FBI: Hackers using social engineering to breach accounts and steal explicit content
2026-08-13T02:51:49Z•2e4e3149d75e787851015089f1ab8340597c5c0edb98bfe996712d7aca7f45c1
ACROCISADPRKMicrosoft Patch TuesdayNSANorth Koreaaccount takeoverantivirus alert failurecredential theftdata breachphishingsocial engineeringunpatched softwarevulnerability exploitation
What happened
Security news digest covering social-engineering attacks targeting private accounts, multiple undetected breaches at the UK criminal records office ACRO, Microsoft's large Patch Tuesday release, a Microsoft vulnerability exploited by North Korean actors and subject to expedited CISA remediation, and an NSA leadership appointment.
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- therecord_media
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- 2e4e3149d75e787851015089f1ab8340597c5c0edb98bfe996712d7aca7f45c1
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- 2026-08-13T02:51:49Z
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- Yes
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