At least one organization in Southeast Asia
October 1, 2025
•[ espionage, APT activity, vulnerability exploitation ]
BleepingComputer summarized Check Point research on a newly tracked actor Amaranth Dragon, linked to China-aligned APT activity, which exploited WinRAR CVE-2025-8088 in espionage operations against government and law enforcement entities in Singapore, Thailand, Indonesia, Cambodia, Laos, and the Philippines. The actor used geofenced infrastructure and a custom loader to deliver encrypted payloads (including Havoc and a newer TGAmaranth RAT using Telegram for C2). Because the article is campaign/threat-research reporting without a discrete, named victim event record and bounded impacts, event_type and event_subtype are coded as NA for CED incident purposes.
Substack
October 1, 2025
•[ phishing, data leak, unauthorized access ]
Substack notified users of a data breach after it identified evidence on February 3, 2026 that an unauthorized third party accessed limited user data in October 2025. Substack stated that credit card numbers, passwords, and financial information were not accessed. The company did not disclose how access was obtained, but said it fixed the system issue that enabled it and warned users to be cautious of phishing. Reporting cited a database allegedly containing 697,313 records posted to a hacking forum, consistent with exposure of emails, phone numbers, and internal account metadata.
University of La Sapienza
February 5, 2026
•[ cyberattack, operational disruption, network shutdown ]
La Sapienza University in Rome reported that its IT infrastructure was targeted by a cyberattack that caused widespread operational disruption. The university announced it ordered an immediate shutdown of network systems as a precaution to protect data integrity and security, and formed a technical task force while notifying authorities. As of the report, the universitys website remained offline and ongoing status updates indicated continued recovery work. Public reporting did not confirm data theft; the primary documented effect is the deliberate shutdown and resulting loss of availability for key university network services.
Spain's Ministry of Science (Ministerio de Ciencia)
February 5, 2026
•[ cyberattack, data leak, IDOR vulnerability ]
Spains Ministry of Science partially shut down IT systems and suspended ongoing administrative procedures following what it called a technical incident, later reported by Spanish media as related to a cyberattack. A threat actor using the alias GordonFreeman claimed responsibility, posted samples, and offered allegedly stolen ministry data for sale. The attacker claimed an IDOR vulnerability enabled credential access and full admin-level access, but BleepingComputer noted it could not independently confirm all claims. The confirmed impact is significant service disruption for citizen/company-facing procedures, with credible indications of data compromise based on posted samples.
Flickr (via an undisclosed third-party provider)
February 5, 2026
•[ data leak, third-party risk, phishing ]
Flickr notified users of a potential data breach after a vulnerability in a system operated by one of its third-party email service providers may have allowed unauthorized access to member information. Flickr said it was alerted on February 5, 2026 and shut down access to the affected system within hours. The company stated that passwords and payment card numbers were not compromised. Exposed data may include real names, email addresses, usernames, account type, IP address, general location, and platform activity; Flickr urged vigilance for phishing and recommended changing passwords on other services if reused.
An undisclosed critical infrastructure company in Zambia
November 1, 2025
•[ espionage, phishing, vulnerability exploitation ]
BleepingComputer summarized Unit 42 research on a state-aligned espionage group tracked as TGR-STA-1030/UNC6619 conducting global operations dubbed Shadow Campaigns. The report said the actor compromised at least 70 government and critical infrastructure organizations across 37 countries and conducted reconnaissance activity targeting government entities connected to 155 countries during NovDec 2025. The article describes initial access via tailored phishing (Mega-hosted archives) and exploitation of multiple known vulnerabilities, use of webshells and tunneling tools, and a custom Linux eBPF rootkit (ShadowGuard), but it does not provide a single discrete victim organization record with a specific primary effect suitable for one CED event entry.
Australian Treasury Department
November 1, 2025
•[ cyber espionage, phishing, Shadow Campaigns ]
BleepingComputer summarized Unit 42 research on a state-aligned espionage group tracked as TGR-STA-1030/UNC6619 conducting global operations dubbed Shadow Campaigns. The report said the actor compromised at least 70 government and critical infrastructure organizations across 37 countries and conducted reconnaissance activity targeting government entities connected to 155 countries during NovDec 2025. The article describes initial access via tailored phishing (Mega-hosted archives) and exploitation of multiple known vulnerabilities, use of webshells and tunneling tools, and a custom Linux eBPF rootkit (ShadowGuard)
European Commission
January 30, 2026
•[ cyberattack, data leak, vulnerability exploitation ]
The European Commission disclosed it detected traces of a cyberattack on January 30, 2026 targeting its central infrastructure used to manage staff mobile devices. The Commission said the incident may have resulted in access to staff names and mobile phone numbers for some employees, but it had not found evidence that managed mobile devices themselves were compromised. The Commission stated its response contained and cleaned the system within nine hours. The article notes the Commission did not disclose the initial access method, but the incident appeared linked to attacks exploiting vulnerabilities in Ivanti Endpoint Manager Mobile (EPMM).
SmarterTools
January 29, 2026
•[ ransomware, network intrusion, vulnerability ]
SmarterTools confirmed that the Warlock ransomware gang breached its network after compromising a single SmarterMail virtual machine set up by an employee and not kept updated. The company said the intrusion began January 29, 2026 and that the attackers waited about a week before attempting encryption, but security controls reportedly prevented encryption, impacted systems were isolated, and data was restored from backups. SmarterTools stated business applications and customer account data were not impacted.
An undislosed organization
January 16, 2026
•[ vulnerability exploitation, command-and-control, persistence ]
BleepingComputer reported that threat actors exploited critical SolarWinds Web Help Desk (WHD) vulnerabilities (including CVE-2025-40551 and CVE-2025-26399) in a campaign believed to have started around January 16, 2026, targeting at least three organizations. Attackers used the access to deploy legitimate tools (Zoho ManageEngine Assist, Cloudflare tunnels, Velociraptor) for persistence and command-and-control.
An undislosed cryptocurrency company
February 10, 2026
•[ malware, cryptocurrency, AI-generated video ]
BleepingComputer reported that North Korean threat actor UNC1069 ran tailored campaigns using AI-generated video and the ClickFix technique to deliver malware for macOS and Windows to targets in the cryptocurrency sector, with a financially motivated objective.
An undislosed organization
February 11, 2026
•[ ransomware, persistence, evasion ]
BleepingComputer reported that a member of the Crazy ransomware gang abused legitimate employee monitoring software and the SimpleHelp remote support tool to maintain persistence, evade detection, and prepare for ransomware deployment in victim networks.
At least one Bitcoin owner
February 15, 2026
•[ cryptocurrency, phishing, malicious javascript ]
BleepingComputer described a campaign where threat actors abused Pastebin comments to distribute a ClickFix-style attack that tricks cryptocurrency users into executing malicious JavaScript in their browser. The technique enables attackers to hijack crypto swap transactions and redirect funds to attacker-controlled wallets.
Canada Goose
August 1, 2025
•[ data leak, third-party breach, customer records ]
BleepingComputer reported that Canada Goose was investigating after ShinyHunters leaked more than 600,000 customer records. Canada Goose said it had not found evidence its own systems were breached and believed the data related to past customer transactions. ShinyHunters told BleepingComputer the dataset was unrelated to recent SSO attacks and claimed it originated from a third-party payment processor breach and dates back to August 2025. The exposed data was described as including purchase history plus device/browser information and order values; it did not appear to include full payment card numbers.
BridgePay Network Solutions
February 7, 2026
•[ ransomware, payment outage, credit card payments ]
Government Technology reported that multiple public-sector entities experienced credit card payment outages after BridgePay Network Solutions suffered a ransomware attack that caused a systemwide outage of its payment services. BridgePay said services remained unavailable while it worked with internal and external specialists and federal authorities (including the U.S. Secret Service and FBI) on investigation and recovery.
Werkstatt Bremen
February 12, 2026
•[ ransomware, cyberattack ]
Following a cyberattack on a municipal company in Bremen , the IT systems of the police evidence unit were also affected. The public prosecutor's office is investigating, a spokesperson said, confirming reports from Radio Bremen and the "Weser Kurier." The attack involved ransomware.
Dutch Data Protection Authority (Autoriteit Persoonsgegevens, AP) and the Council for Justice
February 1, 2026
•[ vulnerability, data leak, employee personal information ]
Dutch media reporting summarized by DataBreaches stated that a vulnerability in Ivanti Endpoint Manager Mobile (EPMM), used by government agencies, allowed unauthorized third parties to access employee personal information at multiple Dutch agencies, including the Dutch Data Protection Authority and the Council for Justice. The exposed information was described as employee names, email addresses, and phone numbers; the number of affected employees was still under investigation at the time of reporting.
Dr. F.H. Wigmore Regional Hospital patients
July 1, 2024
•[ insider threat, unauthorized access, privacy breach ]
Saskatchewans Information and Privacy Commissioner found a privacy breach at Dr. F.H. Wigmore Regional Hospital where an emergency department unit clerk inappropriately accessed their own health record and the records of 98 other people, for a total of 102 accesses between July 2024 and June 2025. The decision found the employee also disclosed information learned from records in at least two instances, including sharing private health information with a co-worker and texting a family member about another relatives hospital admission.
Conpet
February 4, 2026
•[ cyberattack, ransomware, data breach ]
Romanias national oil pipeline operator Conpet said a cyberattack disrupted parts of its technology infrastructure and knocked its website offline earlier in the week, while operational technology systems (including SCADA and telecoms) remained functional and oil transport operations were not affected. Conpet did not confirm a data breach or name the attacker, but the Qilin ransomware group listed Conpet on its leak site and claimed to have stolen nearly one terabyte of data, publishing images of alleged internal documents, financial records, and passport scans. Conpet said it took immediate mitigation steps, worked with national cybersecurity authorities, and filed a criminal complaint.
At least one European official
February 9, 2026
•[ social engineering, scams, QR-code device linking ]
Social engineering against Signal users using fake support scams and QR-code device linking to spy on targets.
