Cybersecurity Incident

Bybit suffered an alleged $1.5 billion ETH theft attributed to North Korea; a US court has frozen associated assets.

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Kaiser Permanente patient suffered wrongful hysterectomy due to pathology lab sample labeling error and misidentification, resulting in false cancer diagnosis and months of unnecessary treatment

Leadership read: A breach is a governance event before it is a technical one. For Kaiser Permanente in Healthcare, the hiring consequence is rarely more engineers; it is senior accountability, security, risk and data governance reporting high enough to change decisions. Across Americas, watch whether the response is a hire or a…

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Point72 was targeted in a social engineering campaign by threat actor UNC6671, in which attackers impersonated IT help desk staff via phone calls to employees' personal devices, attempting to steal credentials and MFA tokens for unauthorized cloud access.

Leadership read: A breach is a governance event before it is a technical one. For Point72 in the sector, the hiring consequence is rarely more engineers; it is senior accountability, security, risk and data governance reporting high enough to change decisions. Across Americas, watch whether the response is a hire or a contractor; that…

curated · 2026-08-07 · context →

Two Sigma was targeted in a social engineering campaign by threat actor UNC6671, in which attackers impersonated IT help desk staff via phone calls to employees' personal devices, attempting to steal credentials and MFA tokens for unauthorized cloud access.

Leadership read: A breach is a governance event before it is a technical one. For Two Sigma in the sector, the hiring consequence is rarely more engineers; it is senior accountability, security, risk and data governance reporting high enough to change decisions. Across Americas, watch whether the response is a hire or a contractor…

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Hackers devised phishing websites targeting employee credentials at CME Group and multiple other major financial institutions and private equity firms. Attack coordinated by threat actors operating under names including Redact, Pink, Falcon and Helix.

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Levi Strauss & Co. confirmed that hackers used social engineering to compromise three employees and steal corporate data from their machines.

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Hackers targeted Blackstone and other US private equity and financial firms with phishing websites designed to steal employee passwords

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Hackers devised phishing websites targeting employee credentials at Bridgewater Associates and multiple other major financial institutions and private equity firms. Attack coordinated by threat actors operating under names including Redact, Pink, Falcon and Helix.

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Hackers devised phishing websites targeting employee credentials at Moody's and multiple other major financial institutions and private equity firms. Attack coordinated by threat actors operating under names including Redact, Pink, Falcon and Helix.

curated · 2026-08-07 · context →

ShinyHunters breached Abbott's cancer diagnostics business (Exact Sciences, acquired earlier in 2026) via vishing attack. 10.9M email addresses and sensitive health information dumped after ransom demand declined. Incident disclosed July 16; full data leak published August 7.

Leadership read: A breach is a governance event before it is a technical one. For Abbott in MedTech, the hiring consequence is rarely more engineers; it is senior accountability: security, risk and data governance reporting high enough to change decisions. Across Americas, watch whether the response is a hire or a contractor; that…

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Hackers devised phishing websites targeting employee credentials at KKR and multiple other major financial institutions and private equity firms. Attack coordinated by threat actors operating under names including Redact, Pink, Falcon and Helix.

curated · 2026-08-07 · context →

Hackers devised phishing websites targeting employee credentials at Apollo Global Management and multiple other major financial institutions and private equity firms. Attack coordinated by threat actors operating under names including Redact, Pink, Falcon and Helix.

curated · 2026-08-07 · context →