Brandi Makuski reports: Stevens Point officials are investigating a possible cyberattack after several city computer servers went offline early Wednesday, disrupting municipal phone and email services and leaving employees unable to access some city systems. District 4 Councilwoman Andrea Olson said city IT employees notified staff and council members of a cyberattack in a 6:51...

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Maggie Mullen reports: The Wyoming Judicial Branch says it’s awaiting more details regarding the scope of a cybersecurity breach of a third-party software company that may have included a decade’s worth of data from the state’s court system. West Publishing Corporation, which the Wyoming Supreme Court and Wyoming district courts previously used for case management,...

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Kudos to WBTV for following up on an astute observer’s vulnerability report. David Hodges reports: North Carolina residents summoned for jury duty received notice through a letter in the mail but to request an exemption from jury duty in North Carolina, a person can go online and fill out a jury excuse form. Zach Duda...

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Joseph Cox reports: The catastrophic hack of at least thousands of FBI officials’ personal data, including their addresses, phone numbers, and even their spouses, includes members of the FBI’s secretive hacking team, potentially revealing who exactly is in that unit, 404 Media has found. The findings further highlight how sensitive the stolen data is, and...

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Joseph Cox reports: A high profile hacking group claims it has breached multiple FBI-related services and stolen data “on all FBI employees and applicants.” A representative of the group, called ShinyHunters, told 404 Media the data includes FBI agents’ names, home addresses, phone number, and information on their spouse. The data breach could be massively...

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Joseph McCarty reports: A Kansas county’s government says it has been hit by a ransomware attack. Ellis County discovered the attack on parts of its information technology systems Thursday morning. Officials said they “immediately took steps to contain the disruption” by isolating the affected systems and enlisting the help of cybersecurity experts. The county said...

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As part of DataBreaches.net’s ongoing investigation into the Navigate360 breach, this report covers approximately 94,000 unclassified but sensitive tips submitted through P3 Global Intel apps and websites used by the military. What has Homeland Security done in response to the breach?  When the Navigate360 breach first broke, DDoSecrets.org called it “BlueLeaks 2.0” because of the...

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Choi Won-woo reports: Internal data amounting to 1,894 cases from the Korean-type heavy ion accelerator ‘Raon,’ built with a state budget of 1.5 trillion Korean won [USD $1,080,038,017.50 at today’s rates] was confirmed to have been leaked externally. The estimated time of the leak is 2022, and the Institute for Basic Science (IBS) Heavy Ion...

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JiJi Press reports: Japan’s Digital Agency said Friday that about 246,000 sets of personal information, including the names and email addresses of government employees, may have been compromised through the unauthorized access of a network system operated by the agency. So far, no secondary damage such as the misuse of the possibly breached personal information...

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DysruptionHub reports: Everett, Massachusetts, closed City Hall to the public Tuesday after a cybersecurity incident affected its internal network and technology systems, shifting most essential employees to another municipal building. The city said in a Monday announcement that it discovered the incident Sunday evening and began working with its technology team and cybersecurity professionals. It did not...

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New York State Comptroller DiNapoli recently released some municipal audits, three of which concerned cybersecurity. The following are excerpts from the public versions of the audits. Town of Wilton – Cybersecurity (2026M-48) Audit Period January 1, 2024 – August 8, 2025 Understanding the Audit Area The Town had 56 full-time and 13 part-time employees during...

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Nation.Cymru reports: Sensitive personal information relating to current and former Natural Resources Wales employees has been exposed in a data breach. The public body said a spreadsheet containing employee information had been inadvertently published on its website, potentially revealing details including ethnicity, disability status, religion, sexual orientation and caring responsibilities. The breach affects people who...

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Joe Kurzewski reports: A criminal investigation is underway after data associated with the North Dakota Supreme Court was affected by a breach of a third-party vendor used by the court. According to a news release, the North Dakota Court System was informed in late July that C-Track experienced a data breach that may have involved...

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DysruptionHub raised the suspicion flag yesterday,  but couldn’t get a straight answer from DOD as to whether refrigeration outages at 14 commissaries represented a cyberattack. The Military Times fared no better: With more than a half-dozen commissaries on military bases in the continental U.S. reporting refrigeration outages this week, the Pentagon is acknowledging the problem...

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Abigail Ham reports: The U.S. Department of Veteran’s Affairs says some veterans getting services through the White River Junction, Vt. healthcare system may have had their personal information exposed in an unintentional data breach. Earlier this summer, several unencrypted communications with personal health information of veterans were sent, a release from the department said Friday....

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WXOW in Minnesota reports: Winona County paid more than $128,000 following a January ransomware attack, according to a county news release. The county said it negotiated and paid $128,539.57 with assistance from its insurance carrier after ransomware was detected on its computer network Jan. 22, 2026. Officials said the decision was made after consultation with...

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As many people have heard by now, the Qilin ransomware group claimed to have attacked the ATF. As is their regular practice, they provided no proof of their claims.  Today, the ATF has issued a statement that sheds light on the incident and what ATF has found so far: WASHINGTON – The Bureau of Alcohol,...

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Jonathan Greig reports; Chinese government hackers used tools known as “QScan” and “QTRouter” to breach multiple federal agencies since 2018, the Department of Justice said in announcing the takedown of the platforms on Wednesday. The tools were run by China-based Nanjing Xinjiuwei Network Technology Company and used primarily by China’s Ministry of State Security and...

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Hudson Rock’s InfoStealers has an interesting story. From their Executive Summary: In May 2023, an infostealer infected a computer belonging to the Military Police Investigation Section in Suluk, northern Syria – a unit of the Turkish-backed Syrian National Army (SNA). The malware took saved passwords, cookies and a live Telegram session. Then its file-grabber module reached...

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WSFB reports: State officials say a data breach involving the Connecticut Medicaid program’s provider portal exposed payment and claims information tied to roughly 41,000 HUSKY Health members. The Connecticut Department of Social Services said Gainwell Technologies, which serves as the state’s fiscal agent for the Medicaid program, first detected the breach on June 25, 2026,...

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