Ubisoft has been forced to take Rainbow Six Siege completely offline following a major security breach. The attacker distributed billions of free R6 credits and issued false bans, forcing a total transaction rollback.
In a major escalation of a transatlantic feud over online speech, the US State Department has banned five European figures from entering the country. Secretary of State Marco Rubio labeled them “radical activists” leading efforts to pressure US tech companies. The EU insists its Digital Services Act
Amazon’s Chief Security Officer detailed how the company has prevented over 1,800 suspected North Korean IT workers from joining since April 2024. The scammers use stolen identities and target AI roles to funnel wages back to the regime. This highlights a massive, industry-wide security threat.
The University of Phoenix has disclosed a breach affecting nearly 3.5 million individuals. The attack, linked to the Clop ransomware group, exploited a zero-day flaw in Oracle’s software and went undetected for months.
Interpol coordinated a major cybercrime crackdown across 19 African nations. Operation Sentinel led to 574 arrests and disrupted thousands of malicious links targeting businesses and critical infrastructure.
South Korean e-commerce giant Coupang is facing a class action lawsuit following a major data breach. The suit claims the company downplayed its cybersecurity vulnerabilities in regulatory filings.
Google is shutting down its Dark Web Report service in early 2025, saying it didn’t offer enough actionable advice. Meanwhile, Texas is suing major TV manufacturers for alleged illegal data collection, and a cloud hacking competition uncovered critical vulnerabilities with an 85% success rate.
The privacy-focused VPN provider Mullvad has released GotaTun, a WireGuard implementation written in Rust. Meanwhile, new patches for the Homa protocol hint at a future with dramatically lower network latency.
Google has filed a lawsuit against data scraping company SerpApi. The suit alleges SerpApi bypassed Google’s SearchGuard protection by making hundreds of millions of automated queries appear to come from human users.
A new smart home vulnerability was exploited by North Korean hackers just days after its disclosure. With billions of attacks recorded this year, your connected devices are a major risk.
