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A teenage hacker, a Boeing spin-off, and the Oracle flaw tying them together
Jordanian authorities have detained the alleged leader of ShinyHunters as the group tried to extort a former Boeing aviation unit, using a critical Oracle PeopleSoft bug now on CISA's must-patch list.

Jordan Detains Alleged ShinyHunters Member 'Rey' in FBI-Linked Operation
A suspect tied to the prolific extortion crew is reportedly cooperating with U.S. investigators after a September arrest.

ShinyHunters Claims FBI Hack Exploiting Oracle Flaw
The cybercrime group says it breached FBI systems using a critical Oracle software vulnerability. The FBI is investigating the claim.

FBI and CISA warn critical infrastructure operators to rein in third-party ICS integrators
A new joint fact sheet asks water, power and manufacturing operators to lock down the outside engineers who quietly run their control systems.

FBI warns foreign hackers raided a US industrial contractor for SCADA blueprints
A March-April 2025 intrusion at an industrial automation firm netted around 800 files on power and transport customers, and the FBI is telling critical infrastructure to rethink how much access it hands to outside integrators.

US Agencies Say Chinese AI Firms Are Stealing From American Models at Industrial Scale
A joint NSA, CISA and FBI advisory names DeepSeek, Alibaba, Moonshot AI, MiniMax, StepFun and Z.AI as running organised campaigns to copy the inner workings of Claude, GPT, Gemini and Grok.

Six Black Axe Members Extradited from South Africa Over $6 Million Romance Scam
Six Nigerian nationals landed in the United States on September 11, 2026, to face federal fraud charges after five years in a Cape Town jail. Their alleged network drained more than $6 million from over 100 American women through fake online romances.

North Korea's Fake-Employee Scheme Now Recruits Workers From Iran and Lebanon
What began as a North Korean operation to sneak remote workers into U.S. tech companies has grown into a multinational scheme, with recruits now drawn from Iran and Lebanon.

US, UK and Dutch Agencies Reveal Iranian Surveillance Tool That Hides Inside Telegram
A joint government report names 'Chosen Brick', a spying program linked to Iranian operators that uses Telegram to receive stolen data and issue commands.

CISA Tells Critical Infrastructure Operators to Plan How They'll Talk When the Systems Go Dark
New joint guidance from CISA, the FBI and international partners spells out what utilities and hospitals should say to the public during a major IT or industrial outage, and how to say it before rumours fill the gap.

The US just seized the servers behind China's hacking-for-hire empire
A private Chinese company quietly ran shared attack tools for state hackers targeting NASA, the Federal Reserve, and US hospitals. The FBI just pulled the plug.

Dark web store is selling 153 million US and Canadian drivers licence scans, FBI opens probe
A criminal marketplace called Nexus is hawking front-and-back photos of drivers licences, with timestamps pointing at a Louisiana identity verification firm used by car rental counters and cannabis dispensaries.

Five Venezuelans Admit to ATM 'Jackpotting' Plot That Cost US Banks Millions
The men tried to force cash machines in Kansas to spit out cash using malware. Surveillance cameras caught them, and federal prosecutors say they are part of a wider wave that stole more than $20 million last year.

Man Posed as NFL Player to Steal $1.3 Million from 26 Women Across Four States
Federal prosecutors say Daejon Love used dating apps, fake investment accounts, and a made-up San Francisco 49ers identity to run a romance fraud that took over a million dollars from victims in Oregon, Washington, Idaho and California.

Two Nigerian men extradited to US over sextortion scams linked to teen suicides
Adebola Festus Adekunle and Mudasiru Afeez Olawale face life sentences after a joint operation tied them to blackmail schemes that ended in the deaths of two American minors.