One-two punch delivered in global operation disrupts cybercrime "assembly line"

2026-06-25T20:51:50Zabfbab56cc637e0ea95b0ac992699da61529070c5e1447aa1ff6fdd61738de5d
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What happened

A collection of June 2026 Ars Technica security stories describing multiple high-impact incidents: a global takedown ("Operation Endgame") disrupting cybercrime infrastructure; a massive credential breach exposing thousands of sensitive network credentials (including vendors and contractors); several zero-days and high‑severity vulnerabilities (PeopleSoft 0‑day exfiltration, a Linux kernel use‑after‑free root bug, a critical Copilot/LLM flaw enabling 2FA theft, and an eavesdropping bug in Beats Studio Buds); supply‑chain compromises (backdoored Red Hat NPM packages, Microsoft packages laced w/

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2026-06-25T20:51:50Z
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