French blood service hit by Europe-wide cyberattacks on refrigeration
Temperature controls were altered at three of France’s national blood service sites this week amid a wave of cyberattacks affecting refrigeration systems across Europe.
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November 4, 2026
November 3, 2026
Several German lawmakers and foreign policy staff received Apple warnings on spyware
Members of Germany's political elite were among the spyware targets in 99 countries that Apple personally warned recently.
British businesses caught in Europe-wide supermarket fridge attacks
Supermarket and grocery store refrigerator controls across Europe were hacked in the early hours of Monday in the second such wave of attacks in recent weeks — following...
Binance CEO says ‘months-long campaign’ led to $6.3 billion theft as N. Korea denies responsibility
North Korean attackers "combined a range of techniques, including social engineering by fake recruitment interviews," Binance said about the multibillion-dollar crypto heist it discovered in October.
Russia dismantles infrastructure of VasyGrek cybercrime group, detains three suspects
Russia's Interior Ministry said Monday that police had dismantled the group's infrastructure and identified its suspected members following an investigation conducted with assistance from cybersecurity firm Kaspersky.
Russia-linked cyber spies target Ukraine’s war crimes investigations, military aid routes
The hackers use relatively simple malware to steal sensitive documents, login credentials and other information from Ukrainian organizations, particularly those near the front line and the Russian border.
November 2, 2026
UK faces ‘unprecedented rise’ in cyberattacks in coming months, warns cyber chief
"[V]ulnerabilities that have been tolerated for far too long can now be discovered and exploited at a scale that was once unimaginable," the NCSC's chief will warn in...
Largest crypto exchange in Brazil confirms cyberattack as millions flow out of platform
Blockchain security companies said more than $46 million left the Mercado Bitcoin platform.
Michigan State cyber incident claimed by ransomware gang behind recent hospital attack
A recent post by the BYOD gang appears to line up with a security incident that prompted campus-wide action at Michigan State University. BYOD drew attention in October...
Polymarket pledges to give $3.9 million back to victims after site compromise
In a post-mortem on an October 29 incident, prediction market Polymarket said it will pay people back what they lost, as well as compensate them for the site's...
Russia’s statistics agency confirms cyberattack claimed by Belarusian and Ukrainian hackers
An alliance of Belarusian and pro-Ukrainian hackers claimed to have taken out Russia's federal statistics agency, Rosstat, and stolen vast amounts of sensitive government data in a cyberattack.
Russian and Ukrainian hackers hijack emergency apps to spread fake nuclear attack warnings
A popular Ukrainian air raid alert system was hacked over the weekend, prompting a cyber group to breach a similar Russian system in retaliation.
Second wave of suspected cyberattacks hits supermarket freezers across Europe
Supermarket and grocery store refrigerators across Europe appear to have been hacked early Monday — the second such incident in recent weeks where attackers have manipulated temperature controls...
October 30, 2026
DOJ raises privacy concerns over potential sale of Character.AI chats
The DOJ’s Executive Office for U.S. Trustees said a consumer privacy ombudsman is needed to advise the court on how to regulate what data from Character.AI can be...
Fashion retailer Resolve says hackers stole payment card information
The company, billing itself as “the next-generation fashion retailer for Millennial and Generation Z consumers,” said a recent hack exposed customer payment card numbers.
Florida warns that 4.9 million people had Social Security numbers leaked in financial aid site breach
The state’s Department of Education (FLDOE) said on Thursday it became aware of a data breach involving the Florida Student Financial Aid website on October 19.
Syrian Electronic Army hacker gets prison time for attacks on Western targets
Ahmad Umar Agha, known online as “Th3Pr0,” was sentenced Thursday in federal court in Virginia to 42 months behind bars for his role in a conspiracy that was...
British spy agency cannot account for thousands of data storage devices, watchdog says
The Investigatory Powers Commissioner’s Office (IPCO) in its annual report for 2025, published Thursday, said it was “very concerned” and “disappointed with the time it has taken GCHQ...
Hackers target government Windows systems in Asia with new malware
The previously unknown malware, dubbed NetamLoader, uses legitimate Microsoft software components to execute malicious code, evade security tools and download additional programs onto infected computers.
Polymarket confirms cyberattack on third-party provider after outages
The company suffered outages starting at 2pm EST on Thursday and eventually attributed the downtime to a compromise involving an unnamed provider.
Russian popular home goods chain faces days of disruption following cyberattack
Poryadok, which operates 48 stores across 32 Russian cities, first reported technical problems on Sunday, saying its website, mobile app and physical stores were temporarily unavailable.
October 29, 2026
Limited reports of PHP bug exploitation emerge
One cyber firm listed a half-dozen exploitations of the PHP2Shell bugs, and another identified a well targeted, suspected Chinese campaign that breached U.S. "government affiliated" servers.
GM settles with 36 states for selling driver data, agrees to $220 million fine and reforms
General Motors agreed to pay $220 million to settle a lawsuit filed by a coalition of 36 state attorneys general who alleged the company unlawfully sold information about...
FTC to probe major companies over personalized pricing and pay
The Federal Trade Commission ordered nine food delivery, airline and ride-sharing companies to turn over detailed information on how they harness personal data to set individual consumer prices...