being hacked to steal cryptocurrency

Steve Bennett — Thu, 27 Apr 2023 08:44:01 +0000

Users of AT&T email accounts are facing a wave of hacks by bad actors who are seeking to steal cryptocurrency, by utilising API issues in the service to take control of email addresses. Read more...

LastPass confirms another security breach, customer data accessed this time

Usama Jawad — Thu, 01 Dec 2022 03:48:01 +0000

Password management company LastPass has confirmed another cybersecurity incident following the August hack. However, unlike the previous instance, customer data has been accessed this time. Read more...

Phone numbers of nearly 500 million WhatsApp users around the globe up for sale

Karthik Mudaliar — Thu, 24 Nov 2022 16:34:01 +0000

Half a billion phone numbers of WhatsApp users is reportedly up for sale on a well-known hacking community. The dataset contains user data from 84 countries, with over 32 million numbers from the US. Read more...

See Tickets has been suffering from a data breach for over two years

Steve Bennett — Wed, 26 Oct 2022 20:16:01 +0000

The ticketing website, See Tickets, was affected by a major data breach in 2019 that went undetected for two years, and was only shut down in January, potentially impacting millions of customers. Read more...

Health insurer Medibank becomes the latest victim of cyberattack

Hemant Saxena — Thu, 13 Oct 2022 06:36:01 +0000

Medibank, the Australian private health insurance provider has been hit by a cyber incident. Currently, It is investigating the nature of the incident and any impact it may have on its customers. Read more...

Fast Company shuts down website following recent hack which sent obscene iOS notifications

Usama Jawad — Wed, 28 Sep 2022 13:24:02 +0000

A recent hack at Fast Company resulted in iPhone users receiving racist and obscene push notifications via Apple News in the earlier hours of today. Fast Company has now shut down its website. Read more...

GTA 6 leaker has been arrested in London following investigation

Steve Bennett — Fri, 23 Sep 2022 15:16:01 +0000

Following recent leaks of the new Grand Theft Auto 6 in development, a teenager from Oxfordshire, UK, has been arrested in London as part of an investigation by the UK National Crime Agency. Read more...

Uber faces major cybersecurity breach, investigation underway [Update]

Hemant Saxena — Fri, 16 Sep 2022 08:32:01 +0000

Uber has suffered a significant data breach. The rideshare company has taken several of its internal systems offline to assess the extent of the damage done. It's the first major attack since 2016. Read more...

LastPass confirms breach, says user data is safe

Usama Jawad — Thu, 25 Aug 2022 20:41:36 +0000

Password management company LastPass has announced that its development environment was recently hacked. However, there are no signs of illicit access to user data at this point in time. Read more...

Plex database breached, emails, usernames, and encrypted passwords stolen

Sayan Sen — Wed, 24 Aug 2022 08:46:01 +0000

Plex has started warning users that data breach, though of "limited access" has taken place. As such, customers are being urged to reset passwords. However, the server load may be too much right now. Read more...

Hackers using tool that downloads inboxes of Gmail, Yahoo, and Microsoft Outlook

Alap Naik Desai — Tue, 23 Aug 2022 22:10:02 +0000

Google's Threat Analysis Group (TAG) has been running tests on a rather simple but effective tool that can download complete inboxes of popular services including Google, Yahoo, and Microsoft Outlook. Read more...

Signal phone numbers of 1,900 users exposed in Twilio phishing attack

Hemant Saxena — Tue, 16 Aug 2022 06:36:02 +0000

Signal has reported a recent phishing attack on its verification service provider, Twilio, which has exposed approximately 1,900 users registered to a Signal account. Twilio has shut down the attack. Read more...

Lapsus$ bypassed T-Mobile's defenses and stole its source code but user data is untouched

Alap Naik Desai — Sat, 23 Apr 2022 20:12:01 +0000

Some of the Lapsus$ group's members may have been arrested, but the hackers managed to sneak inside T-Mobile servers and stole the company's source code to perform SIM swap attacks for ransomware. Read more...

Second-largest crypto heist: Ronin discovers losing over $600 million after almost a week

Fiza Ali — Tue, 29 Mar 2022 20:14:01 +0000

In a recent cybertheft event, hackers stole over $600 million worth of cryptocurrencies from Sky Mavis' Ronin Network Bridge on March 23rd. The company noticed the security breach on March 29th. Read more...

Microsoft Weekly: Sun Valleys on the horizon, Lapsus$ hacks, and DirectStorage

Usama Jawad — Sat, 26 Mar 2022 17:16:02 +0000

Join us as we recap an exciting week in the Microsoft-verse full of Windows Easter eggs, news about cybersecurity incidents involving Lapsus$ and others, and gaming news including DirectStorage. Read more...

Suspected Lapsus$ hackers rounded up by City of London Police

Paul Hill — Thu, 24 Mar 2022 18:00:02 +0000

A prominent member of the Lapsus$ hacking group has supposedly been identified as a 16-year-old boy; seven of the group's members have also been arrested by the City of London Police. Read more...

Microsoft confirms being hacked by Lapsus group

Usama Jawad — Wed, 23 Mar 2022 01:22:02 +0000

Microsoft has officially confirmed that it was indeed compromised by Lapsus group. It has outlined a series of steps that organizations can take to protect themselves and identify malicious activity. Read more...