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DoJ Corrects China Hacking Claim, Says U.S. Agencies Were Targets, Not Victims
DoJ updates statement, now says agencies were targets, not victims of Chinese threat actors.
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Cabinet ministers’ mobile numbers found online after Burnham targeted
UK cabinet ministers' mobile numbers were found online in a security leak following an impersonation scam targeting Prime Minister Andy Burnham.
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Progress Kemp LoadMaster Flaw Hits CISA KEV After 792 Reported Exploit Attempts
The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) has added a critical-severity security flaw impacting Progress Kemp LoadMaster to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog, following reports of active exploitation in the wild.
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PNLD Breach Exposes U.K. Police and Government Contact Details on Dark Web
The Police National Legal Database (PNLD) has confirmed that police, government, and customer contact information was compromised and published on the dark web. The data included names, organisations, and work email addresses belonging to police officers, police staff, cr…
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Suspected Chinese-Speaking Hackers Target Central Asian Governments With OctLurk and SilkLurk
A Chinese-speaking threat actor is suspected to be behind a fresh wave of cyber attacks targeting government organizations in Central Asia, including Afghanistan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan, Kazakhstan, and the Syrian Arab Republic, since January 2025.
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Coordinated Cyberattack Targets 30+ Minnesota Water Systems as One Plant Goes Offline
A coordinated cyberattack targeted operational technology at more than 30 Minnesota community water systems on July 26 and 27, triggering a statewide cybersecurity response. The attack caused a plant outage, communications failures, or affected automated controls in sever…