Ahmedabad Cyber Crime Police arrested a 19-year-old student from Bihar for attempting to divert NEET-UG 2026 fee refunds to his accounts. The accused targeted 350 accounts, exploiting weak passwords in 150, but NTA's security systems helped foil the large-scale fraud.
Visual Arts, the company behind the game brand "Key," announced on June 4th that personal information, including customer names, addresses, and supplier My Numbers, may have been leaked due to unauthorized access. The leak was discovered after master data for the new game "anemoi" was found on an overseas site.
CBSE's re-evaluation portal faced multiple cyberattack attempts, including a denial-of-service attack, but remained operational. The board reported 1.5 million hits in two minutes and over one lakh unauthorized access attempts, while still processing thousands of student applications.
Cybersecurity researchers claim NTA's re-examination portal has vulnerabilities, potentially exposing administrative and user data. The allegations follow scrutiny of CBSE's digital evaluation system.
GitHub confirmed a cyberattack involving unauthorized access to internal repositories after a threat actor claimed to be selling company data. The breach was linked to a poisoned VS Code extension on an employee device.
GitHub is investigating unauthorized access to its internal repositories following a compromise of an employee's device via a poisoned VS Code extension. A hacking group, TeamPCP, claims responsibility and is reportedly selling the data online.
GitHub is investigating unauthorized access to its internal repositories after a hacker group claimed to have stolen approximately 4,000 repositories. The company stated that there is no evidence of customer data or repositories being affected at this time.
Ahead of May 4 vote counting in West Bengal, TMC and BJP have flagged multiple security concerns at EVM strongrooms. At Barasat Govt College, CCTV monitors went blank for 17 minutes, prompting TMC protests. BJP reported incidents in Salt Lake and Burdwan, alleging unauthorized strongroom access. The Election Commission has launched investigations into all complaints.
Trinamool Congress has raised concerns with the Election Commission regarding alleged CCTV blackouts and unauthorized access to EVM strongrooms. BJP dismissed these claims as tactics by a party anticipating defeat. TMC representatives reported seeing individuals inside sealed rooms without party agents present, fueling suspicion ahead of counting day.
Security arrangements for vote counting in Kolkata involve three-layer protection with 1,500 CAPF and Kolkata Police personnel guarding 22 strong rooms across 7 counting centres. Armed CAPF personnel will protect the innermost layer while Kolkata Police handles the two outer layers. Over 200 companies of CAPF have been requisitioned across the state for 294 strong rooms.
Anthropic is investigating a claim that unauthorized users accessed its Claude Mythos cyber-security model through a third-party vendor environment. The model, deemed too powerful for public release, was accessed via a private forum according to Bloomberg. The access was likely through misuse of existing credentials rather than a hack. UK cybersecurity officials emphasized that advanced AI tools could be a net positive if properly secured, while warning that frontier AI development is currently centered outside the UK in US and Chinese companies.
Booking.com has confirmed a data breach where unauthorized third parties accessed customer booking information, including names and contact details. The company stated that financial information was not compromised and that affected users have been notified.
