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The International Meteor Organization, the nonprofit that coordinates and publishes amateur and professional observations of meteor phenomena, said its infrastructure has suffered a “critical blow” from a cyberattack.
“We recently suffered a cyberattack that dealt a critical blow to aging infrastructure, taking much of our site offline," a static page on its website on Wednesday said. “We expect several weeks of partial downtime as we transition to new infrastructure and services.”
In the meantime, the IMO said it’s prioritizing the reporting of fireball observations, which can be reported here. The organization is also providing some information on its Facebook page.
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A cyberattack on Manchester Airports Group exposed information belonging to about 8.7 million customers across three UK airports.
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The biggest data breaches of 2026 so far, ranked by impact, with details on exposed data, affected users, and what readers should do next.
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Microsoft now recommends installing Windows 11 quality updates within three days, citing AI-driven cyberattacks that can exploit new vulnerabilities faster than ever.
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Apple is releasing some iPhone security fixes earlier as AI raises concerns about faster cyberattacks and shorter patch windows.
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Five Eyes agencies warned that AI could speed cyberattacks within months, raising new risks around prompt injection, phishing, and enterprise AI tools.
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Check Point says VPN zero-day CVE-2026-50751 was exploited by a Qilin-linked actor, prompting emergency hotfixes and a CISA patch deadline.
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Foxconn confirmed a North American cyberattack after Nitrogen claimed it had stolen 11M files tied to major tech customer projects.
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ShinyHunters-linked attackers defaced Canvas portals, disrupting finals week access and exposing SaaS security risks for schools.
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Chaos erupted at schools and colleges throughout the US on Thursday as a cyberattack disrupted online learning platform Canvas just as students were due to take final exams.
Canvas parent company Instructure said that as of Friday morning, the platform was back online. Instructure said it temporarily took Canvas offline on Thursday after identifying unauthorized activity in its network. The threat actor was the same one responsible for a data breach that Instructure disclosed a week ago. Data accessed included user names, email addresses, student ID numbers, and messages exchanged on the platform. The company said it has no indication that passwords, dates of birth, government identifiers, or financial information were involved.
A ransomware group known as ShinyHunters claimed responsibility for the breach on its dark web site. It claimed the data it took came from 275 million people associated with 8,800 schools.
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Robinhood fixed an account-creation flaw that hackers abused to send convincing phishing emails from its own system to some users over the weekend.
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Hasbro is investigating a cyberattack that forced systems offline, warning recovery could take weeks as it works to contain the incident and assess the impact.
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Iran-linked hackers breached FBI Director Kash Patel’s personal email, leaking older messages in a retaliatory cyberattack with no classified data exposed.
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Industrial systems face rising cyber threats as OT security lags modernization. A new survey reveals widespread breaches and growing risks to critical infrastructure.
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A cyberattack disrupted global operations at medical device maker Stryker, knocking employees offline and raising concerns about destructive wiper attacks.
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