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Sat 10 Oct1
JP
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Japan’s National Police Agency confirmed the arrest and extradition to Germany of a Russian national accused of being involved in the Qilin ransomware gang.
Fri 9 Oct1
CN
The U.S. and other nations took down digital tools and infrastructure by Beijing-based Integrity Tech that allowed "widespread vulnerability scanning and, in some cases, intrusions" as part of the Flax Typhoon campaign.
Thu 8 Oct2
KR
Two of South Korea's largest Protestant churches are investigating cyberattacks that may have exposed sensitive information about hundreds of thousands of members, including personal details, financial records and internal documents.
CN
U.S. officials say Zhang Yu was a prominent figure in the Hafnium campaign, which saw hackers breach thousands of computers and steal troves of documents.
Tue 6 Oct1
KR
The personal data of at least 68,000 people was reportedly exposed in breaches of at least seven financial institutions, with officials saying they believe a Chinese cybersecurity tool was used to hack the banks’ systems.
Mon 5 Oct1
JP
The Japanese media giant Nikkei disclosed a cyber incident involving an employee email account that may have compromised journalistic sources.
Fri 2 Oct1
CN
Two separate reports by cybersecurity companies highlight China-linked hacking operations, including a phishing campaign that impersonated Western experts.
Wed 30 Sept1
AU
The artificial intelligence giant acknowledged it botched its response to the incidents and should have done more to promptly notify and work with the Australian government in the days after it discovered the breaches.
Fri 25 Sept2
AU
Researchers are questioning whether an OpenAI agent needed to hack an Australian government health portal to access it, after a review of the website’s archived code found it explicitly directed visitors to an unauthenticated endpoint.
CN
U.S. Sens. Mark Warner (D-VA) and Ted Cruz (R-TX) introduced the Telecommunications Cybersecurity and Resilience Act on Thursday, arguing that the new effort was necessary in light of the Salt Typhoon attacks which saw Chinese hackers breach nearly all of the major telecommunications giants in the U.S.
Thu 24 Sept1
AU
An OpenAI agent gained “unauthorized access” to “non-public files” from an Australian government health website in June, Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said.
Fri 18 Sept2
CN
Over the past year, Russian cybersecurity firm Kaspersky said it investigated several incidents involving the group at Russian businesses.
JP
The FBI and Defense Department partnered with Japan’s National Police Agency and law enforcement agencies in Australia and Germany on a new advisory about “WaterPlum” — a group of cyber actors allegedly stealing cryptocurrency from job applicants by posing as AI or blockchain companies.
Thu 17 Sept1
CN
Alleged Chinese hackers are breaking into government agencies across Latin America using a new backdoor that researchers are calling “SparroWocky.”
Tue 15 Sept1
CN
China's spy chief identified Anthropic’s Claude Mythos and OpenAI’s GPT-5.5-Cyber as signs of what he called a “disruptive upgrade” in cyber capabilities, increasing the speed and potential weaponization of vulnerability discovery and malware development.
Wed 9 Sept1
CN
A Google Chrome bug identified in August was exploited by at least four China-linked cyber-espionage groups, according to researchers.
Wed 2 Sept1
CN
A hacking operation dubbed Fire Ant "didn’t just compromise systems," according to researchers. "It compromised the trust layer those systems depend on."
Tue 1 Sept1
AF
In a report published Tuesday, Kaspersky said it first discovered NodeRabbit on a system in Afghanistan and later identified variants on systems in Egypt and Ethiopia.
Thu 27 Aug1
AU
Two men in Australia were charged Wednesday over their alleged membership in TeamPCP, the cybercrime group blamed for one of the most damaging hacking campaigns of the past year.
Tue 25 Aug1
Indian man who fled US arrested on charges he helped scammers siphon $7.5 million from the elderly
49d agoIN
A Jersey City resident is facing charges for his alleged role as a money mule for overseas cyberscammers who stole millions from elderly New Yorkers.
Fri 21 Aug1
CN
Suspected military-grade hackers based in China used artificial intelligence to develop malware in a campaign to penetrate Central Asian governments.