Lee Gyu-lee reports: Korean white hat hacker team Maple Mallard Magistrates (MMM) won the Capture the Flag (CTF) hacking competition at this year’s DEF CON conference, held in Las Vegas from Thursday through Sunday (local time). The final round of CTF, the largest open computer security hacking competition, was held during the security conference, with…
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Connex Credit Union notifies 172,000 members of hacking incident
On August 7, external counsel for Connex Credit Union (“Connex”) in Connecticut notified the Maine Attorney General’s Office of a recent hacking incident. According to their notification, unusual activity was discovered on their system on June 3, 2025. An investigation that was promptly launched determined that files may have been accessed or downloaded without authorization…
Federal judiciary says it is boosting security after cyberattack; researcher finds new leaks (CORRECTED)
CNN reports: Federal court officials said Thursday that the judicial branch is taking steps to improve online security – including for sensitive case documents – after “escalated cyberattacks” aimed at its case management system. “The federal Judiciary is taking additional steps to strengthen protections for sensitive case documents in response to recent escalated cyberattacks of…
Scattered Spider has a new Telegram channel to list its attacks
Commenters on reading the new Telegram channel call it “schizo,” “complete chaos,” and “insane.” DataBreaches would just call it “overwhelming.” A new Telegram channel appeared on Friday afternoon with a name conflating three groups: Shiny Hunters, Scattered Spider, and Lapsus$. How long it will last before it gets banned remains to be seen, but in…
ShinyHunters sent Google an extortion demand; Shiny comments on current activities
Yesterday morning, DataBreaches woke up to a message on Telegram: Even the NSA can’t stop or identify us anymore. The FBI and everyone else is irrelevant and incompetent as far as we’re concerned :). When DataBreaches asked ShinyHunters if anything in particular had inspired that statement, “Shiny1” responded: I heard the NSA is investigating and…
6.4 million Bouygues Telecom just had their data exposed in a huge data breach – and it’s the second to hit French telecoms operators in a month
Emma Woollacott reports: Bouygues Telecom, France’s third-largest phone carrier, has confirmed a data breach which exposed personal data belonging to millions of customers across the country. The company, which provides mobile, broadband, and digital TV services, said it discovered the breach, affecting 6.4 million of its 27 million customers, earlier this week. It acted quickly…