Optimizely
February 11, 2026
•[ voice-phishing, social engineering, data leak ]
Attackers associated with the ShinyHunters cybercriminal group used a voice-phishing social engineering attack to gain access to Optimizelys internal systems and CRM environment. Approximately 10,000 client organizations were affected, with exposed data including business contact information such as names, email addresses, and phone numbers.
Westport Public Schools email account
February 2, 2026
•[ phishing, email hijacking, data leak ]
Student-submitted personal info via linked Google Form: name, email address, home address, date of birth, grade level, and bank name","Westport Public Schools reported that a district staff email account (identified as a Spanish teachers account) was hijacked on a Friday afternoon and then used to send a phishing email to students in grades K12 with the subject line Employment Program For Westport Public Schools. The message advertised a work-from-home employment program connected to Feed the Children and included a linked Google Form encouraging students to apply. Because the email originated from an internal staff account, it bypassed normal email restrictions and reached student inboxes across the district, including Staples High School. District officials said the technology department removed all copies of the email from the school system and began identifying students who clicked the link and may have submitted personal information; families of students who filled out the form were contacted directly and advised to monitor accounts for fraud. Officials stated no district systems were breached beyond the single compromised email account and that student school-issued accounts remained secure.
North Ferry Company
February 18, 2026
•[ ransomware, operational disruption, payment system ]
An editorial in the Riverhead News-Review stated that North Ferry Companys payment system froze under a ransomware attack the prior week, preventing customers from paying online while the FBI and U.S. Secret Service investigated. The piece uses the incident to argue local governments and businesses on Long Islands North Fork should treat ransomware as a recurring risk, referencing earlier attacks such as Southold Towns pre-Thanksgiving ransomware disruption. The editorial does not provide the exact attack date, ransomware group, access vector, or whether any data was stolen, but it describes a confirmed operational disruption to the ferry companys payment system consistent with ransomware.
Scholengemeenschap Bonaire (SGB)
February 20, 2026
•[ ransomware, phishing, data theft ]
Antilliaans Dagblad reported that Scholengemeenschap Bonaire (SGB) was hit by an international ransomware attack, discovered internally after multiple servers failed to start. Europol reportedly informed police about the broader international attack around the same time. Initial analysis indicated one data server used mainly for archive files was infected, and a relatively small portion of data on that server was stolen; investigators were assessing whether the stolen archive files included personal data. SGB said regular education operations were not impacted because key systems ran in a secured cloud environment (including student/admin platforms and Microsoft Office), and it stated usernames/passwords were not stolen. The school reported filing a police report and notifying the BES data protection oversight body, and required staff and students to change passwords and remain vigilant for phishing.
Greenland websites (multiple) during Danish/Greenland context
February 20, 2026
•[ DDoS, hacktivism, cyberattack ]
Portuguese-language reporting (from wire coverage) described Denmark denouncing multiple cyberattacks against websites in Greenland, characterized as distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) incidents. The reporting stated the activity was attributed to the pro-Russian hacktivist group NoName057(16) and occurred amid heightened geopolitical attention around the Arctic. The coverage emphasized availability disruption rather than data compromise, indicating the main impact was temporary unavailability or degraded access to targeted public-facing sites.
Greenland government-related websites (multiple)
February 20, 2026
•[ DDoS attack, hacktivism, service disruption ]
Greenland media reported that several Greenlandic websites were hit by DDoS attacks on February 20, 2026. Naalakkersuisut stated it was monitoring the situation and assessed that the attacks were not dangerous or harmful to data, but could disrupt availability for short periods. Separate reporting around the same incident attributed the DDoS activity to the pro-Russian hacktivist collective NoName057(16). The confirmed primary effect described is temporary service availability disruption rather than data theft.
PayPal
July 1, 2025
•[ data exposure, software error, personally identifiable information ]
PayPal disclosed that a software error in its PayPal Working Capital (PPWC) loan application exposed sensitive personal information, including Social Security numbers, for nearly six months in 2025. The exposure window was reported as beginning July 1, 2025 and ending when PayPal fixed/rolled back the problematic code and blocked further access on December 13, 2025. PayPal stated it notified affected customers and offered credit monitoring, and reporting noted some accounts showed unauthorized activity that PayPal said it reimbursed. The incident was characterized as a data exposure caused by an application error rather than a compromise of PayPals broader systems.
Local entities in the Cayman Islands (malicious PDF campaign)
February 19, 2026
•[ phishing, malware, email security ]
RCIPS warned that a malicious PDF was being sent to local entities from a compromised email address. The PDF contained a VIEW PDF link that, when clicked, installs malware; authorities stated they were already aware of some local systems being compromised because recipients clicked the embedded link. The public advisory provided guidance to treat unexpected PDFs as suspicious, avoid clicking the embedded link, and report incidents.
University of Mississippi Medical Center (UMMC)
February 20, 2026
•[ ransomware, operational disruption, healthcare ]
UMMC reported a ransomware attack triggered its emergency operations plan and forced it to cancel all clinic appointments and elective procedures at locations statewide while it assessed the intrusion and worked to restore systems. Public reporting described broad impacts to phone and electronic systems and significant disruption to patient care workflows, with staff reverting to manual processes. UMMC stated it was working with federal authorities (including the FBI) and external experts to investigate scope and recover operations; reporting at the time did not confirm whether patient data was exfiltrated, but the primary confirmed effect was major operational disruption across the health system.
CarGurus
February 13, 2026
•[ data breach, social engineering, vishing ]
TechRadar reported that ShinyHunters claimed to have breached CarGurus and stolen about 1.7 million corporate records, threatening to release the data by a stated deadline. The report linked the claim to a broader wave of social-engineering vishing attacks used to obtain employee credentials/MFA codes and then access SSO dashboards (Okta/Entra/Google) and downstream applications. At the time of reporting in the article, CarGurus had not publicly confirmed the breach details, the precise intrusion window, or exactly what categories of data were taken beyond the actors claim, so this record reflects an alleged data-theft event pending independent confirmation.
youX
February 15, 2026
•[ unauthorized access, data leak, exfiltration ]
youX (Australian finance technology platform) confirmed unauthorized access by a third party after a threat actor released data it claimed to have obtained during the incident. Public reporting said youX had flagged an IT security incident about a week earlier and that personal information may have been compromised. External threat reporting associated the incident with a large-scale exfiltration claim (hundreds of gigabytes) affecting borrowers and broker organizations, consistent with data-theft extortion behavior. The companys public statements centered on incident response actions, engagement with external experts, and regulatory notification while it worked to determine the precise scope and which individuals and organizations were impacted.
Advantest Corporation
February 19, 2026
•[ ransomware, unauthorized access, incident response ]
Advantest disclosed it detected unusual activity in its IT environment on February 15, 2026 (JST) and activated incident response, isolating affected systems and engaging external cybersecurity experts. Preliminary findings indicated an unauthorized third party may have accessed parts of the companys network and deployed ransomware. Advantest stated the investigation was ongoing and it had not yet confirmed whether customer or employee data was affected; it said it would notify impacted persons if data exposure is confirmed. The public reporting focused on containment and restoration actions and did not describe prolonged manufacturing shutdowns or downstream customer impacts.
OpenClaw / ClawHub ecosystem (AI assistant skills) – multi-victim campaign
February 19, 2026
•[ infostealer, AI assistant security, credential theft ]
This TecMundo report describes security researchers warning about OpenClaw, a malware operation that, for the first time, is reported to specifically steal secrets tied to an AI assistant ecosystem (tokens/APIs/other assistant-related data). The article frames the activity as a broad distribution campaign (malicious skills/add-ons and infostealer behavior) that can compromise a victims digital identity by extracting authentication artifacts and credentials used to access accounts and services.
French national bank accounts database (FICOBA) / Ministry of Economy and Finance
January 18, 2026
•[ data leak, stolen credentials, unauthorized access ]
Frances Ministry of Economy and Finance stated that part of the national database listing bank accounts in France was illegally accessed, exposing information linked to about 1.2 million accounts. The ministry said that starting in late January 2026, a malicious actor used stolen credentials belonging to an official to access part of the database. The exposed data includes bank details (RIB/IBAN), identity and address of the account holder, and in some cases a tax identification number. Authorities said they restricted access, stopped the intrusion, and notified banks to warn customers to be vigilant.
40 Danish websites (ministries, municipalities, businesses; incl. Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Rejsekort named in reporting)
January 7, 2026
•[ DDoS, Russian hacker groups, politically motivated disruption ]
Reporting cited by Denmarks CPH Post said Russian hacker groups carried out DDoS attacks over the prior month against around 40 Danish websites belonging to ministries, municipalities, and companies. The attacks aimed to overload systems and made several sites inaccessible for hours. The report referenced affected entities including Denmarks Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Rejsekort, consistent with politically motivated disruption rather than data theft.
Boniface Mwangi (Kenyan activist)
July 1, 2025
•[ spyware, surveillance, data extraction ]
An AFP/Digital Journal report said Kenyan activist Boniface Mwangi feared for his life after learning spyware was installed on his phone while it was in police custody following his July 2025 arrest. The article cited Citizen Lab findings that a surveillance tool linked to Cellebrite technology enabled Kenyan police to access extensive content on the device, including messages, private files, financial information, passwords, and other sensitive data. The report describes state-enabled device compromise/data extraction rather than an enterprise network breach.
Teixeira Cândido (Angolan journalist) / Syndicate of Angolan Journalists context
May 3, 2024
•[ spyware, Predator, mobile infection ]
Amnesty Internationals Security Lab reported forensic confirmation that Intellexas Predator spyware successfully infected the iPhone of Angolan journalist and press freedom activist Teixeira Cndido on May 4, 2024 after he opened a malicious link sent via WhatsApp. Amnesty said the attacker could have gained wide access to device data (including messages and files) and that the infection appears to have been removed after the phone was restarted later that day. The investigation described multiple additional infection links sent afterward that did not appear to succeed. Attribution to a specific government customer was not made in the public report.
Washington Hotel chain (Fujita Kanko)
February 13, 2026
•[ ransomware, unauthorized access, point-of-sale system issues ]
A ransomware incident impacted the Washington Hotel chain in Japan, with Fujita Kanko reporting that unauthorized access to some servers was detected on February 13, 2026. The company said it took protective measures to cut off attacker access, formed an internal task force, and engaged police and outside cybersecurity experts. The company confirmed unauthorized access to business data on servers, while stating customer information tied to the external Washington Net system was believed unaffected at the time. Some hotels experienced point-of-sale system issues, but the company reported no major business disruption overall.
LIGA.net
February 12, 2026
•[ DDoS, intrusion attempts, vulnerability probing ]
Ukrainian outlet LIGA.net reported it was experiencing massive DDoS attacks and ongoing intrusion attempts for five days. The organization said attacks originated primarily from China, Russia, and Vietnam and that attackers were systematically probing for vulnerabilities to access internal site management systems. LIGA.net stated no unauthorized access to internal systems occurred and that readers might encounter additional verification steps or temporary difficulty accessing the site due to heightened defenses.
Choisir le Service Public (French civil service recruitment platform)
February 4, 2026
•[ data leak, personal data theft, phishing risk ]
Frances official civil-service recruitment platform Choisir le Service Public disclosed a security incident that resulted in the theft of personal data for 377,418 registered candidates. The stolen dataset includes standard identifiers (name, address, phone, date of birth, email) and more detailed professional/education profile fields that can enable highly targeted phishing and fraud. The platform stated passwords were not compromised and CVs/attachments were not taken. In response, some features (candidate space access and direct-application functionality) were temporarily disabled for several days, authorities were notified, and a complaint was planned.
