Investigation of banking hack leads to arrests in Europe, Brazil

2026-08-17T02:51:48Ze5c06f8b3ea04da71c67bb99d89ba079806d648126ba9ac8766088b66ba0090e
BrazilDiscordFlock SafetyFranceGermanyMiraibanking hackbotnetchild safetycredential sniffingdata breachdefault credentialsencrypted C2fraudidentity compromiselaw enforcementlicense plate dataprivacytax authority

What happened

Security news digest covering arrests linked to a banking hack in Germany and Brazil, an alleged breach of France’s tax authority affecting potentially hundreds of thousands of victims, strengthened privacy controls for Flock Safety license-plate data, a stealthier Mirai botnet variant with encrypted command-and-control and credential sniffing, and Brazil’s order for Discord to suspend livestreaming following a child-safety incident.

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