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Cybersecurity Incident · Asia

Government migrant-worker agency in the Philippines likely suffered a data breach: an unknown operator appears to have exfiltrated about 69GB of SQL Server backups in under 30 minutes, exposing migrant worker data.

Cybersecurity Incident · Asia

Coupang continues to bear costs from a prior-year data breach, with customer compensation and regulatory pressure (a 624.7 billion won FTC fine) weighing on profitability; accumulated operating losses for the first nine months of the year reached 1.83 trillion won.

Cybersecurity Incident · Asia

A China-aligned threat actor (SlippyNunchucks) hijacked DNS requests abusing insecure HTTP communications in the Windows version of Sogou Input Method to deliver the DarkVigil backdoor in a surveillance campaign observed since July 2026.

Cybersecurity Incident · Asia

Nearly 30 Indian investors allege unauthorised access to US-stock brokerage accounts on the Stockal platform, with holdings sold without consent and proceeds moved into Zhibao Technology (ZBAO) shares that later lost about 60% of value. Stockal attributes the access to phishing of customer credentials; DriveWealth, the US brokerage partner holding the accounts, points to security weaknesses at Stockal. Complaints filed with SEBI, the US SEC and Bengaluru police.

Cybersecurity Incident · Asia

Collapsed Australian transcription provider VIQ faces a regulator-acknowledged possible security breach tied to court transcription work performed in India. The OAIC will not pursue the liquidated provider.

Cybersecurity Incident · Asia

Microfinance company Spandana Sphoorty reported a cyber fraud that led to unauthorized transactions of Rs 7.8 crore from a bank account, discovered on a Sunday. Services linked to the fraud were halted and investigations are underway.