Bitcoin Depot Reports $3.6 Million Bitcoin Theft After Cybersecurity Breach Bitcoin Depot disclosed that attackers gained unauthorized access to its corporate systems and compromised credentials linked to digital asset settlement wallets. The attackers stole approximately 50.9 BTC, valued at nearly $3.66 million at the time of disclosure. The company detected the breach on March 23,Continue reading “April 2026 Cyber Security Incidents: An Overview”
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March 2026 Cyber Security Incidents: An Overview
European Commission confirms platform data breach — admits ‘data have been taken’ from official websites The European Commission (EC), the executive cabinet of the European Union, has confirmed it suffered a cyberattack in which it lost sensitive data. In an official statement, the Commission said it spotted the intrusion on March 24 2026, when unidentifiedContinue reading “March 2026 Cyber Security Incidents: An Overview”
February 2026 Cyber Security Incidents: An Overview
BridgePay Payment Gateway Hit by Ransomware, Causing Nationwide Outages BridgePay Network Solutions, a major U.S. payment gateway provider, confirmed a ransomware attack caused a widespread outage, disrupting card processing for merchants nationwide. The outage began early on February 6, 2026, around 3:29 a.m. EST with degraded performance in systems like the virtual terminal, reporting, andContinue reading “February 2026 Cyber Security Incidents: An Overview”
Understanding Recent High-Profile Data Breaches and Their Impact in January 2026
Nike Confirms Investigation Into 1.4TB Internal Data Breach Nike disclosed that it is investigating unauthorized access that resulted in the extraction of approximately 1.4 terabytes of internal data. The incident involves a large volume of files taken from internal systems, which signals sustained access rather than a short-lived intrusion. What Data Was Exposed: Nike has notContinue reading “Understanding Recent High-Profile Data Breaches and Their Impact in January 2026”
October 2025: Major Data Breaches and Cyber Attacks
Apple now offers $2 million for zero-click RCE vulnerabilities Apple is announcing a major expansion and redesign of its bug bounty program, doubling maximum payouts, adding new research categories, and introducing a more transparent reward structure. Since the program launched in 2020, Apple has awarded $35 million to 800 security researchers, the company paying $500,000Continue reading “October 2025: Major Data Breaches and Cyber Attacks”
September 2025: Major Data Breaches and Cyber Attacks
Jaguar Land Rover cyberattack deepens, with prolonged production outage, supply chain fallout Jaguar Land Rover (JLR), the U.K.-based automaker owned by Tata Motors, has extended production shutdowns after a cyberattack that disrupted global operations, halted manufacturing, and sent ripples across its supply chain. The company has shut down its IT networks in response to theContinue reading “September 2025: Major Data Breaches and Cyber Attacks”
August 2025: Major Data Breaches and Cyber Attacks
SABC hacked The South African Broadcasting Corporation (SABC) has confirmed that it was the victim of a business email compromise that affected some of its staff’s email accounts. The state-owned broadcaster’s head of communications, Mmoni Ngubane, told MyBroadband that its IT team has secured the compromised mailboxes. “The SABC is aware of a recent emailContinue reading “August 2025: Major Data Breaches and Cyber Attacks”
July 2025: Major Data Breaches and Cyber Attacks
Axis Max Life Insurance Announces Data Breach Axis Max Life Insurance, has reported being notified by an anonymous source about their unauthorized access to some customer information in a data breach. The incident has prompted a comprehensive security assessment and rigorous data log analysis. The company released a statement confirming the initiation of a detailedContinue reading “July 2025: Major Data Breaches and Cyber Attacks”
June 2025: Major Data Breaches and Cyber Attacks
ICC detects and contains new sophisticated cyber security incident Late last week, the International Criminal Court (“ICC” or “the Court”) detected a new, sophisticated and targeted cyber security incident, which has now been contained. This incident, the second of this type against the ICC in recent years, was swiftly discovered, confirmed and contained, through the Court’s alertContinue reading “June 2025: Major Data Breaches and Cyber Attacks”
May 2025: Major Data Breaches and Cyber Attacks
South African Airways hit by cyber attack South African Airways (SAA) has become the latest organisation to fall victim to a cyber attack. In a statement released today, the flagship carrier of South Africa says it has been impacted by a significant cyber incident that began on Saturday, 3 May. According to SAA, the breachContinue reading “May 2025: Major Data Breaches and Cyber Attacks”