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News Data Breaches
Four Japanese companies disclosed incidents between 8 and 9 October 2026 that together may have exposed data on more than 30 million customer records. Causes include a ransomware attack on SoftBank cloud subsidiary IDC Frontier and malware on a contractor's PC.
Jaydeep Bhatt
News Cyber Attacks
CrowdStrike says a likely financially motivated, Chinese-speaking attacker used the ARTEX AI pentesting agent and AI coding tools in a campaign against South Korean financial institutions. Shinhan Bank says about 25,000 customers were affected; Korean police are investigating.
Jaydeep Bhatt
News Data Breaches
Unauthorised parties obtained the names, addresses and CPR numbers of about 8.8 million people from Denmark's Central Person Register, the Danish government said on 5 October 2026. They misused a private Danish company's lawful right to search the register; that access has been stopped and police are investigating.
Jaydeep Bhatt
News Cyber Attacks
South Korean authorities have launched an investigation into a series of cyberattacks that exposed customer information at multiple financial firms. President Lee Jae Myung said details have emerged suggesting possible AI use in some hacking incidents, but authorities have not disclosed the specific AI tools involved or established the full scope of AI's role.
Jaydeep Bhatt