Investigation of banking hack leads to arrests in Germany, Brazil

2026-08-14T20:51:48Z2a1b7fb59516fbdae6579835b48636323ff2e07c6bd5b0e089d066600458af6e
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What happened

The feed reports several security and privacy developments: arrests in a Germany-Brazil banking fraud investigation; unauthorized access to France’s tax authority systems potentially affecting up to 600,000 people; expanded auditing and retention controls by Flock Safety; a stealthier Mirai botnet variant using encrypted command-and-control and credential sniffing; and Brazilian regulatory action against Discord’s livestreaming feature following a minor’s death. No specific vulnerability identifiers are provided.

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2026-08-14T20:51:48Z
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