Police Disrupt a €140M Cyber Fraud Ring in Spain
2026-07-16T08:51:41Z•878f9dd3fe107dfb920ac0d4caf574c2393bc1ce540dc2e9586b9b602c7887f3
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What happened
Mid‑July DarkReading roundup: Spanish authorities disrupted a €140M cyber‑fraud laundering ring while multiple high‑risk technical stories surfaced — nearly a dozen revoked UEFI shim bootloaders remained trusted for years, creating a Secure Boot bypass vector. Identity‑based attacks (email/credential theft) overtook software exploits as the leading root cause for ransomware, with MFA frequently bypassed or defeated. Several product‑specific flaws and active threats were highlighted, including AI‑related issues (a Claude prompt‑injection/flaw chained with the fixed “PromptFiction” exploit), Git
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