U.S. Soldier Gets 70 Months in Prison for AT&T, Verizon Extortions

2026-09-28T13:23:22Z•c16fcb37458de42066f619ff3a93d4d2ab2ee20bbd009fcd240aa75c2c8643e2
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What happened

A KrebsOnSecurity RSS collection covering major cybersecurity and privacy developments from July–September 2026, including large-scale telecommunications and cloud data theft, identity-document trafficking, software supply-chain attacks, residential proxy abuse, ad-fraud infrastructure, data-broker privacy litigation, and unusually large Microsoft vulnerability patch releases. The most significant risks involve mass exposure of sensitive personal and communications data, active exploitation of software flaws, and cybercrime campaigns targeting cloud and software ecosystems.

Why it matters

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2026-09-28T13:23:22Z
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