Nicholas Robert

Europol's Operation PowerOFF sent 75,000 warning letters to DDoS-for-hire customers across 21 nations, seized 53 domains, and built a 3-million-account enforcement database.

Policy & Government

Europol Operation PowerOFF Sends 75,000 Warning Letters to DDoS-for-Hire Customers Across 21 Nations

Operation PowerOFF enters its prevention phase — 75,000 warning letters to identified DDoS-for-hire customers, 53 domains seized, 4 arrests, and 3 million criminal accounts as a persistent enforcement asset.

FBI Operation Winter SHIELD launched a nine-week nationwide campaign distilling 10 proven defensive controls from real-world investigations into ransomware and nation-state intrusions.

Policy & Government

Operation Winter SHIELD: The FBI Is Telling You Exactly What to Fix — And Why Most Organizations Still Get Breached

The FBI's Operation Winter SHIELD distills 10 proven defensive controls from real-world investigations — and its central message is blunt: most organizations are breached because they don't implement what they already know works.

Ransomware

Inc Ransom Ransomware Breach at Sandhills Medical Exposes 169,017 Patients — Notified 12 Months Later

Sandhills Medical Foundation discloses a ransomware breach by Inc Ransom affecting 169,017 patients — nearly 12 months after the attack was detected and 10 months after stolen data was published publicly.

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France Arrests 15-Year-Old "breach3d" for Hacking ANTS National ID Agency — 11.7 Million Accounts Exposed

Europol Operation PowerOFF Sends 75,000 Warning Letters to DDoS-for-Hire Customers Across 21 Nations

FBI Warns Cyber-Enabled Cargo Theft Surged to $725M in 2025 — Hackers Are Hijacking Freight Before It Leaves the Dock

Krebs Investigation: Anti-DDoS Firm Huge Networks Found Enabling Botnet That Attacked Brazilian ISPs

ShinyHunters Claims 9.4M Amtrak Records via Salesforce — 2.1M Accounts Confirmed on Have I Been Pwned

Massachusetts Fines Fidelity $1.25M for IDOR Breach That Exposed 77,000 Customers' SSNs and Financial Records

Operation Winter SHIELD: The FBI Is Telling You Exactly What to Fix — And Why Most Organizations Still Get Breached

NoName057(16): How Russia Gamified DDoS Attacks on Europe with Crypto Rewards

Silver Fox Uses New ABCDoor Backdoor to Target Organizations in Russia and India via Tax Impersonation

Inc Ransom Ransomware Breach at Sandhills Medical Exposes 169,017 Patients — Notified 12 Months Later

Novel China-Linked Group Shadow-Earth-053 Found Lurking in Critical Networks Across Poland and Asia

Iran-Linked Handala Leaks 2,379 US Marines' Data and Sends Chilling WhatsApp Threats