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- Crypto infrastructure company blames $290 million theft on North Korean hackers
on April 20, 2026 at 4:45 pmA theft of nearly $300 million worth of cryptocurrency has been attributed to hackers from North Korea, as the industry grapples with the fallout of a wide-ranging incident involving multiple prominent platforms.
- Bluesky blames app outage on ‘sophisticated’ DDoS attack
on April 20, 2026 at 1:57 pmThe decentralized social network said the incident began on April 15, when the company received reports of intermittent outages affecting the app.
- British hacker tied to Scattered Spider campaign pleads guilty in $8M scheme
on April 20, 2026 at 12:00 pmA British hacker pleaded guilty in U.S. federal court to participating in a sweeping cybercrime campaign that siphoned at least $8 million in cryptocurrency from companies and individuals, federal prosecutors said.
- Four arrested in latest ‘PowerOFF’ DDoS-for-hire takedown
on April 17, 2026 at 6:30 pmMore than 20 countries participated in a coordinated takedown of platforms selling cheap access to distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks.
- Ukraine confirms suspected APT28 campaign targeting prosecutors, anti-corruption agencies
on April 17, 2026 at 2:12 pmThe intrusions exploited vulnerabilities in the open-source Roundcube webmail platform that allow attackers to execute malicious code when a victim simply opens an email in their inbox.
