Data Breaches

Jonathan Greig reports: The alleged mastermind behind a strain of malware used to empty ATMs of millions of dollars appeared in court for the first time after being apprehended by federal authorities. Anibal Alexander Canelon Aguirre pleaded not guilty to several charges in a Nebraska district court on Friday and will remain in detention pending… Source

The Star reports that the DeKalb County government fell victim to a cybersecurity incident for the second time in little more than a year. This time, it paid an invoice sent by threat actors impersonating a vendor: “On Thursday, October 1, 2026, DeKalb County Government became aware of a Financial Fraud Cyber Incident that had… Source

Sergiu Gatlan has an update on a case previously noted on this site. A former core infrastructure engineer at an industrial company headquartered in New Jersey was sentenced to 32 months in prison for locking thousands of devices on his employer’s network in a ransomware-style attack. 57-year-old Daniel Rhyne from Kansas City, Missouri, pleaded guilty… Source

Eduard Kovacs reports: The FBI has removed an Accenture contractor over a data breach that exposed personal information of thousands of bureau employees, Reuters reported on Tuesday, citing two people familiar with the matter. The FBI has not publicly named the contractor or the organization involved. However, a senior bureau official told Reuters that its… Source

Natalie Dreier reports: A Florida man who calls himself a “cybersecurity engineer” on TikTok and Twitch was arrested after police reopened an investigation closed earlier this year. Mark Asea was held in the St. Lucie County Jail in Port St. Lucie, Florida, last week on a count of an offense against computer users, WPEC reported…. Source

JiJi reports: Japanese police have captured a Russian national believed to be a key member of the “Qilin” international hacker group and extradited him to Germany, investigative sources said Tuesday. Qilin is believed to have carried out ransomware attacks against companies worldwide, causing major damage through data encryption. In 2025, the group claimed responsibility online… Source

Rescana’s new report on a breach affecting the Denmark Central Person Register (CPR) summarizes the situation: On October 5, 2026, Danish authorities publicly disclosed a significant data breach affecting the Central Person Register (CPR), Denmark’s national population database. Attackers exploited a legitimate company account to access the names, addresses, and CPR numbers of approximately 8.8… Source

Sarah Butler reports: ASOS is investigating after users of its mobile app received a notification claiming hackers had “fully compromised” the online fashion retailer’s data. The value of Asos’s shares on the London Stock Exchange dived almost 12% after thousands of customers received a notification titled “Asos hacked” with a link that sent them to… Source

Justin Doubleday reports: The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency is continuing to offer cyber pay incentives to retain skilled technical staff, but less employees will qualify for the program under revised criteria that ties eligibility to job series and performance ratings. The revised policy has sparked some concern that CISA could lose more staff after… Source

Colombia’s largest health-promoting entity, Nueva EPS, has allegedly been hacked by an individual demanding $15 million not to leak the data.  Colombia’s healthcare system includes Entidad Promotora de Salud (EPS), regional health-promoting entities responsible for implementing objectives set by the Ministry of Health, developing guidelines and protocols, and overseeing healthcare delivery. As Wikipedia describes, an… Source