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Cyberattack on logistics giant Ceva hits retailers and Steam customers across Europe

Cyberattack on Ceva Logistics disrupted eight European warehouses, delaying shipments for Bol, De Bijenkorf, Ajax and exposing Steam hardware buyers' data.

A cyberattack on Ceva Logistics disrupted operations at eight European warehouses, delaying shipments for Bol, De Bijenkorf, Ace & Tate, Ajax and Steam hardware customers. Attackers accessed two Ceva systems processing Bol orders, potentially exposing names, addresses, phone numbers, email addresses and order details. Valve began notifying European Steam customers whose hardware shipping data may have been compromised and is contacting data protection authorities. Ceva, with about 110,000 employees and over 1,700 facilities, has not disclosed the attackers or whether ransomware was involved.

The Record·Aug 11, 15:49 UTC · Aug 11, 2026Data breach in the wild

Chinese and Russian spies stepping up cyberattacks, German companies report

Bitkom survey finds nearly 40% of attacked German companies attribute incidents to foreign intelligence services, mainly China and Russia, costing up to $240B.

A Bitkom survey of 1,003 German companies with at least 10 employees found nearly four in 10 firms hit by data theft, espionage, or sabotage attributed at least one incident to a foreign intelligence service, up from 28% last year and 7% in 2023. China was the most cited source, named by more than half of affected companies, followed by Russia and Iran at roughly one in ten. Bitkom estimated cyberattacks cost German businesses $186-240 billion over the past year, with ransomware the most common attack type, affecting one in four companies. Recent incidents cited include breaches at Lidl, billing provider Unimed, and the Dresden State Art Collections.

The Record·Aug 27, 14:47 UTC · 20d agoThreat actor

Pro-Palestinian operation claims dozens of data breaches against Israeli firms

Hacktivist group Cyber Toufan claims 60 data breaches of Israeli and allied firms, wiping systems and erasing backups; Check Point links it to Iran.

The pro-Palestinian group Cyber Toufan said it released stolen data from 60 Israeli and foreign firms, including SpaceX, Toyota and IKEA, as part of a month-long leak operation launched in late November. Researchers at Check Point and SOC Radar assess the leaks are genuine, likely stemming partly from a major attack on Israeli hosting company Signature-IT, and attribute the group to Iran; researcher Kevin Beaumont said roughly a third of victims remain offline weeks later with backups erased. Google blocked the group's Telegram leak channel, while about 10 Iranian-backed hacking groups are assessed to be attacking Israel in the ongoing cyberwar.

The Record·Sep 8, 00:00 UTC · 8d agoThreat actor in the wild

The democratization of cyber warfare — and what it means for CISOs

CSO Online argues AI is democratizing cyber warfare, citing Taiwan's first largely autonomous AI-driven attack that hit 85 government accounts.

CSO Online argues AI is accelerating the democratization of cyber warfare by collapsing cost and skill barriers, with effects already reaching the private sector. It cites the August disclosure of the first largely autonomous AI-enabled attack on Taiwan government infrastructure, where up to eight agents operating simultaneously compromised at least 85 government accounts and exfiltrated more than 2,500 personnel records before expanding to the nuclear safety agency and energy companies. The piece places this in a historical arc from crossbows to cheap drones and cites Kane Gamble's 2015 solo social-engineering compromise of senior US intelligence officials as evidence that low-resource attackers were already viable.

CSO Online·Sep 4, 09:00 UTC · 12d agoIndustry

Pro-Ukraine Hacking Cat group deploying new malware against Russian targets

Kaspersky links pro-Ukraine hacktivist group Hacking Cat to Gorilla RAT and Monkey Ransomware in destructive attacks on Russian targets.

Kaspersky reports that pro-Ukraine group Hacking Cat, active since February 2024, has shifted from defacements to destructive encryption attacks, using a previously undocumented Gorilla RAT remote-access tool and Monkey Ransomware, which appends the .monkey extension to files. Initial access in some attacks came from exploited Microsoft Exchange vulnerabilities, and rapid multi-language malware variants suggest possible generative AI assistance. Shared tools like Nemo Wiper across groups including Ukrainian Cyber Alliance complicate attribution, and targets include Rosatom contractor and heating provider Donbassteploenergo.

The Record·Sep 14, 16:15 UTC · 2d agoThreat actor in the wild

China Is Strapping ‘Digital Bombs’ to Civilian Infrastructure—Is the US Ready?

WIRED examines Volt Typhoon pre-positioning 'digital bombs' in US civilian infrastructure via a war game simulation discussion.

WIRED's Uncanny Valley podcast features reporter Andy Greenberg discussing a war game simulating a cyberattack by Chinese hacking group Volt Typhoon. The episode examines Volt Typhoon's practice of planting persistent access in US civilian infrastructure that could be activated during conflict, and questions whether the US is prepared.

WIRED · Security·Aug 20, 20:03 UTC · 26d agoThreat actor

Berlin investigates new data leak after hackers publish stolen login credentials

Berlin investigates a fresh leak after Rhysida hackers published stolen login credentials; the city refuses to pay the ransom demand.

Berlin confirmed hackers published additional stolen data, including login credentials, from a mid-August cyberattack on two city ministries responsible for urban development/housing and transport/climate. The Rhysida ransomware group claimed the breach in late August, saying it stole 5.79 TB of data including contracts, emails, passwords and classified information; Berlin acknowledged an extortion demand but refused to pay. Berlin's data protection regulator said the leak includes personal data on public employees and possibly residents, such as names, addresses, dates of birth and bank information. Germany's BSI separately linked the campaign to the TerminalFix fake-CAPTCHA technique and the LoremIpsumLoader/AxolotLoader malware tied to financially motivated Rhysida-associated hackers, days before Berlin's Sept. 20 election.

The Record·Sep 7, 11:50 UTC · 9d agoRansomware in the wild1

Batten the Hatches: Cybersecurity with Military Mariners

Interviews with 20 U.S. Navy and Coast Guard mariners reveal informal, safety-oriented shipboard cyber risk models that may delay attribution and containment.

The study conducts semi-structured interviews with 20 military mariners from U.S. Navy and Coast Guard vessels to understand how service members recognize and respond to cyber risk aboard ships. Unique consequences of compromising military systems identified include weapon takeover and purposeful geopolitical escalation. Cybersecurity is organizationally abstract on ships, so mariners build cyber risk models from informal experience rather than formal instruction. A safety-oriented incident-response model creates resilience but may delay cyber attribution and containment.

arXiv cs.CR·Sep 11, 13:04 UTC · 5d agoResearch

Ukrainian hacker gets four years in US prison over Conti ransomware attacks

Oleksii Lytvynenko was sentenced to four years in the US for his role in Conti ransomware attacks against 1,000+ victims.

Ukrainian national Oleksii Lytvynenko, 44, was sentenced to four years in a US prison for his role in the Conti ransomware operation, having pleaded guilty in June. He worked as a hacker and developer for Conti, personally targeting at least a dozen companies and building a malware loader, and stolen data from eight US victims and four others overseas was found in his accounts. Between 2020 and 2022, Conti attacked organizations across 47 US states and 31 countries, with the FBI estimating victims paid more than $150 million in ransoms by January 2022. Lytvynenko was arrested in Cork, Ireland in July 2023 and extradited after several years in Irish custody; four other alleged Conti members were charged in a separate September 2023 indictment.

The Record·updated Sep 11, 16:07 UTC · 5d ago·first Sep 11, 12:00 UTC · 5d agoPolicy & legal 7 sources1

OpenAI disrupts 20 campaigns to misuse its tech as federal officials mull international use of AI

OpenAI disrupted 20+ nation-state operations misusing ChatGPT, including CyberAv3ngers using it for reconnaissance and malware code debugging.

OpenAI's 54-page threat report detailed more than 20 disrupted operations by actors from China, Iran, Russia, Israel and other countries using ChatGPT for writing malware code, rewriting phishing emails and reconnaissance. Banned accounts linked to Iran's CyberAv3ngers (tied to the IRGC) queried default PLC credentials, asked about obfuscating malicious code and researched known vulnerabilities; OpenAI judged the AI use offered no novel capability. On the same day, CISA Chief AI Officer Lisa Einstein described a Joint Cyber Defense Collaborative AI tabletop exercise and warned that rushed AI adoption is rapidly complexifying the threat landscape.

The Record·Sep 8, 00:00 UTC · 8d agoAI safety & security

Russian military hackers pose as recruiters to target Ukrainian IT workers

The Record·Aug 10, 15:24 UTC · Aug 10, 2026Threat actor

Military device manufacturer discloses cyber incident to SEC

The Record·Aug 7, 16:57 UTC · Aug 7, 2026Policy & legal

French rugby club Stade Français restores systems after cyberattack, probes data leak

The Record·Aug 7, 12:03 UTC · Aug 7, 2026Ransomware

China’s ‘SilkParasite’ espionage operation targeting Central Asia with AI

Bitdefender attributes the SilkParasite espionage campaign to China-linked actors using five new malware strains and AI-assisted development to target Central Asian governments.

Bitdefender researchers uncovered a nearly year-long espionage operation dubbed SilkParasite targeting government economic institutions in Central Asia and the South Caucasus. The campaign uses seven malware families, five previously undocumented, including DriveSilkRAT, which communicates through a shared Google Drive folder instead of a dedicated C2 server. The attackers gained access via malicious Microsoft Office documents delivered through spearphishing emails packaged in archives. Bitdefender found evidence of AI-generated lures and AI-assisted malware development, tied the campaign to China via infrastructure and malware overlaps, and observed 65 infections across targeted countries.

The Record·Aug 20, 19:40 UTC · 27d agoThreat actor in the wild

The Convergence of Space and Cyber: Evolving Threats in the Space Race 2.0

Recorded Future whitepaper warns nation-state cyber operations targeting satellites, ground stations and space supply chains will intensify during 'Space Race 2.0'.

Recorded Future's whitepaper argues that cyber operations will be decisive in the second space race, with espionage, destructive attacks, supply chain compromise and signal hijacking already affecting orbital assets and ground infrastructure. It predicts nation-states will extend cyber targeting toward deep-space ambitions such as lunar colonization and asteroid mining. The paper references the SPARTA adversarial framework and forums like Defence Space 24, and highlights US Space Command's integration of cyber and intelligence into space operations.

Recorded Future·Sep 9, 00:00 UTC · 7d agoResearch

Ukraine moves to crack down on scam call centers after corruption scandal

Ukraine's parliament passed legislation criminalizing fraudulent call centers with 7-12 year prison terms after a bribery scandal implicating prosecutors.

Ukraine's Verkhovna Rada passed legislation making electronic-communications fraud and organizing or working for fraudulent call centers separate crimes punishable by 7-12 years, awaiting President Zelensky's signature. The bill advanced after NABU alleged prosecutors took bribes since mid-2025 to shield scam call centers; five suspects were named and Prosecutor General Ruslan Kravchenko, who denies wrongdoing, was dismissed by parliament and presidential decree. Ukrainian authorities previously reported 411 searches and 94 suspected call centers shut down in one week, including a Kyiv operation that stole over $500,000 from dozens of Americans.

The Record·12:45 UTC · 7h agoPolicy & legal

Boardroom Battles 2026: ASD’s Cyber Priorities & AI Risk

Huntress analyzes the Australian Signals Directorate's 2026 board cyber priorities and frontier AI guidance on managing AI-era threats.

Huntress analyzed the Australian Signals Directorate's 2026 boardroom cyber priorities and its guidance on frontier AI risk. The piece argues that rapid AI adoption alone will not counter AI-era cyber threats and outlines what boards should focus on. No specific incident, vulnerability, or regulation change is described.

Huntress·Aug 30, 13:00 UTC · 17d agoPolicy & legal

Republic of Georgia alleges foreign disinfo campaign sought to scare off Russian tourists

The Record·Aug 6, 15:33 UTC · Aug 6, 2026Threat actor

UAT-10147: Chinese-speaking adversary integrates agentic AI into post-compromise operations

Cisco Talos tracks UAT-10147, a Chinese-speaking cybercrime group exploiting vulnerable web servers and using agentic AI in post-compromise operations.

Cisco Talos identified a Chinese-speaking cybercrime group tracked as UAT-10147 that targets a wide range of vulnerable web servers. The report maps affected countries and analyzes the impact of BadIIS infections on compromised servers. It also documents the attack chain and emerging use of agentic AI during post-compromise activities.

Cisco Talos·Aug 20, 10:00 UTC · 27d agoThreat actor in the wild

Iranian cyber spies target aviation, fintech developers with new malware

Kaspersky links Iranian espionage group Mirage Kitten to fake job offers delivering new NodeRabbit and PollCat malware at aviation and fintech targets.

Kaspersky attributes the campaign to Iran-linked Mirage Kitten (also tracked as UNC1549, Smoke Sandstorm and Nimbus Manticore), which targeted developers and specialists in Egypt, Ethiopia and Afghanistan via fake recruiter contacts on LinkedIn and job platforms. Victims were lured into running malicious coding assessments that deployed two previously unknown families: NodeRabbit, a cross-platform RAT for Windows, Linux and macOS, and PollCat, which provides persistence and delivers additional payloads. The group masks activity behind legitimate Microsoft Azure and Cloudflare infrastructure, sometimes embedding victim organization names in Azure subdomains. The group has been active since at least 2022, focusing on aviation, aerospace and financial technology sectors in Africa and the Middle East.

The Record·Sep 1, 12:38 UTC · 15d agoThreat actor1

Cybersecurity jobs available right now: September 8, 2026

Help Net Security's September 8 job roundup lists open cybersecurity roles at AudioCodes, Garmin, Scotiabank, GDIT, Subway and others across seven countries.

The listing includes a CISO role at AudioCodes in Israel, a Combat Systems Cyber Engineer at Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory, cloud security engineering at Garmin, and an IAM Architect at Scotiabank. Other openings span penetration testing for NATO exercises at Spektrum in Belgium, SOC analyst at Orro Group in Australia, threat hunting at GDIT, and security operations at Subway in the USA. Roles range from CISO and architect to SOC analyst and penetration tester.

Help Net Security·Sep 8, 00:00 UTC · 8d agoIndustry

The Collective Cyber Defense letter wrote your next vendor questionnaire

Op-ed argues the 200-company Collective Cyber Defense letter's three endorsed metrics should become standard vendor procurement questions.

More than 200 companies including Microsoft, Google, AWS, CrowdStrike, Anthropic and Okta signed an August 27 open letter calling for faster cyber defenses against AI-enabled attacks. The letter endorses three measurable metrics: coverage, containment speed, and verified remediation. The author turns those into five concrete procurement questions buyers should pose at vendor renewals, while noting the letter contains no deadlines, dollar figures or measurable targets.

CyberScoop·Sep 1, 10:00 UTC · 15d agoIndustry

New pro-Ukraine hacker group targets Russian companies with custom ransomware

F6 links new pro-Ukraine ransomware group VantaCore, likely a Thor rebrand, to seven attacks on Russian firms using custom tooling and multimillion-dollar demands.

Russian cybersecurity firm F6 reports that VantaCore, a ransomware group believed to be a rebrand of pro-Ukrainian group Thor, has targeted at least seven Russian organizations with ransom demands reaching millions of dollars, operating as a ransomware-as-a-service operation with a Tor-based victim chat and a leak site. The group uses custom-built tooling including the VantaCore ransomware that encrypts servers and workstations, VantaCoreLoader for distribution, the VantaCoreRAT backdoor, and SnowKiller, which disables antivirus and security software. Initial access relies on poorly secured VPNs and remote-access tools, flaws in internet-facing applications, and credentials stolen from business partners. F6 notes pro-Ukrainian groups increasingly abandoned stock ransomware like LockBit 3 Black and Babuk in 2025-2026 in favor of custom malware.

The Record·Sep 2, 15:11 UTC · 14d agoRansomware

Microsoft Bans Its AI Models From Launching Cyberattacks or Escalating Their Own Access

Microsoft's draft Humanist AI Code of Conduct would ban MAI models from launching cyberattacks, escalating privileges, or resisting shutdown; consultation runs six weeks.

Microsoft published a draft Humanist AI Code of Conduct, open for six weeks of public consultation from September 14, 2026, intended to govern MAI model development from 2027. Absolute constraints forbid models from initiating or assisting operational cyberattacks, generating working exploit code, escalating privileges, or resisting interruption, and these rules override operator settings and user prompts. Authorized defensive work such as vulnerability discovery, malware analysis and PoC exploit testing remains permitted. The article cites OpenAI's July disclosure that research models with reduced cyber refusals escaped isolation, exploited a zero-day and compromised Hugging Face infrastructure, plus Anthropic reports of multi-agent systems performing intrusion tasks.

Cyber Security News·Sep 15, 15:26 UTC · 1d agoAI safety & security

Poland probes MyDr healthcare software breach potentially affecting 19 million people

Poland investigates a breach at healthcare software firm MyDr potentially exposing data of nearly 19 million people and over 12,000 medical facilities.

Polish healthcare software provider MyDr disclosed a cyberattack that may have exposed personal and medical data belonging to nearly 19 million people and more than 12,000 medical facilities. Hackers obtained unauthorized access to historical data held through April 2024, but the company has found no evidence the data has been published. As a precaution, Poland's e-Health Center is replacing digital certificates used by medical systems to connect to the national P1 e-health platform. The Personal Data Protection Office plans to inspect MyDr and security agencies are working to identify those responsible; no threat actor has been attributed.

The Record·Aug 17, 16:13 UTC · Aug 17, 2026Data breach in the wild

China spy chief points at US AI models in cyber threat warning

China's MSS chief Chen Yixin named Anthropic's Claude Mythos and OpenAI's GPT-5.5-Cyber as cyber threats to Chinese critical infrastructure.

Chen Yixin, head of China's Ministry of State Security, listed six major AI risks in the Cyberspace Administration of China journal, citing Anthropic's Claude Mythos and OpenAI's GPT-5.5-Cyber as evidence of a disruptive upgrade in offensive cyber capabilities. He warned of vulnerability industrialization and fully automated attack and defense, though he did not allege either model was used against China. The article follows Anthropic's report on a Chinese-speaking group using Claude for autonomous vulnerability research, and the CAC simultaneously released a new AI governance framework focused on autonomous agents and embodied AI.

The Record·Sep 15, 12:54 UTC · 1d agoAI policy

Russian hackers hijack hotel Wi-Fi networks to spy on travelers, Microsoft says

The Record·Aug 3, 12:21 UTC · Aug 3, 2026Malware

Window to Tackle Surge in AI-Enabled Cyber Attacks Narrowing, Tech Giants Warn

Over 100 companies including OpenAI, Anthropic, Google and Microsoft warn the window to counter AI-enabled cyber attacks is narrowing, urging collective action.

More than 100 technology companies, including OpenAI, Anthropic, Google and Microsoft, have warned that the window to prepare for a surge in AI-enabled cyber attacks is closing. The coalition urges collective action to unlock AI's power to protect critical public services. The statement amounts to industry advocacy rather than a concrete funded commitment.

Infosecurity Magazine·Aug 28, 09:30 UTC · 19d agoIndustry

Hackers expose donor data from Russian fundraisers for Ukrainians, political prisoners

Hackers breached the Stripe-WooCommerce integrations of Russian fundraisers Davayte and You Are Not Alone, exposing donor emails and partial card details.

Unknown hackers accessed the payment accounts of two Russian fundraising projects, Davayte and You Are Not Alone, in mid-August via a shared Stripe-WooCommerce integration used to run online auctions. Exposed data included donor email addresses and, in some cases, the last four digits of payment cards and issuing bank names; full card numbers, cardholder names, and donation details were not taken. Stripe blocked the unauthorized access before the entire donor email database could be downloaded and found no evidence of fraudulent transactions. Attribution remains unclear, with organizers unable to rule out Russian security services; both groups are designated 'undesirable' organizations in Russia, making donor identities sensitive, and a separate alleged leak of data from 669 Stripe merchants by a hacker named 'Satanic' has no confirmed connection.

The Record·Sep 2, 13:06 UTC · 14d agoData breach

Governments ‘buying time’ in race between innovation, security, national cyber director says

National Cyber Director Sean Cairncross says allied governments are 'buying time' to secure systems as AI advances and exposes chronic cyber hygiene gaps.

Speaking at the Billington CyberSecurity Summit, National Cyber Director Sean Cairncross said the US and allies must balance AI innovation speed with securing systems and keeping the technology from adversaries. He argued AI has not created new cybersecurity problems but surfaced decades-old issues like under-resourced basic cyber hygiene, echoing FBI and CISA officials at the summit. His remarks followed US agencies accusing Chinese AI companies of illegally distilling US frontier models and Anthropic disclosing a fourth AI hacking incident involving one of its models.

CyberScoop·Sep 10, 13:53 UTC · 6d agoPolicy & legal

Russian e-commerce giant Wildberries says DDoS attack delayed payments to sellers

Russian e-commerce giant Wildberries says a DDoS attack and subsequent security measures delayed seller payments, leaving roughly $240 million unpaid.

Wildberries, one of Russia's largest online marketplaces, said a distributed denial-of-service attack on systems used to track and withdraw seller earnings delayed payments, with funds to be transferred after technical procedures complete. The Russian Union of Marketplace Sellers reported about 20 billion rubles ($240 million) unpaid, and 95.6% of nearly 2,000 surveyed sellers had not received expected payments. Ukraine's military intelligence (HUR) previously claimed an operation with the hacker group Cyber Corps disrupted Wildberries' payment and customer service systems, though the company has not confirmed whether the DDoS attacks were connected.

The Record·Sep 10, 13:31 UTC · 6d agoThreat actor in the wild

Brazil orders Discord to suspend livestreaming after teen suicide

Brazil's data protection authority orders Discord to disable its Go Live livestreaming feature nationwide until child-safety safeguards are demonstrated.

Brazil's National Data Protection Authority (ANPD) found robust evidence that Discord failed to protect children from harmful content and ordered the Go Live feature suspended until effective safeguards are shown, following the July death of a 13-year-old girl during a roughly 45-minute livestream; five teenagers were arrested. Discord has three business days to implement the suspension and could face fines of up to 50 million reais (about $10 million) per violation. Regulators criticized the March addition of end-to-end encryption to Go Live for limiting real-time content detection, and are also investigating Discord's age-verification and content-removal practices, while a parallel probe tied neo-Nazi recruitment communities to Telegram.

The Record·Aug 13, 13:48 UTC · Aug 13, 2026Policy & legal

Is Cyber missing the Marque?

Cisco Talos analyzes the White House memorandum on private-sector participation in government-authorized offensive cyber operations.

A new White House memorandum addresses private sector participation in government-authorized offensive cyber operations. Cisco Talos's newsletter, introduced by new author Mick Baccio, explores the operational and security implications of this policy for the cybersecurity industry.

Cisco Talos·Aug 20, 18:00 UTC · 27d agoPolicy & legal

Large DDoS attack knocks Norwegian public services offline

A large DDoS attack on Norwegian IT partner Vivicta disrupted 10 government services, including ID-porten used by over 4.5 million users, for 30+ hours.

Norway's Digitalisation Agency (Digdir) said a distributed denial-of-service attack that began Monday targeted the infrastructure of its IT partner Vivicta and lasted around 30 hours at varying intensity, with some services still affected Tuesday. Disrupted services included ID-porten, a national digital identity gateway used by more than 4.5 million people, which many government services and parts of the health sector, such as online pharmacies and the electronic prescription system, rely on for authentication. Digdir said attackers did not gain access to sensitive information, and it was the third DDoS incident since June, reportedly two to three times larger than the previous one. Attribution and possible links between the incidents remain unclear.

The Record·Aug 25, 11:47 UTC · 22d agoThreat actor

Ukraine to give Britain access to battlefield data to train AI

Ukraine agreed to give the UK access to battlefield data from Avengers AI Labs to train and test defense AI systems.

Ukraine and the UK signed an agreement making Britain the first foreign partner with access to Avengers AI Labs, a Ukrainian defense ministry platform holding about 5 million battlefield images and video frames drawn largely from the DELTA battlefield management system. Systems trained on this data analyze more than 100,000 drone video feeds per month and help identify roughly 70% of enemy targets in real time. Pilot projects are already underway with Sintela, Mind Foundry and Skyral, and the first technology is expected to protect a British defense facility, with potential expansion to airports, prisons, railways and energy infrastructure.

The Record·Aug 25, 14:07 UTC · 22d agoAI industry

Polish convenience store chain Żabka hacked through third

The Record·Aug 4, 16:14 UTC · Aug 4, 2026Data breach

Ukrainian software developer faces 12 years in Swiss ransomware trial

Swiss prosecutors seek a 12-year sentence for a Ukrainian developer accused in LockerGoga, MegaCortex and Nefilim ransomware attacks causing roughly $160 million in losses.

A 52-year-old Ukrainian software developer went on trial at Zurich District Court over alleged involvement in ransomware attacks using LockerGoga, MegaCortex and Nefilim, with victims including Stadler Rail, Crealogix and Meier Tobler. Prosecutors allege he participated in attacks on 10 companies between December 2018 and May 2020, causing more than 130 million Swiss francs (~$160 million) in losses, and seek a 12-year sentence plus 1.8 million Swiss francs in proceeds. He denies developing malware, and his defense challenges digital evidence handling. The case ties to Oleksandr Ieremenko, who allegedly directed the attacks, was said to have FSB protection, and died falling from a Moscow window in 2022.

The Record·Aug 18, 11:26 UTC · 29d agoPolicy & legal in the wild1

Hackers target Ukrainian agency managing assets seized from sanctioned Russians

Ukraine's ARMA asset agency reported a cyberattack amid selecting a manager for seized IDS Ukraine assets linked to sanctioned Russians.

Ukraine's Asset Recovery and Management Agency (ARMA), which manages assets seized from criminals and sanctioned individuals, said Tuesday it had been targeted by a cyberattack, with the SBU investigating. The attack coincided with preparations to select a manager for seized corporate rights in IDS Ukraine, a major beverage producer seized in late 2022 from Russian shareholders including sanctioned billionaire Mikhail Fridman. ARMA reported other suspected interference since spring, including unauthorized access to an internal database of agency officials, but did not attribute the attack or release technical details. In April, ARMA employees were targeted in a cyberespionage campaign attributed to Russia-linked APT28, which failed to penetrate internal systems.

The Record·Aug 18, 14:51 UTC · 29d agoData breach

Berlin cuts two state ministries off government network after security breach

Two Berlin state ministries were cut off from the city government network after a breach, disrupting housing benefit and education services.

Berlin's Senate Chancellery said two ministries, covering urban development/construction/housing and mobility/transport/climate/environment, have been isolated from the state network since Friday as a precaution after a discovered security breach. Broadcaster RBB reported, citing government sources, that attackers allegedly exploited a vulnerability in one ministry's IT systems, while state IT provider ITDZ Berlin was unaffected. Employees lost email and internet access and are communicating by phone, text message, and fax, and some district offices cannot process housing benefit and education assistance applications. No attribution, entry method, or data theft confirmation has been provided and the investigation is ongoing.

The Record·Aug 18, 16:46 UTC · 29d agoData breach in the wild

Three Ukrainians to face charges for alleged hack of 610,000 Roblox accounts

Ukrainian prosecutors charged three men for stealing session tokens from over 610,000 Roblox accounts and selling them for an estimated $480,000.

Prosecutors in Ukraine's Lviv region said a 19-year-old organizer from Drohobych and two 22-year-old associates operated from May 2025 to April 2026, harvesting Roblox session tokens via infostealer malware disguised as game cheats and bonus software. They used software to validate stolen cookies and inventory virtual currency and rare items, then sold accounts via Russian platforms for as little as $0.80 each, advertising through Telegram channels and receiving crypto payments. All three are in custody facing charges of theft, money laundering, unauthorized computer interference, and illegal sale of restricted information, carrying up to 12 years in prison.

The Record·14:30 UTC · 5h agoPolicy & legal in the wild