Onsa Mustafa reports: Pakistan’s National Cyber Emergency Response Team (NCERT) has issued a high-priority cybersecurity advisory, warning of a critical ransomware, “Blue Locker”, threat aimed at government ministries, regulatory bodies, and other essential organisations across the country. The malware has been observed in a growing number of incidents. It encrypts files on infected systems, appending…
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…
SC: Spartanburg County hit by cyberattack, some online services disrupted
Stephanie Moore reports: Spartanburg County officials reported Friday that the county experienced a cybersecurity incident earlier this week. Scottie Kay Blackwell, the county communications manager, said the cyberattack immediately triggered a response from the network software, cybersecurity vendor, and law enforcement. Blackwell said the attack was contained by the county’s software platforms and personnel. The…
Pakistan Petroleum thwarts ransomware attempt, says no critical data compromised
Business Recorder reports: Pakistan Petroleum Limited (PPL), an oil and gas exploration firm, has reported a ransomware attack on parts of its IT infrastructure, detected on August 6, 2025, but said the incident was swiftly contained with no compromise of critical systems or sensitive data. The E&P disclosed the development in its notice to the…
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…
Air France and KLM alert customers to data breach on external platform
André Orban reports: KLM and Air France have reported a data breach involving unauthorised access to customer data on an external customer service platform. The incident did not affect the airlines’ internal systems, and no sensitive information (such as passwords, travel details, passport numbers, Flying Blue miles, or credit card data) was compromised. The breach…