The Handala hacker group, which recently opened a website claiming cyberattacks, announced on Wednesday that it had hacked the systems of the American medical equipment supplier Stryker and…
A provincial hospital in Szczecin, Poland, has been targeted by hackers who attacked its IT systems and demanded a ransom, forcing staff to revert to paper documentation. The District Prosecutor's Office in Szczecin has launched an investigation into the cyberattack.
US says its firepower will ‘surge dramatically’ and IDF warns of ‘surprises ahead’, as Iran launches retaliatory strikes
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Israel and the US have bombarded Iran and…
Israel's cyber agency is employing AI to mock Iranian hackers and combat psychological warfare, having recorded over 1,300 Iranian attempts to scare or phish Israelis since the war began.
Dutch intelligence agencies have revealed that Russian hackers conducted a widespread campaign to compromise accounts on two popular messaging applications, primarily targeting government officials and military personnel.
Sanaz Yashar, an Iranian emigre who moved to Israel at 17, now heads Zafran Security, a company specializing in detecting and mitigating software vulnerabilities, waging a war against hackers.
MP Mhaske stated that Uddhav Thackeray should call Eknath Shinde if he seeks Shiv Sena's help for an MLC seat, highlighting ongoing political dynamics within the party.
A kibertámadások kivitelezéséhez is használják már az AI-t a hackerek – ráadásul többféle feladatban is a rosszindulatú szereplők segítségére lehet a technológia.
Chaim Mazal, who once wrote a program to generate credit card numbers as a preteen, now works as a chief security officer protecting companies from cybersecurity threats.
A cybersecurity firm reports that Iranian-linked hackers are increasingly using ransomware tactics in destructive cyber attacks amidst the ongoing regional conflict.
New research indicates that hackers can exploit unique signals from car tire pressure monitoring systems (TPMS) to track vehicle movements, turning a common safety feature into a potential surveillance device.
A disgruntled hacker, unhappy with new paid features, 'emptied' and then 'destroyed' the servers of YggTorrent, one of the largest French-language media torrent piracy sites.
Two hackers are training AI agents to identify vulnerabilities, noting that over 1 million projects were launched in 2025, but only 20% underwent security audits, highlighting a lack of expertise in the field.
New revelations have emerged from an interview with Scottish hacker Gary McKinnon, who was accused by the US of the 'biggest military hack of all time,' regarding his discoveries about UFOs, including a 'cigar-shaped silver object above Earth.'
Cybersecurity firms are warning of a surge in state-linked Iranian criminal activity, following government intelligence warnings to companies about a growing risk of mass cyberattacks.
Iranian hacker groups, including Educated Manticore, MuddyWater, Agrius, and Cotton Sandstorm, have launched an offensive targeting Europe. This cyberattack is in response to the recent Israeli-American strikes on Iran, marking a shift in their tactics.
A massive cyberattack during strikes on Iran highlights digital warfare's growing role in modern conflict, offering cybersecurity lessons as global networks become vulnerable.
The French Ministry of Health announced that hackers breached its systems, stealing administrative data and medical notes belonging to over 15 million people.
The United States government is one of the largest Bitcoin holders on Earth—not because Congress voted to create a strategic reserve, but because federal agents have spent a decade seizing cryptocurrency from criminals. Drug dealers, hackers, ransomware operators, and money launderers accumulated Bitcoin through illicit activity. Law enforcement tracked them down and confiscated their digital […]
The hacker group ShinyHunters has released another batch of millions of hacked customer records from telecom provider Odido on the dark web, reportedly comprising about 1 million lines of data.
Bij de hack deze maand bij Odido zijn ook gevoelige aantekeningen over klanten buitgemaakt. Dat blijkt uit onderzoek van de NOS, die inzage had in een deel van de gestolen gegevens. Odido had dat niet
The Helsinki Court of Appeal has increased the sentence for Aleksanteri Kivimäki, the hacker responsible for the Vastaamo psychotherapy center data breach, to nearly seven years.
Gyanús tranzakciókat is észlelt néhány felhasználó számláján a PayPal. A cég decemberben észlelt egy súlyos hibát a rendszereiben, melynek következtében érzékeny személyes adatokat is megkaparinthatta
Google says the hacking group, tracked as UNC2814 and 'Gallium,' has a nearly decade-long history of penetrating government organizations and telecommunications companies
A former employee of Grundarheimili discovered that hackers had accessed their employment contract, old CVs, and high school grades, among other personal data, indicating a significant data leak.
World Liberty, a Trump-backed crypto group, reported that its stablecoin was attacked by hackers who accessed founders' social media accounts in an attempt to manipulate the token's price.
MHA policy emphasises that, in addition to terrorism sponsored from across the border, “criminal hackers and nation-states are targeting India with cyber-attacks”
Rubin Karl Hackert speaks about his traumatic experience at Bakkakot, where he stayed for a few weeks at age six, stating he felt like he was 'sent to hell'.
Four main hackers from the group 'Anonymous Fénix' have been arrested for executing cyberattacks against Spanish ministries, political parties, and public institutions, with activity peaking after a natural disaster.
'Real Housewives of Beverly Hills' alum Brandi Glanville says she's dealing with a hacker making her life hell who's demanding thousands in bitcoin -- and now she’s reached out to the FBI for help ... TMZ has learned. We've learned a rep for…
Panera Bread confirms cybersecurity incident exposing customer contact information as class-action lawsuits are filed and hackers leak 760-megabyte archive of stolen data.
Iran vs US-Israel war: A major US medical device maker, Stryker, has recently faced a cyberattack and investigators are linking it to pro-Iranian hackers amid geopolitical tensions. The incident signals healthcare companies are now strategic targets in global cyber conflicts. Experts warn of disruptions affecting patient care. The attack underscores cyber warfare's expanding role in modern geopolitics.
The Iranian hacker group 'Homeland Justice' has claimed responsibility for an attack on the Albanian Parliament's email system, asserting they possess correspondence from corrupt Albanian MPs over recent months.
Signal has issued a scam warning to its users following targeted attempts by hackers to compromise the accounts of some officials, though the company states its systems remain secure.
Home security cameras offer easy monitoring via mobile apps, detecting movement and unknown faces. However, connecting them to the internet makes them vulnerable to hackers.
New research indicates that artificial intelligence technology, similar to that used in platforms like ChatGPT, can make it significantly easier for hackers to identify anonymous social media accounts.
Numerous customers of the One service provider fell victim to fraud, with hackers accessing accounts and placing expensive orders. The provider has locked all accounts, mandated password changes, and will soon implement two-factor authentication.
Iranian hackers are reportedly conducting cyberattacks worldwide, using electronic weapons. Examples include years of hacking traffic cameras in Tehran, which was key to eliminating Khamenei, and trapping Hezbollah officials months ago, indicating that the Middle East conflict extends to cyber warfare.
A controversy has erupted between a Maharashtra Minister and a former police officer regarding an alleged plan to jail Bal Thackeray, an incident detailed in the ex-cop's biography.
The tourist voucher program in Poland's Warmia and Mazury region has been temporarily suspended following a system failure, which authorities suspect was caused by a hacker attack. An investigation is underway.
Pre-wedding festivities have begun in full swing ahead of cricket legend Sachin Tendulkar’s son Arjun Tendulkar’s wedding, and the celebrations are already turning into a glamorous, star-studded affair. On Tuesday evening, the Tendulkar family hosted a pre-wedding ceremony attended by close friends, cricketing icons and political dignitaries, adding sparkle to the joyous occasion.
Il Mossad ha intercettato le telecamere a circuito chiuso nelle strade di Teheran “da anni” per studiare i movimenti delle auto al servizio dei massimi dirigenti del regime: una mappa del nemico,…
National Cyber Security Centre urges increased vigilance over risk of indirect attack by hacktivists amid conflict
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Food production companies, now deemed crucial for national cybersecurity, face millions in investment costs to combat hackers, which may ultimately be passed on to consumers, increasing food prices.
A new warning has been issued regarding a Gmail account attack where hackers are reportedly abusing a critical security check to gain unauthorized access.
Hackers linked to the group ShinyHunters have published what appears to be the full remaining cache of stolen customer data from Dutch telecom provider Odido, marking the fourth consecutive day tha
Criminal hackers are reportedly continuing to pressure Dutch telecom company Odido following a cyberattack, with details emerging about their strategy.
NCP (SP) MLA Rohit Pawar met MNS chief Raj Thackeray to discuss the recent accident involving late deputy chief minister Ajit Pawar, with Pawar warning against any 'whitewash' in the crash investigation.
Hackers gained access to the systems of the Dutch Judicial Institutions (DJI) for at least five months, compromising employee data such as email addresses and phone numbers, according to an investigation by Argos.
An attacker reportedly misused AI tools, specifically Claude and ChatGPT, to hack into Mexican government authorities, compromising 195 million tax data, voter registers, and login credentials belonging to hundreds of millions of individuals.
After his boss fled Singapore just before the 10 people caught up in a billion-dollar money laundering case were nabbed, Chen Yiren tried to escape but was caught at Woodlands Checkpoint.
The cybercriminal group Shinyhunters, responsible for a hack on Dutch telecom provider Odido, is threatening to publish the stolen data on the dark web.
Many people unknowingly share enough personal information online to make themselves vulnerable to hackers and fraudsters, who can exploit even seemingly innocuous details.
RTL Group announced that hackers stole data belonging to 27,000 employees, but clarified that customer, business partner, and viewer data were not compromised.
A hacker, Hugo, infiltrated a Russian disinformation campaign that spreads anti-Chancellor Friedrich Merz content online and supports the far-right AfD party, revealing the operations of 'KGB 2.0'.
The US is reportedly targeting a UK government ally over free speech issues, with an investigation by Paul D. Thacker via RealClearInvestigations detailing the situation.
Amazon has reported that hackers successfully used artificial intelligence to breach 600 firewalls within a few weeks, highlighting a new threat in cybersecurity.
Boasberg Rubber-Stamps DOJ Request To Keep FBI-Twitter Payments Secret
When the Twitter files hit in December of 2022, they revealed that the Biden administration had paid Twitter at least $3.4 million between October 2019 and February 2021 to reimburse the pre-Musk, left-leaning social media giant for a flood of requests.
During this period, the Biden DOJ was going after vaccine skeptics, lab-leak proponents, 2020 election 'deniers,' Catholic parents, Hunter Biden laptop / Burisma content, and conservative news outlets. We also learned that the FBI's Elvis Chan and crew were holding weekly meeting with Twitter on "misinformation," and flagged thousands of accounts for the above.
Days after the Twitter files were released, watchdog group Judicial Watch sued the Biden DOJ, which oversees the FBI, over a FOIA request demanding to know how much the FBI paid Twitter from 2016 onward. The FBI initially refused, but eventually released 44-pages of documents with the key payment details redacted - claiming the data was protected under FOIA's "Exemption 7(E)," which lets agencies hide info about law enforcement methods if releasing it could help criminals or enemies dodge detection.
Judicial Watch then narrowed their claims to just those redacted payment amounts (JW dropped other issues such as vendor names), however in December of 2025, the Trump DOJ asked Judge James Boasberg for a Motion for Summary Judgement to deny Judicial Watch's request - effectively concealing the extent to which the FBI, under Trump and Biden, was going after Americans.
In its request for summary judgement, US Attorney Jeanine Pirro's office (say it ain't so!) argued that revealing payments that are tied to real investigations could reveal super secret investigative methods - such as how much the FBI is "engaging" with Twitter vs. other platforms, which could lead to 'bad guys' (criminals, hackers, foreign spies) to switch to platforms with less FBI activity, and that it might reveal shifts in FBI priorities over time.
Revealing the quarterly totals could also betray "mosaic theory," where seemingly harmless info (like one quarter's payment) can be pieced together with public data (e.g., Twitter's transparency reports) to form a big picture of FBI strategies.
Earlier this month, Boasberg agreed - ruling that revealing the payments could expose FBI "techniques and procedures" (how they monitor online threats) and help bad actors figure out what the FBI is focused on, allowing them to adapt and change strategies.
Boasberg wrote in his opinion that the 7(E) exemption is valid because it could "risk circumvention of the law."
So @JudicialWatch sued to find out how much the Deep State/Biden FBI was paying Twitter (now @X) to censor and spy on Americans. Kash Patel's FBI and Pam Bondi's Justice Department told a federal court we shouldn't get even summary quarterly totals of the payments because it… https://t.co/6P6oqQDxDj
February 18, 2026
What the actual...
.@FBIDirectorKash this was probably handled by lower-levels — a personal intervention on this one, which impacts 100 million voters & is critically important for Americans to restore trust in the bureau, at zero cost to FBI time or resources, would be greatly appreciated https://t.co/aHwXCi9h55
February 19, 2026
Maybe Elon can just give Tom Fitton the deets?
The filings for your reading pleasure...
DOJ request to deny Judicial Watch:
Judicial Watch Inc v Us Department of Justice Dcdce-23-03004 0024.0 by Zerohedge Janitor
Boasberg's opinion granting the DOJ request:
Judicial Watch Inc v Us Department of Justice Dcdce-23-03004 0027.0 by Zerohedge Janitor
Tyler Durden
Thu, 02/19/2026 - 18:50
Apple has released an urgent security update to address a zero-day vulnerability, CVE-2026-20700, which is actively being exploited by hackers targeting various Apple devices.
Un hacker a pătruns accidental în 2023 într-un server al FBI care conținea materiale legate de ancheta asupra lui Jeffrey Epstein și, după ce a descoperit imagini cu abuzuri asupra minorilor, a…
Portuguese intelligence services and their European counterparts have issued an alert regarding a global campaign by Russian-linked hackers, now confirmed by SIS, aiming to gain access to confidential information from politicians and military personnel through WhatsApp and Signal.
Cybercriminal reportedly accessed a server at the FBI’s New York field office, according to a source and DoJ documents
A foreign hacker compromised files relating to the FBI’s investigation of the…
A foreign hacker reportedly compromised Epstein files held by the FBI in 2023, according to a source and documents, revealing a significant data breach.
A top Iranian hacker wanted by the FBI was allegedly killed in an Israeli strike. Mohammad Mehdi Farhadi Ramin was accused of stealing U.S. identities and sensitive data.
According to intelligence information, state-sponsored hackers from Russia are targeting Signal and WhatsApp accounts, with politicians, military personnel, and journalists particularly affected.
The Netherlands has warned that Russia-backed hackers have breached Signal and WhatsApp accounts of high-ranking officials, military personnel, and journalists, with Latvian intelligence also confirming these attempts.
Israeli cyber officials report that Iran-linked hackers have targeted organizations across Israel in recent days, using methods to wipe data, with a cyber agency now warning about their plans to destroy systems and data as retaliation.
A new study warns that artificial intelligence has significantly simplified the process for malicious hackers to uncover the real identities behind anonymous social media accounts.
Experts are warning users about widespread Bitcoin extortion scam emails that claim hackers have stolen personal data, urging recipients to be aware of the signs of such fraudulent messages.
The FBI and French authorities arrested a former government contractor accused of stealing $46 million in cryptocurrency from the U.S. Marshals Service.
Israel's cyber chief, Yossi Karadi, has warned that artificial intelligence is significantly enhancing the capabilities of hackers, deepfakes, and mass cyberattacks, outlining new defense strategies and a push for cyber legislation.
YggTorrent, a popular French-language illegal download platform, has reportedly fallen victim to a devastating hacker attack, with the perpetrator claiming to have stolen tens of thousands of user credentials.
Estonia's state IT systems were subjected to cyberattacks by pro-Palestinian hackers, reportedly in cooperation with Russian hacktivists, according to Eesti Ekspress.
YggTorrent, one of the largest French-speaking illegal download sites, had its servers 'emptied' and 'destroyed' by a hacker. The attack was reportedly in protest against a recently introduced paid feature on the site.
The Hungarian government accidentally posted sensitive photos of the Paks Nuclear Power Plant on Facebook, which were quickly deleted but not before being captured by hackers.
A 43-year-old Kazakh hacker, facing decades in a US prison, has offered his services to the Italian government in an attempt to avoid extradition to the United States.
Interpol's cybercrime unit deputy director, Enrique Hernandez Gonzalez, states that digital fraud is being supercharged by artificial intelligence and is expanding into actual hacking attacks, emphasizing the critical need for international cooperation to combat this growing threat.
Former Maharashtra ATS chief K P Raghuvanshi has claimed in his authorized biography that he faced pressure to arrest Bal Thackeray and Indresh Kumar but refused due to lack of evidence, more than a decade after his retirement.
The Serbian news portal 'Južnih vesti' has been experiencing intense hacker attacks since last night, according to its editor-in-chief, Milan Zirojević.
A hacker exploited Anthropic PBC's artificial intelligence chatbot, Claude, to launch attacks against Mexican government agencies, resulting in the theft of 150 GB of sensitive tax and voter information.
Hackers published stolen personal and financial data of hundreds of thousands of Odido customers on the dark web, while threatening to release far more in the coming days, RTL
Are internet-connected robots and other smart home devices an attractive target for hackers? Is there a reason to cover smartphone camera lenses? Was the military right to ban entry to s
An extradition request for a hacker wanted by the FBI in the US for allegedly being part of a group that attacked US hospitals and demanded a half-billion dollar ransom has been blocked in Italy.
An Iran-linked hacker group has claimed to have breached the servers of Clalit, Israel's largest healthcare provider, though Clalit is still examining the claim.
Sammy Azdoufal, an 'accidental hacker,' discovered he could access data from thousands of robot vacuum cleaners worldwide, raising concerns about data privacy and security.
The trial of Aljoša Borković, a 40-year-old hacker from Banja Luka, is set to begin. He is accused of falsely reporting bomb threats in cafes and then attempting to extort money from the owners to stop the threats.
A profile of Benjamin Särkkä, a cybersecurity expert and hacker, who believes that a genuine community is built on acceptance and the courage to be different.
Claims by hackers tied to ShinyHunters about breaches at Bumble and Match have renewed concerns about dating app security, though both companies deny user data exposure.
Uddhav Thackeray and Eknath Shinde paid tributes to Ajit Pawar, with Thackeray stating he 'answered defamation through work' and Shinde noting that Baramati 'felt orphaned'.
An antivirus company warns that 40% of Android phones do not receive critical security updates, leaving them vulnerable to cybercriminals and making it easier for attackers to access personal information.
The leaders of the Spanish hacker group Anonymous Fénix have been arrested in Madrid for allegedly carrying out cyberattacks against various government bodies, political parties, and public institutions.
A leading VPN service was reportedly left vulnerable to Chinese hackers due to its private equity debt structure, highlighting the potential cybersecurity risks associated with financial pressures on tech companies.
Artificial intelligence is intensifying the ongoing battle between hackers and corporate security teams, making both offensive and defensive cybersecurity more sophisticated.
A report suggests that private equity debt left a leading VPN service vulnerable to Chinese hackers, raising questions about cybersecurity and financial structures.
Maharashtra Navnirman Sena chief Raj Thackeray met Deputy Chief Minister Eknath Shinde in Mumbai, marking their first interaction since the BMC elections. The meeting, which covered various issues, follows MNS's support for Shinde's Shiv Sena in Kalyan-Dombivli and Shinde's praise for Thackeray's broader perspective in decision-making.