Tag: leak
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Infinite Campus Breach Leaks Personal Information of 137,000 Users
A data breach affecting the widely used K12 student information system, Infinite Campus, has exposed the personal information of approximately 137,000 users. This incident is linked to an extortion campaign that occurred in March 2026 and has been attributed to the ShinyHunters threat group. It was officially recorded on Have I Been Pwned (HIBP). This…
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Infostealers, AI, and a 90% Affiliate Cut Fuel The Gentlemen group’s Rise
The Gentlemen ransomware used infostealer credentials, AI tools, and affiliates to hit 483 victims across 66 countries in under a year. The Gentlemen surfaced as a ransomware operation in September 2025 and by June 13, 2026 had listed 483 victims on their dark-web leak site, 380 of them in 2026 alone. That makes them the…
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Privacy own-goal: World Cup blunder leaks Lionel Messi’s passport details
Argentina’s World Cup squad had their passport numbers leaked before a ball was kicked – not by hackers, but by someone who failed to redact a document properly. document. It’s a mistake that has been made many times in the past… First seen on bitdefender.com Jump to article: www.bitdefender.com/en-us/blog/hotforsecurity/privacy-own-goal-world-cup-blunder-leaks-lionel-messis-passport-details
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Browser-Extension gegen unkontrollierten Datenabfluss an KI-Dienste – Eye Security veröffentlicht AI Leak Block
First seen on security-insider.de Jump to article: www.security-insider.de/ai-leak-block-browser-schutz-ki-datenabfluss-a-7b2ec1d1e2b2852d7ef9c9dde57d8099/
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ShinyHunters Leak 40GB of University of Nottingham Student Data
ShinyHunters hackers leak 40GB of University of Nottingham personal and financial data, allegedly impacting 450,000 students and staff records. First seen on hackread.com Jump to article: hackread.com/shinyhunters-university-of-nottingham-student-data-leak/
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Silent Ransom Group Uses Fast Flux Botnet to Hide Law Firm Leak Sites
Cybersecurity firm Resecurity reports Silent Ransom Group is using a fast flux botnet to hide data leak sites while targeting law firms with theft and vishing. First seen on hackread.com Jump to article: hackread.com/silent-ransom-group-fast-flux-botnet-leak-sites/
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DentaQuest Breach: ShinyHunters Publish Data Impacting 2.6M People
ShinyHunters leaked 234 GB of data allegedly stolen from DentaQuest after failed negotiations, potentially impacting 2.6 million people. The ShinyHunters extortion group has published a 234 GB archive of data allegedly stolen from dental benefits administrator DentaQuest. The cybercrime gang added the company to its Tor data leak site in May, and the data was…
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Unpatched Windows search URI handler issue leaks NTLMv2 hashes
First seen on scworld.com Jump to article: www.scworld.com/brief/unpatched-windows-search-uri-handler-vulnerability-leaks-ntlmv2-hashes
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Gentlemen Ransomware Exploits Fortinet Flaws, AI, and Custom C2 Tools
A newly analyzed leak tied to The Gentlemen ransomware group reveals how modern ransomware operations are evolving in structure and tooling while relying on the same proven intrusion techniques seen over the past four years. The leak also highlights operator continuity across major ransomware brands. A threat actor known as “Tinker” appears across Conti (2022),…
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Spanish police arrest individual in connection with data leak from state organizations
First seen on scworld.com Jump to article: www.scworld.com/brief/spanish-police-arrest-individual-in-connection-with-data-leak-from-state-organizations
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Ransomware leak posts show weekday peak, October spikes
First seen on scworld.com Jump to article: www.scworld.com/brief/ransomware-leak-posts-show-weekday-peak-october-spikes
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Ransomware Operators Keep Business Hours. The Data Proves It
16,699 ransomware leak posts over 2 years show 84% drop MondayFriday, peak at European afternoon hours. October spikes yearly. Someone analyzed 16,699 ransomware leak-site posts across 200 groups over two years and asked the question most threat intelligence reports dance around: when does this actually happen? The answer is mundane and useful. Ransomware runs on…
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Verrücktester Leak des Jahres? Pixel Watch 5 offenbar beim Tauchen in der Karibik gefunden
Tags: leakFirst seen on t3n.de Jump to article: t3n.de/news/verrueckter-leak-pixel-watch-5-beim-tauchen-gefunden-1745121/
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Security Affairs newsletter Round 579 by Pierluigi Paganini INTERNATIONAL EDITION
A new round of the weekly Security Affairs newsletter has arrived! Every week, the best security articles from Security Affairs are free in your email box. Enjoy a new round of the weekly SecurityAffairs newsletter, including the international press. ShinyHunters Leaks Charter Communications Data, Potentially Impacting 5 Million Customers Signal Phishing Campaign Targets Journalists and…
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ShinyHunters Leaks Charter Communications Data, Potentially Impacting 5 Million Customers
Cybercrime group ShinyHunters leaked data allegedly stolen from Charter Communications, exposing millions of customer records after a failed extortion attempt. The ShinyHunters extortion group has published data allegedly stolen from Charter Communications after the company apparently refused to pay a ransom. Charter Communications is one of the largest telecommunications companies in the United States. It…
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Charter confirms data breach after ShinyHunters extortion threat
U.S. telecommunications giant Charter Communications has confirmed it suffered a data breach after the ShinyHunters extortion group threatened to leak stolen data unless a ransom is paid. First seen on bleepingcomputer.com Jump to article: www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/charter-confirms-data-breach-after-shinyhunters-extortion-threat/
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The Hidden Ransomware Economy Running on Exposed Databases
A 5-year study on the Ransomware Economy found that 30,515 exposed databases were hit by ransom attacks, causing massive damage despite victims never paying. Database extortion doesn’t look like the ransomware stories that usually grab headlines. There’s no slick branding, no leak-site countdown, no gang posting memes on Telegram. In most cases, there’s just a…
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NightSpire Ransomware Abuses RDP for Stealthy Persistence
NightSpire has quickly emerged as a significant ransomware threat since its discovery in early 2025, combining classic double-extortion tactics with stealthy intrusion techniques. The malware not only encrypts victim data but also exfiltrates sensitive files, threatening to publish them on a Tor-based leak site if ransom demands are not met. In just a three-month window…
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Multiple 7-Zip Vulnerabilities Enable Arbitrary Code Execution
Multiple memory safety bugs in 7″‘Zip 26.00 allow remote attackers to leak sensitive data and, in at least one case, execute arbitrary code when a victim opens a crafted archive file. GitHub Security Lab has disclosed a critical heap buffer overflow in 7″‘Zip’s NTFS handler (GHSL”‘2026″‘140, CVE”‘2026″‘48095), alongside a cluster of additional memory access violations…
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Hacker Lists 340M OnlyFans User Records for Sale
A hacker is selling a 340M OnlyFans database, but the seller says old leaks and public data were used to link creators and subscribers to real identities. The post Hacker Lists 340M OnlyFans User Records for Sale appeared first on TechRepublic. First seen on techrepublic.com Jump to article: www.techrepublic.com/article/news-onlyfans-340m-database-sale/
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Mega-Leak bei Onlyfans 340 Millionen Datensätze könnten Anonymität von Creatorn und Nutzern gefährden
Ein neuer angeblicher Mega-Datenleak rund um die Plattform <> sorgt derzeit in der Cybersecurity-Szene für Aufsehen. Laut einem Bericht von Cybernews behaupten Hacker, rund 340 Millionen Datensätze von Onlyfans-Nutzern und Creatorn zu verkaufen darunter E-Mail-Adressen, Nutzernamen, Aktivitätsdaten und angeblich auch Verknüpfungen zu sozialen Profilen. Sollten sich die Angaben bestätigen, wäre das nicht nur ein […]…
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340 Million OnlyFans Profiles Allegedly Rebuilt from Leaks
A hacker is selling a 340M-strong OnlyFans-linked dataset built by correlating old breaches and public data, not by hacking OnlyFans directly. A threat actor is adverertising a purported database containing data of 340 million OnlyFans users, but the available evidence points to something less dramatic than a direct breach. According to HackRead, which reported the…
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340 Million OnlyFans Profiles Allegedly Rebuilt from Leaks
A hacker is selling a 340M-strong OnlyFans-linked dataset built by correlating old breaches and public data, not by hacking OnlyFans directly. A threat actor is adverertising a purported database containing data of 340 million OnlyFans users, but the available evidence points to something less dramatic than a direct breach. According to HackRead, which reported the…
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Why pure extortion is replacing traditional ransomware
Ransomware gangs are shifting from encryption to pure extortion, focusing on stolen data, reputational pressure, and stealthier attacks. Ransomware groups are quietly changing strategy in 2026. Instead of encrypting systems and causing immediate disruption, many attackers are now focusing on pure extortion: stealing sensitive data and threatening to leak it publicly if victims refuse to…
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Wahlap data leak exposes 18.9 million records from WeChat mini-program ecosystem
First seen on scworld.com Jump to article: www.scworld.com/brief/wahlap-data-leak-exposes-18-9-million-records-from-wechat-mini-program-ecosystem
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Senator urges classified briefing after CISA data leak on GitHub
First seen on scworld.com Jump to article: www.scworld.com/news/senator-urges-classified-briefing-after-cisa-data-leak-on-github
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Wenn Cyberkriminelle gehackt werden Was die Gentlemen-Leaks verraten
Check Point Research (CPR), die Sicherheitsforschungsabteilung von Check Point Software Technologies hat interne Daten der Ransomware-Gruppe ‘The Gentlemen” (CPR berichtete) analysiert, die nach einer Kompromittierung ihrer Infrastruktur öffentlich wurden. Die Erkenntnisse geben einen seltenen Einblick in die Struktur, Arbeitsweise und Angriffsmethoden einer der derzeit aktivsten Ransomware-Operationen weltweit. Die wichtigsten Ergebnisse im Überblick: Zweite Kraft im…
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Nine-Year-Old Linux Kernel Flaw Leaks SSH Keys and Password Hashes
Qualys finds nine-year-old Linux ptrace flaw exposing SSH keys and password hashes locally First seen on infosecurity-magazine.com Jump to article: www.infosecurity-magazine.com/news/linux-kernel-ptrace-flaw-ssh-keys/
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Most dark web activity revolves around a handful of topics
Dark web activity often becomes visible during marketplace seizures, major data leaks, or sudden spikes in criminal activity. Those events can create an impression of an … First seen on helpnetsecurity.com Jump to article: www.helpnetsecurity.com/2026/05/21/dark-web-activity-research/