US offers $10 million for info on group behind Signal and WhatsApp hacking spree
2026-06-30T08:51:51Z•01a7902a600ae224c932f7a683a4c7f7dde0afb7fddb698d00066c205e11b940
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What happened
A cluster of high-impact security incidents and policy moves dominated Ars Technica's feed: U.S. authorities offered $10M for information on Russia-linked actors behind Signal/WhatsApp compromises, while international law enforcement disrupted key cybercrime “assembly line” tooling. Multiple serious vulnerabilities and zero-days were reported and patched or actively exploited (PeopleSoft 0‑day exfiltrating gigabytes, a Linux kernel use‑after‑free allowing root, a critical Copilot/LLM SearchLeak that exposed 2FA codes), alongside large-scale credential/database thefts affecting major vendors. O
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