The Brussels Times with Belga reports: The services of the Brussels Parliament have been the target of a cyber attack since Monday. This was announced on Thursday. According to Parliament President Bertin Mampaka, every effort is being made to deal with the situation with external partners. Currently, there are no consequences for the functioning of…
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Sweden under cyberattack: Prime minister sounds the alarm
Charles Szumski reports: Sweden is under attack, Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson said on Wednesday, following three days of disruptions targeting public broadcaster SVT and other key institutions. “We are exposed to enormous cyberattacks. Those on SVT have now been recognised, but banks and Bank-id have also been affected,” Kristersson told journalists in parliament. The attacks have been identified as…
Former CIA Analyst Sentenced to Over Three Years in Prison for Unlawfully Transmitting Top Secret National Defense Information
A former CIA analyst was sentenced today to 37 months in prison for unlawfully retaining and transmitting Top Secret National Defense Information to people who were not entitled to receive it, information which was publicly posted on social media platforms in October 2024. According to court documents, Asif William Rahman, 34, of Vienna, was an…
FIN6 cybercriminals pose as job seekers on LinkedIn to hack recruiters
This may make it a bit harder for those legitimately seeking jobs on LinkedIn. Daryna Antoniuk reports: Cybercriminals from the long-running FIN6 group are posing as job seekers on platforms like LinkedIn to infect recruiters with malware delivered through fake resumes, according to a new report. Recruitment scams are common among cybercrime gangs, but this…
Dutch police identify users on Cracked.io
Excerpts from a press release today by the Dutch Police after several investigations by the Cybercrime Team of the Zeeland-West-Brabant unit revealed that suspects had an account on the Cracked.io platform. Dutch police, in collaboration with other countries involved in Europol, were able to secure and take down servers and identify individual users. Ultimately, 126 individual…
Help, please: Seeking copies of the PowerSchool ransom email(s)
Help, please: If anyone has a copy of the ransom note sent to PowerSchool in December 2024 or to PowerSchool clients on or about May 7, 2025, please email me a copy or upload it to me on Signal. I want to see not only the body, but the full header and signature. To reach…