Global Digital Security Incidents
Multiple entities, including the FBI Director, European Commission, McGraw-Hill, Rockstar, and Vercel, have experienced significant data breaches from various threat actors.
January 2011
Hacked emails appear to date from 2011
Stolen personal emails belonging to FBI Director Kash Patel were reportedly taken from an account. The documents covered personal, business, and travel correspondence.
Source ↗December 2022
Hacked emails include correspondence up to 2022
The leaked emails containing personal, business, and travel correspondence dated up to 2022. An independent cybersecurity researcher assisted in the preliminary review of the files.
Source ↗March 2026
Dutch Ministry of Finance confirms system breach
The Dutch Ministry of Finance confirmed that some of its systems were breached in a cyberattack. The breach was detected by the Ministry last week.
Source ↗Iran-linked hackers breach FBI Director Kash Patel’s email
Hacker group Handala Hack Team publicly claimed the breach of FBI Director Kash Patel’s personal email. The group published photographs of Patel and other documents online. A Justice Department official confirmed the breach and stated the published material appeared authentic.
Source ↗Iran-linked hackers breached FBI Director Kash Patel's emails
Hackers connected to the Iranian government accessed FBI Director Kash Patel’s personal email account. The breach involved the publishing of photos and documents from his account.
Source ↗Iranian-linked hackers claim breach of FBI's Kash Patel email
Hackers claiming ties to Iran asserted responsibility for the breach of the personal email account belonging to FBI official Kash Patel. The breach incident was reported on March 27, 2026.
Source ↗European Commission confirms cyberattack; hackers claim data breach
The European Commission confirmed that a cyberattack had occurred. Hackers reportedly stole a significant amount of data from the European Commission's cloud storage.
Source ↗Iran-linked hackers breached FBI director's personal email
Hackers linked to Iran breached the personal email of the FBI director. Excerpts of the contents were published online by the attackers.
Source ↗Iran-linked hackers breach FBI director's email, publish materials
Iran-linked hackers compromised the personal email account of the FBI director. The attackers subsequently published photos and documents obtained through the breach.
Source ↗European Commission confirms data breach after Europa.eu hack
The European Commission confirmed a data breach. The incident occurred after a cyberattack targeted the Europa.eu web platform.
Source ↗April 2026
ShinyHunters breached European Commission cloud infrastructure
CERT-EU confirmed that the hacking group ShinyHunters was responsible for breaching the cloud infrastructure used by the European Commission. The attack resulted in the theft and subsequent leak of approximately 340 GB of data.
Source ↗Alleged breach of National Supercomputing Center data in Tianjin
A hacker allegedly breached the National Supercomputing Center (NSCC) in Tianjin. The breach allegedly resulted in the theft of a dataset containing over 10 petabytes of sensitive information.
Source ↗Hacker group threatens data leak targeting Rockstar Games
A hacker group is currently demanding payment from Rockstar Games. The demand is to prevent the public release of leaked information. This follows an unstated hacking incident.
Source ↗McGraw-Hill confirms data breach via Salesforce misconfiguration
Education company McGraw-Hill confirmed a data breach in a statement. Hackers reportedly exploited a misconfiguration within Salesforce to gain access to internal data.
Source ↗China's Supercomputing Center allegedly suffered data theft
Hackers allegedly stole 10 petabytes of sensitive data from China's National Supercomputing Center. The stolen data reportedly covered 6,000 clients across science and defense sectors.
Source ↗ShinyHunters threatens to leak Amtrak passenger records
The hacking group ShinyHunters claimed the National Railroad Passenger Corporation, Amtrak. They threatened to leak millions of passenger records, including personal information, if a ransom was not paid.
Source ↗Vercel discloses security incident involving data theft
Cloud development platform Vercel announced a security incident. Threat actors claimed to have breached Vercel's systems. The actors were reportedly attempting to sell the stolen data.
Source ↗Medtronic network breached, affecting corporate IT systems
Medtronic disclosed that its network was breached by hackers. The unauthorized access occurred in the company's corporate IT systems.
Source ↗ShinyHunters threatens leak of 1.4 million Udemy records
The extortion group ShinyHunters claimed a data breach affecting Udemy. They threatened to release over 1.4 million records containing private and corporate data.
Source ↗May 2026
Reported data leak on Trump Mobile website
A report suggested that the Trump Mobile website could be exposing customers' private data. The alleged flaw reportedly allows for the leakage of personal details, including names, physical addresses, and emails.
Source ↗Exploit found on Trump Mobile smartphone website
Stephen Findeisen alleged that the Trump Mobile website contained a simple exploit. This exploit allowed entry-level hackers to place fake pre-orders for the T1 smartphone. Furthermore, the exploit allowed viewing of the personal data from previous orders.
Source ↗Exploit found in Donald Trump's T1 smartphone pre-order site
Stephen Findeisen alleged that the Trump Mobile website contains an exploit. This exploit allows entry-level hackers to place fake pre-orders for the T1. Furthermore, the exploit enables viewing of the personal data from previous orders.
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