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North Korea's army of world-class hackers is secret weapon that took down Binance

"There is no other country grooming hackers like this, systematically searching for the smartest children, solely to turn them into operatives," North Korean defector Kim Heung-kwang said.

Binance logo and hacker code are seen in this illustration taken October 30, 2026.
FILE PHOTO: Representations of cryptocurrencies are seen in front of displayed Binance logo in this illustration taken November 10, 2022.

Binance: Hackers used fake job interview, AI tool to gain access to computers, steal $6.3 billion

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National Cyber Directorate issues warning to Israeli retail chains after European stores hacked

A handful of Swedish supermarkets saw temperatures in their refrigerators and freezers soar early November 2, 2026, two chains said, forcing them to throw away spoiled food three weeks after a similar incident in France attributed to hackers.

Cyberattack on supermarket fridges sweeps across Europe, one month after similar incident in France


Hackers hit Ukraine, Russia's emergency apps, send fake nuclear, chemical attack alerts

All-clear messages were sent shortly afterward for each alert, and Ukraine's Ministry for Digital Transformation said the app had been temporarily suspended.

This photograph shows a smartphone with its screen displaying notifications from emergency alert app "Air Alert", in Kyiv, on November 2, 2026, amid the Russian invasion of Ukraine.

North Korean hackers behind $6.3 billion Binance crypto theft, Blockchain analysis firm TRM says

An initial investigation suggested the breach may have started with a hacked laptop belonging to one of Binance's engineers.

FILE PHOTO: Representations of cryptocurrencies are seen in front of displayed Binance logo in this illustration taken November 10, 2022.

Leak website releases data on tens of thousands of DHS employees

DHS said in a statement it was "aware of a potential breach and is actively working to address the situation swiftly and effectively."

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Government websites go dark after AI-discovered flaw sparks security scramble

Developers of the PHP programming language said Tuesday they had identified two critical vulnerabilities and urged users to update their sites as soon as a fix was released.

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‘The user is hacking himself’: How AI exposes Israel’s political inner circles - analysis

The Urich leak raises concerns about AI-assisted programming, third-party messaging services, and the potential for personal accounts to expose sensitive political communications.

ILLUSTRATION of cybercrime and hacking activity with a laptop displaying a pirate symbol.

Online ads helped deliver Israeli spyware to devices visiting Al Jazeera, 120,000 websites

Its services gave Candiru, a spyware company blacklisted by the US government, and other surveillance firms access to advertising platforms run by Google, Comcast, Russia's Yandex, and others.

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Hackers heat French supermarket fridges, sparking fires, spoiling food

Les Mousquetaires, owner of retailer Intermarché, said fridges at around 150 of its stores were heated to 50 degrees Celsius overnight for six hours.

View of the closed frozen food aisle at a supermarket near Nantes after a cyberattack targeted refrigeration systems at French supermarket chains, causing food losses and fires at several stores, France, October 12, 2026.

Hackers use security cameras to track troops, military targets in Israel, Ukraine - report

One incident highlighted in the investigation involved a poultry farmer in northern Israel who discovered that the language settings on a camera overlooking his chicken coop had changed to Arabic.

A surveillance camera is pictured in Raagsved, south of Stockholm, Sweden, on August 31, 2026.

Key ShinyHunters hacker detained in Jordan after FBI breach, is cooperating, sources say

The FBI declined to comment on any specific arrest or activity abroad but said that the bureau "continues to aggressively investigate the recent Cyber incident allegedly involving ShinyHunters."

FBI agents monitor suspicious activity; illustrative.

AI system attempts to hack into Canadian government website, continuing worldwide automated attacks

"We do not confidently attribute these attempts to OpenAI, but they exhibit tactics consistent with prior observed agent activity that we have attributed to OpenAI in a similar timeframe."

OpenAI logo and Canadian flag are seen in this illustration taken, September 28, 2026.