- School IT systems 'largely restored' after cyber attack 2026-04-17 12:08 BBC In an update on Friday the EA said 414,000 user accounts - including pupils, teachers and non-teaching staff - have been successfully reconnected, bringing the system back to close to normal levels of operation.
- IT system for Northern Ireland schools ‘largely restored’ following cyber attack 2026-04-17 11:57 The Roscommon Herald By Rebecca Black, Press Association An IT system for Northern Ireland schools has been “largely restored” following a cyber attack, the Education Authority has said. The C2k system was targeted in the attack earlier this month. On Thursday, a 16-year-old …
- Data Breach Hits GTA V and Red Dead Redemption 2 Maker Rockstar Games 2026-04-17 11:31 CPO Magazine Rockstar Games has confirmed a “limited” data breach stemming from a third-party cloud provider, following threats from prolific hackers to leak the stolen information online. The game developer owns several billion-dollar blockbuster titles, including Red …
- More than half of Scotland’s small businesses ‘vulnerable’ to cyber-attack and what needs to be done 2026-04-17 10:49 The Scotsman The stark findings follow high-profile cyber-attacks on major UK businesses such as Jaguar Land Rover and Marks & Spencer. One in eight small businesses in Scotland has experienced a cyber-attack and more than half fear they could be vulnerable to a …
- Microsoft Warns of macOS Attack Using Fake Job Interviews and AppleScript Malware 2026-04-17 09:58 WindowsReport.com Microsoft has revealed a highly targeted macOS attack campaign that used fake recruiter outreach and malicious interview lures to steal sensitive data from victims. The company says the operation, linked to threat actor Sapphire Sleet, relied more on …
- CoW Swap Phishing Attack Costs $1.2M as Domain Weakness Exploited 2026-04-17 09:02 CryptoNewsZ CoW Swap has reported a loss of 1.2 million in the April 14 domain attack. The attack did not compromise the platform or the protocol. The issue is now resolved and the team is looking for compensation plans. The decentralized exchange CoW Swap has …
- North Korea Cyber Attacks: How DPRK Hackers Are Using Phishing and Social Engineering 2026-04-17 08:31 Home Business Magazine - Minnesota Introduction The rise of shumali korea—commonly referring to North Korea—as a cyber power has become one of the most concerning developments in global cybersecurity. While traditionally known for its military posture, North Korea has increasingly shifted …
- Global Hotel Giant Booking.com Hit by Customer Data Breach: Is Your Information Safe? 2026-04-17 07:21 Retail News Asia Travel booking platform, Booking.com, recently experienced a data breach, potentially exposing user data to unauthorized individuals. This discovery was made following the observation of suspicious activities related to several reservations. The …
- Ukrainian emergency services and hospitals hit by espionage campaign using new AgingFly malware 2026-04-17 05:45 The Record Hackers have targeted Ukrainian hospitals and local government bodies in a new espionage campaign using a malware tool dubbed AgingFly, researchers say. Ukraine’s computer emergency response team (CERT-UA) said the activity was carried out by a group …
- Veeam Report Reveals a Market-Wide Shift from Recovery Confidence to Proven Data Resilience Amid Ransomware Threats and AI adoption 2026-04-17 05:17 Mid East Information New Veeam Data Trust and Resilience Report finds 90% of security leaders believe they can recover quickly but only 28% fully restore data after a ransomware attack DUBAI, UAE, April, 2026 — Veeam® Software, the Data and AI Trust Company, today released …
- Serious concerns for Nigerian businesses as CAC confirms cyberattack, system breach 2026-04-17 02:54 Legit News The Corporate Affairs Commission confirmed a cyberattack on parts of its systems Users have been advised to update passwords and monitor their accounts The incident could disrupt business registrations and filings across Nigeria Oluwatobi Odeyinka is a …
- Lemonade To Pay $10.5M In Driver's License Data Breach Suit 2026-04-17 02:21 Law360 By Gina Kim ( April 16, 2026, 9:20 PM EDT) -- Lemonade will pay $10.5 million to settle with a proposed class of over 190,000 individuals who said the tech-forward insurer's online quote platform negligently disclosed their drivers' license numbers …
- Cinia Taps Nokia for Real-Time Network-Wide DDoS Detection and Mitigation 2026-04-17 02:13 The Fast Mode Nokia announced it is partnering with Cinia, a leading Finnish provider of critical connectivity and cybersecurity services, to deliver an advanced Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) protection solution. This collaboration establishes a new managed …
- Data Breach Alert: Edelson Lechtzin LLP Investigates Cookeville Regional Medical Center Data Breach 2026-04-17 01:59 EIN Presswire COOKEVILLE, Tenn., April 16, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Edelson Lechtzin LLP, a national class action law firm, is investigating data privacy claims arising from the Cookeville Regional Medical Center data breach. Key Facts About Cookeville Regional Medical …
- Sanctioned Russian-linked crypto exchange halts operations after $13 million cyberattack 2026-04-17 01:53 The Kyiv Independent A sanctioned cryptocurrency exchange with ties to Russia said April 16 it has suspended operations after a cyberattack resulted in the theft of more than 1 billion rubles (13.1 million dollars) in assets. Grinex, based in Kyrgyzstan but linked to Russia, …
- Russian Sanctions-Evasion Crypto Exchange Suspends Operations After $13M Cyberattack 2026-04-17 01:51 UNITED24 Media Grinex, a Russian cryptocurrency exchange utilized heavily for sanctions evasion, has suspended operations after losing over 1 billion rubles ($13 million) in what it claims was a massive cyberattack orchestrated by foreign intelligence agencies, The …
- Expert Needed To Gauge Fault For Cyberattack, Panel Told 2026-04-17 00:51 Law360 By Brian Steele ( April 16, 2026, 3:47 PM EDT) -- Connecticut law firm Mancini Provenzano & Futtner LLC told a state appellate panel Thursday that a lower court should not have awarded a former client more than $90,000 on a negligence claim arising …
- Ransomware disrupts Autovista's systems 2026-04-16 22:42 SC Magazine UK-based automotive data and analytics firm Autovista has disclosed that operations of its European and Australian systems have been impacted by a ransomware attack, reports The Register. Additional details regarding the attack vector involved remain …
- Cookeville Regional Medical Center hospital data breach impacts 337,917 people 2026-04-16 22:36 Security Affairs Cookeville Regional Medical Center hospital data breach impacts 337,917 people A ransomware attack on Cookeville Regional Medical Center hospital (Tennessee) exposed data of 337,000 people after hackers stole 500GB of sensitive information from its systems …
- Data Breach at Booking.com Exposes Customer Information 2026-04-16 22:07 CPO Magazine Booking.com is notifying users of a data breach that exposed their personal information after threat actors accessed “certain booking information.” The Amsterdam, Netherlands-based booking platform has served over 6.8 billion customers since 2010, …
- Thousands of drivers can pursue claim against Arnold Clark over data breach, judge rules 2026-04-16 21:39 STV News A judge has given permission for around 15,000 drivers to pursue a US-style class action compensation claim against Arnold Clark over a dark web data breach. Lord Sandison has allowed thousands of consumers to bring group proceedings at the Court of …
- European police email 75,000 people asking them to stop DDoS attacks 2026-04-16 21:25 TechCrunch A coalition of global law enforcement agencies have sent emails to more than 75,000 alleged cybercriminals who paid for a service to launch cyberattacks that can knock websites offline. On Thursday, Europol announced the coordinated operation against …
- Europol’s Mass Email Blitz: 75,000 DDoS Users Get Direct Warnings in Global Crackdown 2026-04-16 21:20 WebProNews Law enforcement agencies across 21 countries fired off more than 75,000 warning emails and letters to suspected DDoS attackers this week. The recipients? People who paid for ‘booter’ and ‘stresser’ services to flood websites offline. Operation PowerOFF, …
- One year on from the M&S cyber attack: What did we learn? 2026-04-16 20:35 Computer Weekly Over the four-day Easter weekend of 18 to 21 April 2025, customers of British high street fixture Marks & Spencer (M&S) took to social media in droves to lament an apparent outage that was causing disruption to in-store contactless payments. At …
- Mirax Android malware turns infected phones into residential proxy nodes 2026-04-16 20:13 VPNCentral A newly documented Android malware family called Mirax is targeting users through fake streaming and IPTV lures spread with paid ads on Meta platforms. Cleafy says the malware has appeared in campaigns since March 2026 and can steal credentials, take …
- Exposed X credential-stuffing botnet left its own control panel wide open 2026-04-16 20:13 VPNCentral A credential-stuffing botnet aimed at X accounts appears to have exposed its own command panel to the open internet, letting outsiders view worker-server details, attack statistics, and account-checking activity in real time. Public reporting says the …
- Hackers abuse Obsidian plugin to launch Windows and macOS malware in finance-focused campaign 2026-04-16 20:13 VPNCentral Attackers have found a new way to turn a trusted productivity app into a malware delivery tool. Elastic Security Labs says a campaign it tracks as REF6598 abuses Obsidian’s community plugin system, specifically the Shell Commands plugin, to execute …
- Attackers are skipping phishing emails and going straight after Okta access 2026-04-16 20:13 VPNCentral Attackers are changing their playbook. Instead of sending phishing emails and waiting for someone to click, many now go after the identity layer directly. New research from LevelBlue says one of the fastest-growing initial access techniques it is seeing is …
- Booking.com confirms customer data breach after hackers accessed reservation information 2026-04-16 20:13 VPNCentral Booking.com has confirmed a data breach that exposed some customers’ reservation information, and the biggest immediate risk now looks like targeted phishing. The company said unauthorized third parties may have accessed booking details tied to certain …
- W3LL phishing kit takedown disrupts global credential theft and MFA bypass operation 2026-04-16 20:13 VPNCentral The FBI and Indonesian authorities say they have dismantled the infrastructure behind the W3LL phishing kit, a phishing-as-a-service operation tied to large-scale credential theft and more than $20 million in attempted fraud. The FBI’s Atlanta field office …
- Fake Proxifier installer on GitHub spreads ClipBanker malware that hijacks crypto transfers 2026-04-16 20:13 VPNCentral A new malware campaign is using a fake Proxifier installer hosted through GitHub to infect users with ClipBanker, a clipboard-hijacking trojan built to steal cryptocurrency. Kaspersky says the operation starts with a search for “Proxifier,” where victims …
- BMC South's ER was slammed after Brockton Hospital cyberattack 2026-04-16 19:29 The Enterprise - Massachusetts
- Booking.com Faces Data Breach: Customer Information Exposed to Cybercriminals 2026-04-16 19:15 The Edvocate In a troubling development for both the travel industry and its customers, Booking.com has confirmed a significant data breach that has exposed sensitive information of its users to hackers. The breach, which was reported on April 14, 2026, has raised …
- Cinia, Nokia partner to secure Finland’s critical infra against DDoS 2026-04-16 19:15 Mobile Europe Nokia is to partner Cinia, a Finnish provider of critical connectivity and cybersecurity services, to protect the country’s critical infrastructure against Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) cyber attacks. Infrastructure run by Cinia includes …
- About 15,000 drivers can pursue Arnold Clark data breach claim 2026-04-16 19:01 BBC Solicitors Jones Whyte, which has its headquarters in Glasgow, said it had also been contacted by more than 1,000 people who may have been affected and that this number was "continuing to rise by the day".
- UAC-0247 Targets Ukrainian Clinics and Government in Data-Theft Malware Campaign 2026-04-16 18:29 The Hacker News Ravie LakshmananApr 16, 2026Malware / Threat Intelligence The Computer Emergencies Response Team of Ukraine (CERT-UA) has disclosed details of a new campaign that has targeted governments and municipal healthcare institutions, mainly clinics and …
- New FBI warning reveals phishing attacks hitting private chats 2026-04-16 18:13 Fox News Kurt 'The CyberGuy' Knutsson shares practical ways to avoid falling victim to AI-generated phishing scams and discusses a report that North Korean agents are posing as I.T. workers to funnel money into the country's nuclear program. NEWYou can …
- Officials seize 53 DDoS-for-hire domains in ongoing crackdown 2026-04-16 18:04 CyberScoop Authorities from 21 countries took down 53 domains and arrested four people allegedly involved in distributed denial-of-service operations used by more than 75,000 cybercriminals, Europol said Thursday. The globally coordinated effort dubbed “Operation …
- Russia-linked Grinex crypto exchange suspends operations after cyber attack 2026-04-16 17:56 Yahoo Finance MOSCOW, April 16 (Reuters) - Russia-linked sanctioned crypto exchange Grinex said on Thursday it had suspended operations after assets worth 1 billion roubles ($13.10 million) were stolen during a cyber attack. Grinex, which is based in Kyrgyzstan but …
- Fake Claude AI Installer Targets Windows Users with PlugX Malware 2026-04-16 17:54 Hackread Cybersecurity experts from Malwarebytes have found a malicious new campaign where scammers use the popularity of Anthropic’s AI tool Claude to spread malware. Reportedly, hackers made a fake website that looks just like the official one from Anthropic and …
- Sweden reports cyberattack attempt on heating plant amid rising energy threats 2026-04-16 17:46 Security Affairs Sweden reports cyberattack attempt on heating plant amid rising energy threats Sweden says a pro-Russian group attacked a heating plant in 2025. The failed cyberattack highlights growing threats to Europe’s energy infrastructure. Sweden has blamed a pro- …
- What “The Pitt” Gets Right About Ransomware and What Hospitals Can’t Afford to Ignore 2026-04-16 17:43 Security Magazine As many viewers tune in for the season finale of The Pitt, the show’s ransomware storyline appears to be wrapping up. Systems come back online, clinicians return to patient care, and the hospital moves forward. In reality, the story doesn’t end when the …
- AI platform n8n abused for stealthy phishing and malware delivery 2026-04-16 17:43 Security Affairs AI platform n8n abused for stealthy phishing and malware delivery Attackers abuse AI automation platform n8n to run phishing campaigns, deliver malware, and evade security by using trusted infrastructure. Threat actors are exploiting the popular AI …
- Sweden Points Finger at Russia Over Thwarted Cyberattack on Thermal Power Plant 2026-04-16 16:54 Technology Org Swedish officials have pinned a failed attack on one of the country’s thermal power plants on hackers tied to Russian intelligence services. Key Takeaways: Sweden’s civil defense minister publicly attributed the attempted intrusion to hackers linked to …
- UK court jails Nigerian couple over £433,000 tax scam linked to major TfL data breach 2026-04-16 16:18 Prompt News Online A United Kingdom court has sentenced a Nigerian couple, Luciana and Femi Akanbi, to three years and nine months’ imprisonment each for orchestrating a multi-layered tax fraud scheme that drained over £433,000 from public funds, in what authorities …
- Fraudulent emails used to target businesses in phishing scam 2026-04-16 16:16 KTXS - Texas ABILENE, Texas — The Better Business Bureau (BBB) is warning businesses across the Big Country about a phishing scam involving fraudulent complaint emails. The fake BBB emails use urgent language and deceptive links to obtain sensitive information. …
- Cinia offers managed DDoS protection using Nokia Deepfield Defender 2026-04-16 15:44 Telecompaper Nokia said it has tied up with Cinia to bring to market a Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) protection under a managed security service provider (MSSP) model. Cinia will offer customers fully managed DDoS protection around the clock using Nokia …
- Ballia: Two cops suspended over sextortion charge by rape victim 2026-04-16 15:41 Hindustan Times Two police inspectors in Ballia district have been suspended after a rape victim alleged that one of them sought sexual favours in exchange for filing a chargesheet against her alleged rapist, officials said. Representational image (Sourced) An FIR has …
- See If You Qualify For The $117M Comcast Data Breach Settlement 2026-04-16 15:36 1520 The Ticket - Minnesota I have a friend who is constantly disappointed when he hears about a settlement being paid out to (pick your group of people) by (insert company that wants all this to go away) because the company did (insert bad or illegal thing here) and wants to throw …
- Russia hits European thermal power plant in attempted ‘destructive’ cyberattack – Pro-Kremlin hackers are engaging in ‘riskier and more reckless behavior’ in latest attempt to cripple Western critical infrastructure 2026-04-16 15:15 TechRadar Follow us Add us as a preferred source on Google Newsletter Tech Radar Pro Are you a pro? Subscribe to our newsletter Sign up to the TechRadar Pro newsletter to get all the top news, opinion, features and guidance your business needs to succeed! You are …