Sprawling FBI, European operation takes down Leakbase cybercriminal forum

Batch of security and privacy developments: International law enforcement (FBI and European partners) executed a global takedown of Leakbase, a forum for buying/selling stolen credentials and exploits. Separately, researchers uncovered a suspected Russian espionage phishing campaign against Ukraine using two previously undocumented malware families. California’s privacy regulator fined high-school ticketing vendor PlayOn Sports $1.1M under the CPPA for improper student data collection and lack of adequate opt-out. LexisNexis reported that hackers accessed legacy data (claimed ~2 GB) in a now‑d