Cyberattack
French Interior Ministry confirms cyberattack on email servers
The French Interior Minister confirmed on Friday that the country’s Ministry of the Interior was breached in a cyberattack that compromised e-mail servers. While the attack (detected overnight between Thursday, December 11, and Friday, December 12) allowed the threat actors to gain access to some document files, officials have yet to confirm whether data was […]
Aisuru botnet behind new record-breaking 29.7 Tbps DDoS attack
In just three months, the massive Aisuru botnet launched more than 1,300 distributed denial-of-service attacks, one of them setting a new record with a peak at 29.7 terabits per second. Aisuru is a huge botnet-for-hire service that provides an army of routers and IoT devices compromised via known vulnerabilities or through brute-forcing weak credentials. Internet management and infrastructure […]
French Football Federation discloses data breach after cyberattack
The French Football Federation (FFF) disclosed a data breach on Friday after attackers used a compromised account to gain access to administrative management software used by football clubs. After detecting the unauthorized access, FFF’s security team disabled the compromised account and reset all user passwords across the system. However, before they were detected and evicted from […]
Jaguar Land Rover cyberattack cost the company over $220 million
Jaguar Land Rover (JLR) published its financial results for July 1 to September 30, warning that the cost of a recent cyberattack totaled £196 million ($220 million) in the quarter. The cyberattack was announced on September 2, 2025, forcing the British carmaker to shut down production at major plants and send its staff home. A follow-up […]
U.S. Congressional Budget Office hit by suspected foreign cyberattack
The U.S. Congressional Budget Office (CBO) confirms it suffered a cybersecurity incident after a suspected foreign hacker breached its network, potentially exposing sensitive data. In a statement shared with GeekFeed, CBO spokesperson Caitlin Emma confirmed the “security incident” and said the agency acted quickly to contain it. “The Congressional Budget Office has identified the security incident, […]
University of Pennsylvania confirms data stolen in cyberattack
The University of Pennsylvania has confirmed that a hacker breached numerous internal systems related to the university’s development and alumni activities and stole data in a cyberattack. In a new statement, Penn confirmed GeekFeed’s reporting that the hackers breached its systems using compromised credentials, stating they were stolen in a social engineering attack. “On October 31, Penn discovered that […]
Japan’s largest brewer suspends operations due to cyberattack
Asahi Group Holdings, Ltd (Asahi), the brewer of Japan’s top-selling beer, has disclosed a cyberattack that disrupted several of its operations. According to the company, the incident has affected its ordering and shipping activity, which have been completely suspended. Call center operations and customer service desk are currently unavailable to the public due to the cyberattack. Asahi […]
UK govt backs JLR with £1.5 billion loan guarantee after cyberattack
The UK Government is providing Jaguar Land Rover (JLR) with a £1.5 billion loan guarantee to restore its supply chain after a catastrophic cyberattack forced the automaker to halt production. The loan guarantee is provided through the UK Export Finance’s Export Development Guarantee (EDG) program, which reduces the risk for lenders by covering the majority of […]
Harrods suffers new data breach exposing 430,000 customer records
UK retail giant Harrods has disclosed a new cybersecurity incident after hackers compromised a third-party supplier and stole 430,000 records with sensitive e-commerce customer information. In a statement for GeekFeed, the luxury department store noted that the latest incident is not related to the May cyberattack, which was attributed to Scattered Spider. Back in May, Harrods was the target […]
UK arrests suspect for RTX ransomware attack causing airport disruptions
The UK’s National Crime Agency has arrested a suspect linked to a ransomware attack that is causing widespread disruptions across European airports. The NCA stated that the arrest was made following an investigation into the cyberattack that impacted Collins Aerospace’s Multi-User System Environment (MUSE) passenger processing software. “NCA officers, supported by the South East ROCU, […]