European Commission confirms platform data breach — admits ‘data have been taken’ from official websites

Unnamed attackers claim to have taken 350GB of European Commission data and plan to leak it.

‘From 16 hours to under 5 minutes’: How Gen AI is turning fraud into a $400B+ global industry — and experts warn that it’s just the beginning

Fraud has scaled into an organized system driven by AI speed, complex deception methods, and limited response windows for institutions worldwide.

Iranian Hackers Breached Kash Patel’s Email—but Not the FBI’s

Plus: Apple makes big claims about the effectiveness of its Lockdown Mode anti-spyware feature, Russia moves to implement homegrown encryption for 5G, and more.

European Commission confirms cyberattack after hackers claim data breach 

The European Union’s top executive body has confirmed a cyberattack after hackers reportedly stole reams of data from the European Commission’s cloud storage.

Iranian hackers claim breach of FBI director Kash Patel’s personal email account

Handala, a pro-Iranian hacking group allegedly working for Iran’s government, published emails it said were taken from the Gmail account of FBI director Kash Patel.

‘This is a final warning’: Hackers say they’ll leak “several terabytes” of ZenBusiness data

ShinyHunters are urging ZenBusiness to pay the ransom demand, otherwise they will leak “terabytes” of data.

Apple says no one using Lockdown Mode has been hacked with spyware

The tech giant’s claim that it has not seen any successful spyware attacks targeting Apple devices with Lockdown Mode enabled comes amid a leak of hacking tools targeting users running devices with older software.

English learning app used by Sony and Paramount put millions of users at risk

Five million Japanese have had their recordings leak to the internet through a misconfigured Google Cloud database.