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Popular Wii U emulator CEMU has been offering compromised downloads for days

Pulasthi Ariyasinghe — Tue, 12 May 2026 18:59:26 +0000

The CEMU development team has made an urgent security announcement, revealing that compromised files had been spread via its emulator builds by a "pro-Russian threat actor." Read more...

GTA VI developer Rockstar confirms another data breach as hackers threaten leaks

Pulasthi Ariyasinghe — Sat, 11 Apr 2026 21:10:01 +0000

Rockstar Games has released a statement following monetary demands by a hacker group that has gained access to its internal data. Read more...

Mercor says it is "one of thousands of companies" hit by the recent LiteLLM attack

David Uzondu — Wed, 01 Apr 2026 02:58:01 +0000

LiteLLM, a very popular AI developer tool, recently suffered a security breach with a huge blast radius that included AI hiring startup Mercor. Read more...

Popular VPN maker NordVPN shares details on yesterday's alleged Salesforce user data breach

Sayan Sen — Mon, 05 Jan 2026 15:39:27 +0000

NordVPN today, after investigation, has shared full details on the alleged user data breach rumors that have surfaced. Read more...

Microsoft posts guide on National Public Data breach that leaked SSNs, house addresses, more

Sayan Sen — Sat, 21 Sep 2024 21:38:01 +0000

Microsoft has published a detailed guidance post about the recent Nation Public Data breach that leaked Social Security Numbers, house addresses, and more, of millions. Read more...

Roku discovers second data breach affecting over half a million accounts

Omer Dursun — Fri, 12 Apr 2024 15:06:02 +0000

Roku discovered a second data breach affecting 576,000 accounts on its streaming platform. The company discovered the new unauthorized access while monitoring accounts following the first incident. Read more...

Instagram launches dedicated page to help users regain hacked accounts

Karthik Mudaliar — Thu, 15 Dec 2022 18:07:42 +0000

Instagram has launched a dedicated support page where users can report and resolve issues related to their account access. Users can now also get help from their friends for account verification. Read more...

Rockstar confirms its systems were hacked, says GTA 6 development won't be affected

Pulasthi Ariyasinghe — Mon, 19 Sep 2022 13:43:44 +0000

The hack that revealed an in-development version of GTA 6 to the world had been from a substantial network intrusion at Rockstar Games. The studio is confident it won't affect the title's development. Read more...

Large cache of GTA 6 development footage may have leaked online

Pulasthi Ariyasinghe — Sun, 18 Sep 2022 10:20:01 +0000

Footage of Rockstar Games' upcoming Grand Theft Auto entry may have leaked online. A hacker is reportedly in possession of the game's source code and a test build, and is leaking early gameplay. 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...

In a major embarrassment, AV-TEST's Twitter remains hacked after more than a week [Update]

Sayan Sen — Wed, 03 Aug 2022 08:22:01 +0000

One of the leading anti-virus assessment companies, AV-TEST couldn't stop the breach of its own Twitter account. The attack happened over a week ago and the account still remains hacked. Read more...

Bithumb employee hacked, leading to leak of personal information used in phishing campaign

Stergios Georgopoulos — Wed, 05 Jul 2017 14:48:01 +0000

A compromised employee's computer caused the leak of many customers' personal information, leading to a phishing campaign resulting in billions of won in damages. Affected users to be compensated. Read more...

Thousands of credit card details leaked in data breach of leading UK motoring organization

Dreyer Smit — Mon, 03 Jul 2017 14:44:02 +0000

After first denying the leak of over a hundred thousand clients' credit card details, leading UK motoring organization, the AA, was exposed after the details found their way onto the internet. Read more...

NFL Twitter account hacked; claimed NFL Commissioner dead

Paul Hill — Wed, 08 Jun 2016 01:02:01 +0000

NFL commissioner, Roger Goodell, is the latest high-profile person to be pronounced "dead" from a hacked Twitter account. The hack comes shortly after several celebrities were targeted online. Read more...

Researchers hack Mitsubishi's $60,000 Outlander Hybrid SUV like it's nobody's business

Vlad Dudau — Mon, 06 Jun 2016 11:58:01 +0000

Security researchers have once again proven that we're not prepared for the internet of things, as they took control over Mitsubishi's Outlander PHEV SUV thanks to a bad Wi-Fi connection and password. Read more...

Tumblr claimed that a data breach affected 'a set' of users, turns out to be over 60m

Jack Wilkinson — Mon, 30 May 2016 23:16:01 +0000

Microblogging site Tumblr was the subject of a data breach back in 2013. The company claimed it affected 'a set' of users. An analysis shows that 'set' was actually over 60 million passwords. Read more...

'Hacked?' for Windows 10 lets you quickly check if you're involved in a data breach

Jack Wilkinson — Sat, 28 May 2016 21:12:01 +0000

A new universal app for Windows 10, 'Hacked?', let's you see if you have been involved in a data breach. It offers to check your accounts every 12 hours and notify you if any new breaches involve you. Read more...

Hardcore fetish forum hacked, personal details leaked, including .gov email addresses

Jack Wilkinson — Fri, 13 May 2016 00:40:01 +0000

An online forum dedicated to hardcore fetishes has suffered a data breach. The leaked data includes IP addresses, email addresses and weakly-encrypted passwords. Government addresses are involved. Read more...

Linux Mint website hacked, malicious ISO offered on Saturday

Paul Hill — Sun, 21 Feb 2016 03:50:01 +0000

The Linux Mint founder, Clement Lefebvre, announced that a malicious ISO was hosted on the site on Saturday. Users should re-download a new ISO and reinstall their Mint installs if affected. Read more...

China allegedly behind "massive" attack on Australian Government supercomputer

Matt Blowes — Wed, 02 Dec 2015 07:40:01 +0000

A supercomputer at the Bureau of Meteorology has believed to have been breached by hackers from China, potentially compromising several other Australian Government agencies. Read more...

11 million Ashley Madison passwords have already been cracked

Luke Payne — Fri, 11 Sep 2015 06:28:01 +0000

A cracking group who discovered a flaw in Ashley Madison code, have uncovered over 11 million passwords in 10 days. The group found that many passwords were hashed insecurely. Read more...

Ashley Madison hackers release data of 32 million users

Matt Blowes — Wed, 19 Aug 2015 09:10:01 +0000

Hackers release personal information, including names, address and desires, of users following last month's hack of the controversial married dating website. Read more...

Hacking Team gets hacked, countries using its services exposed

Shreyas Gandhe — Mon, 06 Jul 2015 22:00:01 +0000

Hacking Team, a company specializing in spy services on behalf of government agencies was hacked earlier today and the attackers have exposed its internal documents and credentials to the public. Read more...

LastPass has discovered a hacking attempt, but don't panic

Adrian Potoroaca — Tue, 16 Jun 2015 12:48:01 +0000

LastPass has discovered suspicious activity on their network, which compromised emails, password reminders, and authentication hashes; all you need to do is take a few measures and you'll be fine. Read more...

A coordinated Twitter hack made it seem like World War III had started

Jett Goldsmith — Fri, 16 Jan 2015 19:04:01 +0000

Hackers this morning targeted the Twitter feeds of two major news agencies, sending out a barrage of doomsday tweets that made it seem as if China and the United States had just sparked World War III. Read more...

Xbox Live experiences second outage this month, 'Lizard Squad' decrees it #offline

Timi Cantisano — Sat, 06 Dec 2014 12:10:08 +0000

Xbox Live experienced another outage courtesy of 'Lizard Squad'. This is the second outage, with the first one occurring on December 1st. Xbox Live is still experiencing issues hours later. Read more...

Syrian Electronic Army hacks online analytics system, prominent websites affected

Shreyas Gandhe — Fri, 28 Nov 2014 07:58:01 +0000

The Syrian Electronic Army has reportedly hacked an online analytics system, which has resulted in parts of many websites showing popups and redirecting users away from the website. Read more...

Millions of Gmail account details online; better check yours now [Update]

Steven Parker — Thu, 11 Sep 2014 08:44:47 +0000

Almost five million Gmail accounts were compromised on Tuesday and the details of those accounts posted online, Google has responded by saying their servers were not breached, indicating brute-force. Read more...

Gamma International, a company which produces spyware software for governments, has been hacked

Steven Johns — Thu, 07 Aug 2014 11:13:16 +0000

A redditor has dumped online 40GB of files from Gamma International's servers, including the FinFisher Suite spyware's source code, support history, and various internal documents. Read more...

CNET user database stolen by Russian hacking group, auctioned for $600

Jett Goldsmith — Wed, 16 Jul 2014 00:36:04 +0000

CNET has said that a database from its website, which included the usernames, emails, and encrypted passwords of over 1 million users, has been stolen by a Russian hacker group known as 'w0rm'. Read more...

P.F. Chang's experiences credit and debit card breach

Timi Cantisano — Fri, 13 Jun 2014 18:08:05 +0000

P.F. Chang's has become the latest company to experience a data breach. The restaurant chain first learned of the breach on June 10th and it included credit and debit card data being compromised. Read more...

eBay hacked, database breached and personal information compromised

Daniel Hull — Wed, 21 May 2014 14:41:34 +0000

Worldwide auctioning site eBay has announced a security breach within their database. The company has stated that confidential personal information has been obtained within the past few months. Read more...

Bitly says account credentials compromised, recommends changing password

Jett Goldsmith — Fri, 09 May 2014 01:05:59 +0000

Bitly has released an "urgent security update" on their official blog which notes that account credentials "have been compromised," and recommends that all users change their password immediately. Read more...

Russian news site RT.com hacked to replace 'Russian' with 'Nazi'

Jett Goldsmith — Sun, 02 Mar 2014 06:23:47 +0000

Popular Russian news site RT.com has been hacked following the ongoing conflict in Ukraine, with instances of "Russian" replaced with "Nazi" on all articles and headlines. Read more...

Kickstarter hacked, user info stolen

Jett Goldsmith — Sun, 16 Feb 2014 05:12:37 +0000

Email addresses, phone numbers, passwords and other user data have been stolen from popular crowdfunding platform Kickstarter after hackers infiltrated the site. Read more...

Yahoo Mail accounts accessed with stolen passwords

Shreyas Gandhe — Fri, 31 Jan 2014 06:33:07 +0000

Yahoo has revealed through their official blog that passwords for some accounts have been stolen and used to gain access to Yahoo Mail in an organized effort from unknown sources. Read more...

CNN social media accounts compromised by SEA [Update]

Jett Goldsmith — Fri, 24 Jan 2014 00:32:41 +0000

More social media accounts have been compromised today by the Syrian Electronic Army - this time belonging to a major American news network CNN. Read more...

Cyber attack: 750,000 malicious emails traced back to hacked home appliances

Jett Goldsmith — Mon, 20 Jan 2014 20:59:31 +0000

A California security firm says they have discovered the origin of a botnet which delivered over 750,000 malicious emails to home appliances, such as refrigerators, routers and televisions. Read more...

Target is not alone: Neiman Marcus and others hacked

Christopher White — Sun, 12 Jan 2014 03:39:40 +0000

Neiman Marcus confirmed that they were recently breached, and word is at least three other well-known retailers were also hit in the last few weeks although details are somewhat lacking at this point. Read more...

Microsoft Twitter accounts hacked by SEA

Jett Goldsmith — Sun, 12 Jan 2014 00:05:10 +0000

Two Microsoft Twitter accounts have been hacked today by the Syrian Electronic Army, marking the most recent in a long line of attacks against social media accounts by the organization. Read more...