Chinese spies are using LinkedIn to lure Westerners into sharing sensitive information

The advisory warns that Chinese spies are using public job search platforms to recruit people with access to non-public information.

The worst hacks and breaches of 2026 (so far)

From a massive DOGE data breach and the hacking of critical energy and water systems to the hack of an FBI surveillance system, here are the most damaging security incidents and data breaches of 2026.

Password manager Dashlane says hackers stole some customers’ password vaults

The password manager giant said hackers were able to ‘brute-force’ its two-factor system, allowing them to access customer accounts and download their password vaults.

7-Eleven data breach affects over 185,000 people’s personal data

The data breach included names, dates-of-birth, postal addresses, and Social Security numbers, according to a state government listing.

GitHub says hackers stole data from thousands of internal repositories

The code hosting giant GitHub said it was investigating a breach, but said there was no evidence of customer data theft.

NYC Health and Hospitals says hackers stole medical data and fingerprints during breach affecting at least 1.8 million people

The New York public healthcare system said hackers stole personal and medical data, and scans of biometrics — including fingerprints — in one of the largest recorded breaches of 2026.

Open source tool maker Grafana Labs says hackers stole its code, refuses to pay ransom

The open source project said hackers stole its codebase and threatened to publish its source code if the company did not pay.

US lawmakers demand answers from Instructure after Canvas data breaches

U.S. House lawmakers want to know how hackers broke into education tech giant Instructure twice, and stole reams of data from students who use the company’s flagship student data software Canvas.

Google says AI is being abused at industrial scale for cyberattacks, and it just thwarted one

Google thwarted the first confirmed AI-powered cyberattack, where hackers used AI to find and exploit an unknown software flaw.

Police arrest SMS blaster crew that sent malicious messages to thousands across Toronto

Toronto police said this is the “first known instance” of an SMS blaster being used in Canada.