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Instructure Cut Deal With ShinyHunters, 275M Records Gone
Instructure settled with ShinyHunters after a 275-million-record breach, but security researchers warn ransoms don't guarantee deleted data.
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DOJ Appeals Rovirosa Acquittal After Sixth Amendment Loss
Judge Hoyt granted acquittal after DOJ left translators off the witness stand. Now the government takes its Sixth Amendment loss to the Fifth Circuit.
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Kraken Filed for OCC National Trust Charter
Payward already holds a Fed master account; an OCC trust charter would complete the picture, but BPI may sue to shut the whole pipeline down.
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Arrested: Crimenetwork Reboot Admin After €3.6M
A German suspect rebuilt Crimenetwork within days of its 2024 shutdown, attracted 22,000 users and €3.6M, then got arrested in Mallorca.
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Sold L3Harris Hacking Tools to Russia, Owes $10M
Peter Williams, who ran L3Harris's hacking-tools unit, got a $10M restitution order Wednesday. Russian spies later used the stolen tools in Ukraine.
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France Opens Criminal Case Against Musk, X Corp
France has escalated its X content probe to a criminal case against Musk and Yaccarino, who could face indictment if they don't appear.
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Finalized: OCC, Fed, FDIC Revise Community Bank Capital
The CBLR's revised eligibility rules and recalibrated leverage ratio mean every community bank must decide by July 1 if it still qualifies.
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Splits Pharma: 100% Tariff Leaves Small Firms Exposed
Trump's 100% drug tariff has a two-tier problem: big pharma cut deals, small- and mid-sized drugmakers are still in the line of fire.
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DOJ Jails Two Americans for $1.2M DPRK IT Scheme
When U.S. companies thought they were hiring domestic IT workers, the paychecks landed in Pyongyang. Two Americans just learned the price.
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Sued 3 Times, Chime Denies Iran-Linked Hack
Four Chime customers allege Iran-linked Team 313 stole Social Security numbers and account credentials; Chime says no member data was compromised.
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Conti Affiliate Gets 102 Months for $16M Ransom Scheme
A Latvian national drew 102 months for his role in a Conti offshoot's $16M ransomware spree, including leaking children's health data.
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Jailed 102 Months: Conti Operator Extorted 54 Firms
The Conti operator who threatened to leak stolen children's health records to extort payment just drew 102 months from DOJ's Criminal Division.
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Leaks Plaintext Passwords in RAM: Microsoft Edge
Edge's autofill keeps plaintext passwords in process memory, creating a dump-and-steal path that sidesteps both Windows Hello and DPAPI.
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Exposed: USB Drive Test Beats Phishing Programs in 2026
A USB drop test went viral in 2026 because employees plugged in the drives within hours, exposing a gap in phishing-focused security programs.
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Passed: Virginia SB229 Adds Class Actions to State Courts
Virginia's class action bill looks like a consumer win, until you see where the $424 million goes. Mississippi would then stand alone.
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FEMITBOT Spoofs Apple, NVIDIA in Telegram Fraud Ring
A Telegram fraud ring called FEMITBOT is spoofing Apple, NVIDIA, and six other major brands to harvest deposits from fake crypto dashboards.
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ShinyHunters Steals 275M Instructure Canvas Records
ShinyHunters claims 275 million student and teacher records stolen from Instructure's Canvas platform, hitting nearly 9,000 schools worldwide.
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Defender Pulls DigiCert Root Certs in False-Positive Hit
Microsoft's Defender antivirus flagged legitimate DigiCert root certificates as Trojan:Win32/Cerdigent.
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Instructure Hit by Second Breach in Eight Months
A criminal threat actor hit Instructure, the company behind the Canvas learning management system, in a cyberattack disclosed this week.
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SFO Secures Ultra Electronics DPA, £4.8M in Probe Costs
The UK Serious Fraud Office secured a court-approved Deferred Prosecution Agreement with Ultra Electronics Holdings Ltd, a British manufacturer of…
