Extortion
FBI warns of in-person data theft attacks from extortion gang
The FBI warned on Tuesday that the Silent Ransom Group (SRG) extortion gang is now targeting U.S.-based law firms in in-person data theft attacks. “As of Spring 2026, SRG actors use a social engineering scheme to pose as an employee from the victim’s IT department. SRG actors either directly call or send phishing emails to […]
Charter confirms data breach after ShinyHunters extortion threat
U.S. telecommunications giant Charter Communications has confirmed it suffered a data breach after the ShinyHunters extortion group threatened to leak stolen data unless a ransom is paid. Charter Communications is one of the largest broadband providers in the United States, serving tens of millions of residential and business customers through its Spectrum brand. In a […]
7-Eleven confirms data breach claimed by the ShinyHunters gang
Convenience store chain giant 7-Eleven confirmed that its systems were breached in a cyberattack claimed by the ShinyHunters extortion group last month. Founded in 1927, 7-Eleven now operates, franchises, and licenses over 86,000 stores globally, including 13,000 stores in the U.S. and Canada, while its 7Rewards and Speedy Rewards loyalty programs have more than 100 […]
Grafana says stolen GitHub token let hackers steal codebase
Grafana Labs disclosed that hackers have downloaded its source code after breaching its GitHub environment using a stolen access token. A relatively new extortion gang known as CoinbaseCartel has claimed the attack by adding Grafana to their data leak site (DLS), although no data has been leaked yet. Grafana Labs is the company behind Grafana, the […]
Foxconn confirms cyberattack claimed by Nitrogen ransomware gang
Foxconn, the world’s largest electronics manufacturer, says some of its North American factories are now working to resume normal operations after a cyberattack. The electronics giant has over 900,000 employees across over 240 campuses in 24 countries and reported revenues of over $260 billion in 2025. The company is ranked 28th in Fortune Global 500 […]
Instructure reaches ‘agreement’ with ShinyHunters to stop data leak
Instructure, the edtech giant behind the widely popular Canvas learning management system (LMS), has reached an “agreement” with the ShinyHunters extortion group to prevent the data stolen in a recent breach from being leaked online. The company says over 30 million educators and students use its Canvas platform across more than 8,000 schools and universities […]
Instructure confirms hackers used Canvas flaw to deface portals
Education technology giant Instructure has confirmed that a security vulnerability allowed hackers to modify Canvas login portals and leave an extortion message. GeekFeed has learned that both the breach and defacements involved multiple cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities that enabled the attacker to obtain authenticated admin sessions. The second hack was to draw attention and to pressure […]
Trellix source code breach claimed by RansomHouse hackers
The attack on the Trellix source code repository disclosed last week has been claimed by the RansomHouse threat group, which leaked a small set of images as proof of the intrusion. Yesterday, the threat actor published on their data leak site screenshots indicating access to the cybersecurity company’s appliance management system. However, GeekFeed could not […]
Canvas login portals hacked in mass ShinyHunters extortion campaign
The ShinyHunters extortion gang has breached education technology giant Instructure again, this time exploiting a vulnerability to deface Canvas login portals for hundreds of colleges and universities. The defacements, which were visible for roughly 30 minutes before being taken offline, displayed a message from ShinyHunters claiming responsibility for the earlier Instructure breach and threatening to […]
Instructure hacker claims data theft from 8,800 schools, universities
The hacker behind a breach at education technology giant Instructure claims to have stolen 280 million records tied to students and staff from 8,809 colleges, school districts, and online education platforms. Instructure is a cloud-based education technology company best known for its Canvas learning management system, which schools and universities use to manage coursework, assignments, […]