Qilin ransomware group claims the hack of German political party Die Linke

2026-04-05T02:51:47Z9228fe7c16f5d88384bd79ff440ef51624b943d1b910abdb432a64668bf5f042
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What happened

Multiple high-impact incidents and disclosures were reported: Qilin ransomware claims stolen data from German political party Die Linke; CERT-EU attributed a European Commission cloud breach to TeamPCP that exposed data from at least 30 EU entities; a sophisticated $285M cryptocurrency heist likely linked to North Korean actors drained Drift using nonce-based pre-signed transactions and multisig compromise; Kaspersky identified CrystalX RAT as a new MaaS combining spyware, stealer and remote access capabilities; pro-Iran Handala claims compromise of Israeli defence contractor PSK Wind; Hasbro,

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2026-04-05T02:51:47Z
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