A fugitive has been arrested in Thailand after hacking into a police database to delete his criminal record, cybercrime investigators have stated. Why does this sound like the 1986 comedy ‘Ferris Bueller’s Day Off’? The main character hacked the school computer system to change his grades and attendance records. Police said Sahachart Chuaybamrung, aged 26, had taught himself advanced computer skills using AI chatbots to help him break into the Royal Thai Police systems to delete his five arre
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German and US law enforcement have taken down the core infrastructure of Kratos, described by German investigators as one of the world's most widely used criminal phishing kits, and Indonesian authorities arrested the man they say developed and ran it. In a joint announcement on 20 July 2026, the Frankfurt public prosecutor's cybercrime unit (ZIT) and Germany's Federal Criminal Police Office (BKA) said they pulled more than 200 servers offline. Investigators estimate roughly 1,800 paying custo
A new report from Google Threat Intelligence Group (GTIG) reveals a coordinated campaign exploiting an AI-generated zero-day vulnerability. The attack targets an unnamed open-source web administration tool, using the flaw to bypass two-factor authentication (2FA). The researchers say they identified an active threat actor utilizing large language models (LLMs) to actively discover and weaponize software vulnerabilities in the wild.
As the targeted flaw involves a high-level semantic logic bug
The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) has officially confirmed that a limited number of its servers have been compromised in a cybersecurity incident. The breach affected surveillance systems used by the FBI for lawful foreign intelligence interception operations, with investigators suspecting state-backed Chinese hackers based on suspicious activity patterns. The security breach occurred during the second week of February 2026 and was detected on 17 February 2026. The incident has raised
Homeland Security Investigations (HSI), in partnership with US and international law enforcement agencies, has dismantled the infrastructure behind BlackSuit ransomware, a major cybercriminal group and successor to Royal ransomware, in a coordinated global operation. The action targeted the backbone of the group's operations, including servers, domains, and digital assets used to deploy ransomware, extort victims, and launder proceeds. According to US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE),
