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Legal Action Over Coupang Data Breach Escalates as US Investors Join With Claims

February 19, 2026

Major US investors including Greenoaks, Altimeter, Abrams Capital, Durable Capital Partners, and Foxhaven Asset Management have joined a case invoking the U.S.-Korea Free Trade Agreement (FTA) to seek international ISDS arbitration with the South Korean Ministry of Justice over the data breach.

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Cyber Security News

Cyber Attack on Dutch Telecom Giant Odido Exposes Customer Data of 6.2 Million

February 18, 2026

A cyber attack on the largest Dutch telecommunications service provider Odido has leaked extensive customer data of 6.2 million individuals after hackers breached a contact system.

EU flags waving in front of European Commission building showing data breach

Cyber Security News

The European Commission Data Breach Compromises Infrastructure for Managing Mobile Devices

February 17, 2026

The European Commission is investigating a data breach that compromised the infrastructure used to manage mobile devices, which leaked the staff members’ personal information.

Hacker in glasses showing data breach at fintech

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Data Breach at Fintech Company Betterment Leaks PII of 1.4 Million People

February 16, 2026

A data breach stemming from a social engineering attack on the fintech company Betterment has exposed the personal information of 1.4 million individuals.

iPhone being updated showing zero-day vulnerability

Cyber Security News

Apple Patches Ancient Zero-Day Vulnerability Present in iOS for Nearly Two Decades

February 16, 2026

A zero-day vulnerability that has been with iOS since the first iPhone launched has been identified and patched out by Apple, but with the warning that there is evidence it has been exploited in attack chains for quite some time.

Hacker hands on keyboard showing data breach

Cyber Security News

Substack Data Breach Leaks Nearly 700,000 User Records

February 13, 2026

Publishing platform Substack has disclosed a data breach that leaked nearly 700,000 user records after an unauthorized third-party exploited a security flaw.

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Cyber Security News

Massive Data Leak Exposes 8.7 Billion Records From Hundreds of Millions of Chinese Individuals

February 9, 2026

A massive data leak has exposed over 8.7 billion records of primarily Chinese people stored on an unsecured Elasticsearch cluster on bulletproof infrastructure.

Red skull and bone showing Chinese hackers compromised software updates

Cyber Security News

Chinese Hackers Compromised Notepad++ Software Updates For Nearly Half a Year, But Only “Select” Targets Breached

February 9, 2026

Security researchers believe that Chinese hackers are to blame for the attack in part because of the "selective" nature of the targets that were chosen for follow-on compromise via malicious software updates. Notepad++ is a free and broadly popular piece of software that is thought to have tens of millions of users worldwide.

Cyber Security News

Data Leak at Moltbook Exposes Millions of Authentication Tokens and Private Messages

February 5, 2026

Moltbook has been the talk of social media the past week, as its AI agent user base seemingly does everything from conspire against humanity to form new religions. But, relegated to the less sensational world of security news, a data leak has already exposed masses of API authentication tokens, private messages and email addresses.

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Data Privacy News

Lawsuit Claims WhatsApp Chats Do Not Really Have End-to-End Encryption, But NSO Group Connections Raise Doubts

February 5, 2026

A headline-grabbing international lawsuit has cast some doubt on the security of WhatsApp chats, with claims that parent company Meta is not providing true end-to-end encryption and retains the ability to access user conversations internally.

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Legal Action Over Coupang Data Breach Escalates as US Investors Join With Claims

Cyber Attack on Dutch Telecom Giant Odido Exposes Customer Data of 6.2 Million

The European Commission Data Breach Compromises Infrastructure for Managing Mobile Devices

Data Breach at Fintech Company Betterment Leaks PII of 1.4 Million People

Apple Patches Ancient Zero-Day Vulnerability Present in iOS for Nearly Two Decades

Substack Data Breach Leaks Nearly 700,000 User Records

Massive Data Leak Exposes 8.7 Billion Records From Hundreds of Millions of Chinese Individuals

Chinese Hackers Compromised Notepad++ Software Updates For Nearly Half a Year, But Only “Select” Targets Breached

Data Leak at Moltbook Exposes Millions of Authentication Tokens and Private Messages

Lawsuit Claims WhatsApp Chats Do Not Really Have End-to-End Encryption, But NSO Group Connections Raise Doubts

Meta AI Model Joins Hacking Party With Exploit of Third Party Security Vulnerability

AI Agents Turn to Hacking and Deception in AISI Security Tests

Self-Propagating Malware ChainDrop Hits Over 400 NPM Packages in Massive Supply Chain Attack

Russian Hackers Exploit Hotel Wi-Fi Networks to Compromise Microsoft 365 Accounts