Cyberattack on Three UK Airports Exposes Data of 8.7 Million Customers

2026-08-30T08:51:39Z09de4206d57a85aaa1ead3c16899c10316e6e37cc6fba6479b0820299e98faee
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What happened

TechRepublic security feed covering major cyber incidents, including an airport customer-data breach, a social-engineering breach at Apollo, Vidar infostealer distribution through fake GTA 6 demos, AI-agent exploitation of an API flaw, covert influence activity using ChatGPT, and mercenary spyware targeting iPhone users. The feed also discusses privacy, authentication, anti-phishing, platform security, software support, and defensive product updates. No CVE identifiers are provided.

Why it matters

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2026-08-30T08:51:39Z
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