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Substack Data Breach: 663,000 Accounts Were Exposed for Four Months Before Anyone Noticed
In October 2025, someone got into Substack’s systems and quietly pulled out data on hundreds of thousands of users. Emails.…
ValueFirst Appeared in a Dark Web Alert. Here’s Why That’s Worth Paying Attention To.
On September 7, 2026, at around 6:16 PM, a dark web intelligence monitoring account called @DailyDarkWeb posted a short alert.…
Google Killed Its Dark Web Report – What to Use Instead
Starting from the 16th of February 2026, Google dark web report shut down its operation completely. This comes after Google…
Sonora Government Portals Allegedly Left Live Database Passwords Sitting in Plain Sight
A threat actor has posted what they claim are publicly accessible WordPress configuration backup files from municipal government portals in…
Berlin Refused to Pay Rhysida’s $2.3 Million Ransom. Here’s Everything That Happened.
A ransomware group broke into Berlin’s government network, sat inside for five days pulling files, and then put 5.79 terabytes…
153 Million Driver’s Licenses Showed Up on the Dark Web. Here’s the Full Story.
You handed your driver’s license to a Hertz agent, a hotel front desk, or a dispensary door scanner. Routine stuff.…
PNLD Breach: The UK Police Data Leak, the ExfilSquad Campaign, and What Nobody Is Telling You
On July 26, 2026, a group nobody had heard of before posted to a dark web leak site and claimed…
Ransom Cartel’s Creator Gets 16 Years — And He Helped Invent the Whole Ransomware Business Model
The man who walked out of cybercrime forums in 2021 with a fresh ransomware operation he called Ransom Cartel didn’t…
Can My Data Be Removed From the Dark Web? The Honest Answer
Are you wondering if your data can be removed from the dark web? No. Once something you own, your email,…
AudiA6 Takedown: Inside the $389 Million Ransomware Laundering Bust
For four years, if a ransomware gang needed to turn stolen crypto into spendable, untraceable cash, there’s a good chance…
Supply-Chain Attacks Show Up on the Dark Web Before They Show Up in the News
Before a hack becomes a headline, it usually starts as something much smaller and much quieter: a post on an…
Torch Engine: What It Actually Is (And How to Use It Safely)
If you typed “torch engine” into Google, there’s a decent chance you’re now looking at results for two completely…
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