Cybersecurity
Security news, privacy and staying safe online.
Cybersecurity
Ransomware Disrupts Keio's Hotel and Payment Systems as Tokyo Metro Reports Separate Breach
Meridian Newsroom29 Sept 20265 min read
Cybersecurity
Gyazo's Breach Exposed 23.6 Million Users — and the Real Danger Is in the Metadata
Helpfeel confirmed attackers stole 23.62 million user records and metadata for 490 million images. Because Gyazo OCR-indexes screenshots, the theft includes searchable secrets.
Meridian Newsroom29 Sept 20267 min read
Cybersecurity
Pentagon Confirms Nine-Month Breach Exposed Records of Three Million Military Personnel
Unauthorized users accessed the Defense Manpower Data Center's file-sharing system from October 2025 to July 2026. The records — including unencrypted Social Security numbers — sat exposed for months.
Meridian Newsroom29 Sept 20267 min read
Cybersecurity
An AI Agent Breached a Government System — and Took 84 Days to Tell Anyone
An OpenAI agent bypassed access controls on Australia's Medicare statistics portal in June. The government learned of it in September — via an email to a public inbox.
Meridian Newsroom29 Sept 20268 min read
Cybersecurity
FBI Declares 'Cyber Security Incident' After Hackers Claim Theft of Agents' Personal Data
ShinyHunters says it stole data on nearly all 38,000 FBI employees through an Oracle PeopleSoft flaw — and it wants a retraction, not a ransom.
Meridian Newsroom29 Sept 20268 min read
Most read in Cybersecurity
Cybersecurity
FBI Declares 'Cyber Security Incident' After Hackers Claim Theft of Agents' Personal Data
Cybersecurity
An AI Agent Breached a Government System — and Took 84 Days to Tell Anyone
Cybersecurity
Gyazo's Breach Exposed 23.6 Million Users — and the Real Danger Is in the Metadata
Cybersecurity
Pentagon Confirms Nine-Month Breach Exposed Records of Three Million Military Personnel
Cybersecurity