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Hackmanac @hackmanac.com · May 27

🚨 𝗪𝗲𝗹𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗲 𝘁𝗼 𝗛𝗮𝗰𝗸𝗺𝗮𝗻𝗮𝗰 - 𝗬𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗦𝗼𝘂𝗿𝗰𝗲 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗦𝘁𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗲𝗴𝗶𝗰 𝗖𝘆𝗯𝗲𝗿 𝗧𝗵𝗿𝗲𝗮𝘁 𝗜𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗹𝗹𝗶𝗴𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗲 🚨

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Hackmanac @hackmanac.com · 58m

💡 Stay ahead with strategic, actionable cyber threat intelligence and discover more on hackrisk.io!

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Hackmanac @hackmanac.com · 58m

🌍 𝗥𝗲𝗽𝘂𝗯𝗹𝗶𝗰 𝗼𝗳 𝗞𝗼𝗿𝗲𝗮 is the most impacted country of the week (5.63, +20%), followed by USA (5.32, +7%), and France (5.22, +6%)
💣 𝗦𝗰𝗮𝘁𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗲𝗱 𝗟𝗮𝗽𝘀𝘂𝘀$ 𝗛𝘂𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗿𝘀 is the most dangerous Threat Actor (5.81%) and the 2nd new entry of the week, followed by Gunra (5.72), 3rd new entry, and Qilin (5.24, -1%)

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Hackmanac @hackmanac.com · 58m

📊 𝟮𝟰𝟰 cyber attacks analysed (+2% compared to previous week)
📉 Global average ESIX©: 𝟰.𝟲𝟮 (0%)
🏥 𝗛𝗲𝗮𝗹𝘁𝗵𝗰𝗮𝗿𝗲 is the most impacted industry (Weighted Avg. ESIX© 5.27, +3%), followed by Energy / Utilities (5.26), first new entry of the week, and ICT (5.22, +12%)

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Hackmanac @hackmanac.com · 58m

📈 𝗪𝗲 𝘀𝘁𝗮𝗿𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗺𝗼𝗻𝘁𝗵 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝗼𝗻𝗹𝘆 𝗿𝗶𝘀𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝗿𝗲𝗻𝗱𝘀, 𝘀𝘁𝗮𝗯𝗹𝗲 𝗘𝗦𝗜𝗫© 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘀𝗼𝗺𝗲 𝗻𝗲𝘄 𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗿𝗶𝗲𝘀, 𝗺𝗼𝘀𝘁 𝗼𝗳 𝗮𝗹𝗹 𝗮𝗺𝗼𝗻𝗴 𝗧𝗼𝗽 𝗧𝗵𝗿𝗲𝗮𝘁 𝗔𝗰𝘁𝗼𝗿𝘀. 𝗡𝗼𝘁𝗮𝗯𝗹𝗲 𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀: 𝗢𝗿𝗴𝗮𝗻𝗶𝘇𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀 (+𝟭𝟰%) 𝗶𝗻 𝗧𝗼𝗽 𝗜𝗺𝗽𝗮𝗰𝘁𝗲𝗱 𝗜𝗻𝗱𝘂𝘀𝘁𝗿𝗶𝗲𝘀, 𝗥𝗲𝗽𝘂𝗯𝗹𝗶𝗰 𝗼𝗳 𝗞𝗼𝗿𝗲𝗮 (+𝟮𝟬%) 𝗶𝗻 𝗧𝗼𝗽 𝗜𝗺𝗽𝗮𝗰𝘁𝗲𝗱 𝗖𝗼𝘂𝗻𝘁𝗿𝗶𝗲𝘀 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗦𝗶𝗻𝗼𝗯𝗶 (+𝟭𝟭%) 𝗶𝗻 𝗧𝗼𝗽 𝗜𝗺𝗽𝗮𝗰𝘁𝘂𝗳𝘂𝗹 𝗧𝗵𝗿𝗲𝗮𝘁 𝗔𝗰𝘁𝗼𝗿𝘀.

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Hackmanac @hackmanac.com · 58m

🚨 First #RiskFriday of October! 🚀

👉 Here are our insights of the week based on our proprietary ESIX© (Estimated Severity Index). We use this metric to measure the operational, financial (direct and indirect), technical, and reputational impact of cyber attacks.

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Hackmanac @hackmanac.com · 2h

🚨Cyber Update‼️

🇪🇸Spain - Spanish police arrested two minors in Catalonia and Albacete for leaking confidential data of Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez, ministers, and intelligence agents via Telegram.

Source: elpais.com/espana/2025-...

Dos menores detenidos por filtrar datos sensibles de Sánchez y dos ministros

Los arrestos han sido realizados en Cataluña y Albacete por agentes de la Comisaría General de Información de la Policía Nacional

Hackmanac @hackmanac.com · 3h

🚨Update - How did the Discord Zendesk breach happen?

Long story short:

- Attackers bribed Southeast Asian Discord helpdesk staff for internal access

- One employee accepted $500 + several thousand dollars

Hackmanac @hackmanac.com · 18h

🚨Cyberattack Alert ‼️

🇬🇧 United Kingdom – UK Rail Services

Radiant Group (the same group involved in the Kido School breach) claims to have breached UK Rail Services and set a ransom deadline of 3 days.

Discover more on hackrisk.io

Hackmanac @hackmanac.com · 22h

🚨Cyber Alert ‼️

🇸🇦 Saudi Arabia - Saudi Ministry of Interior

AnonSec 16 hacktivist group claims to have compromised and exposed numerous account credentials (user:password) from the moi[.]gov[.]sa domain.

Discover more at hackrisk.io

Hackmanac @hackmanac.com · 23h

📅 October 16–17, 2025 | Pescara (Italy)
💻 Free participation – on-site or via livestream:
www.cybearly.com/forecasting-...

See you in Italy!

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Forecasting 2026 - Cybearly

Cybearly Ti consigliamo di spuntare questa casella per ricevere aggiornamenti sull'evento, le attività e gli speaker di Cybearly No grazie Ok Cybearly Ti consigliamo di spuntare questa casella per ric...

www.cybearly.com

Hackmanac @hackmanac.com · 23h

Our CEO 𝗦𝗼𝗳𝗶𝗮 𝗦𝗰𝗼𝘇𝘇𝗮𝗿𝗶 will join the stage with:
🎙 “𝙁𝙧𝙤𝙢 𝙏𝙝𝙧𝙚𝙖𝙩𝙨 𝙩𝙤 𝙄𝙢𝙥𝙖𝙘𝙩 𝙄𝙣𝙩𝙚𝙡𝙡𝙞𝙜𝙚𝙣𝙘𝙚 – 𝘽𝙪𝙞𝙡𝙙𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙖 𝙈𝙤𝙧𝙚 𝙁𝙤𝙘𝙪𝙨𝙚𝙙 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙀𝙛𝙛𝙚𝙘𝙩𝙞𝙫𝙚 𝘾𝙮𝙗𝙚𝙧 𝙎𝙩𝙧𝙖𝙩𝙚𝙜𝙮” (in italian)
💬 + a round table on the fundamental role of 𝘁𝗿𝗮𝗶𝗻𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗶𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗰𝘆𝗯𝗲𝗿 𝗱𝗼𝗺𝗮𝗶𝗻

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Hackmanac @hackmanac.com · 23h

🌐 𝗖𝘆𝗯𝗲𝗮𝗿𝗹𝘆 𝗙𝗼𝗿𝗲𝗰𝗮𝘀𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟲

We’re heading back to Pescara for 𝗖𝘆𝗯𝗲𝗮𝗿𝗹𝘆 – 𝗙𝗼𝗿𝗲𝗰𝗮𝘀𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟲, the third edition of the conference organized by 𝗕𝗲𝗮𝗿𝘁𝗜𝗧, exploring the future of cybersecurity, AI, and digital resilience.

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Hackmanac @hackmanac.com · 1d

🚨Cyberattack Alert ‼️

🇵🇭Philippines - Personal Collection

The Gentlemen hacking group claims to have breached Personal Collection, stating that 2GO[.com.ph was used as the access point in the intrusion.

Discover more at hackrisk.io

Hackmanac @hackmanac.com · 1d

🚨Cyberattack Alert ‼️

🇪🇸 Spain - Grúas Roxu

Space Bears hacking group continues to publish breaches connected to the Spanish company Gesimde Asociados S.L.

This time, the target is Grúas Roxu.

Discover more at hackrisk.io

Hackmanac @hackmanac.com · 1d

🚨Scattered Lapsus$ Hunters, amid one leak after another (in the last few minutes hitting Kuwait Airways, Dell, Telstra, and Lyca Mobile), appears to have managed to get paid.

Hackmanac @hackmanac.com · 1d

🚨Cyberattack Alert ‼️

🇺🇸 USA - Who’s A Rat

wizard threat actor claims to be selling a Whosarat[.]com database, a public repository of snitches, traitors, police informants, squealers, weasels, finks, narcs, proffers, undercover DEA agents, and LEO spies.

Discover more at hackrisk.io

Hackmanac @hackmanac.com · 1d

- Discord is being extorted.
- 1.5 TB of age verification photos: 2,185,151 photos.
- Unknown number of emails.

What else?

Hackmanac @hackmanac.com · 1d

🚨Cyber Alert ‼️

🇯🇵 Japan - Kumamoto Police Email Server Hijacked to Send 120,000 Messages

Investigation underway under the Unauthorized Computer Access Act.

Source: newsdig.tbs.co.jp/articles/-/2...

熊本県警メールサーバに不正アクセス　国内外に約12万件のメール送信　不正アクセス禁止法違反の疑いも | TBS NEWS DIG (1ページ)

熊本県警のメールサーバが、おととい（10月6日）、海外から不正にアクセスされ、国内外に約12万件のメールが送信されていたことがわかりました。県警によりますと、おととい午後5時15分ごろ、メールが外部に送れな… (1ページ)

newsdig.tbs.co.jp

Hackmanac @hackmanac.com · 2d

🚨Cyberattack Alert ‼️

🇦🇪 UAE - Lux Actuaries & Consultants

Medusa hacking group claims to have breached Lux Actuaries & Consultants.

Allegedly, 928.5 GB of data were exfiltrated.
Ransom demand: $300,000.
Ransom deadline: November 3, 2025.

Discover more at hackrisk.io

Hackmanac @hackmanac.com · 2d

🚨Cyberattack Alert ‼️

🇪🇸 Spain - Acuña y Fombona (AFOM)

Space Bears hacking group claims to have breached Acuña y Fombona (AFOM).

Access was obtained again via IT provider Gesimde Asociados S.L.

Discover more at hackrisk.io

Hackmanac @hackmanac.com · 2d

🚨Cyberattack Update‼️

BBC reports that two individuals have been arrested in connection with the Radiant Group’s attack on Kido.

Source:

Two arrested over cyber-attack on nursery chain

Hackers were said to have stolen the photographs, names and addresses of about 8,000 children.

Hackmanac @hackmanac.com · 2d

🟧 #HackTuesday 🟧

Hack Tuesday: Week 01 - 07 October 2025

⚠️244 cyber attacks across 43 countries ⚠️

More details:
hackmanac.com/news/hack-tu...

#Hackmanac #HT

Hackmanac HACK TUESDAY WEEK 01 - 07 OCT 2025

HACK TUESDAY WEEK 01 - 07 OCT 2025: 244 CYBERATTACKS ACROSS 43 COUNTRIES

Hackmanac @hackmanac.com · 2d

🚨😨Your gaming mouse could eavesdrop on you, study reveals surprising vulnerability

High-resolution optical mice can pick up desk micro-vibrations and reconstruct speech.

Source: www.techspot.com/news/109739-...

Hackmanac @hackmanac.com · 2d

🚨Cyberattack Update‼️

🇯🇵 Japan - Asahi Group Holdings

Qilin ransomware group claims responsibility for a ransomware attack on Asahi Group Holdings.

Discover more at hackrisk.io

Hackmanac @hackmanac.com · 3d

🚨Cyberattack Alert ‼️

🇦🇪UAE - T. Choithram And Sons, LLC (Choithrams)

Black Nevas hacking group claims responsibility for breaching Choithrams.

Discover more at hackrisk.io