Cyfirma's latest Automotive Industry Report for the second quarter of 2026 rates the sector’s overall cyber risk at 5.0 out of 10, classified as elevated. Drawing on 90 days of telemetry across five threat categories, the analysis reveals a mixed picture of steady ransomware pressure, third-party-driven incidents, and a distinctive pattern of financially motivated activity. Ransomware activity produced 47 victims across 20 countries, remaining effectively flat quarter by quarter with the secto
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Cyfirma's latest Automotive Industry Report for the second quarter of 2026 rates the sector’s overall cyber risk at 5.0 out of 10, classified as elevated. Drawing on 90 days of telemetry across five threat categories, the analysis reveals a mixed picture of steady ransomware pressure, third-party-driven incidents, and a distinctive pattern of financially motivated activity. Ransomware activity produced 47 victims across 20 countries, remaining effectively flat quarter by quarter with the secto
A hacker recently claimed to have exfiltrated tens of gigabytes of internal development data allegedly belonging to global professional services firm Accenture. The incident became public when a threat actor on the PwnForums forum boasted of compromising the company and stealing 35 gigabytes of data. According to the hacker, the stolen information includes Azure access keys, tokens, configuration files, RSA and SSH keys, and internal source code. As proof of possession, the actor posted a scr
A Florida man who worked as a ransomware negotiator at a US cyber incident response firm has pleaded guilty to conspiring with the BlackCat/ALPHV ransomware group, feeding the attackers confidential information about his own clients while simultaneously negotiating on their behalf. Angelo Martino, 41, of Land O'Lakes, Florida, admitted to providing BlackCat operators with clients' insurance policy limits and internal negotiation strategies without his employer's or clients' knowledge. The oper
