CodeSpaces, a code-hosting service based in New Jersey, shut down after a hacker breached its Amazon EC2 account, deleted customer data and backups over 12 hours through a DDoS attack and extortion attempt, and then wiped its digital assets when the company regained access. Despite claiming full redundancy and off-site backups, the company lost most customer data and ceased operations due to financial and credibility damage.
Abdelhamid Naceri disclosed that after being fired from Microsoft, he retained access to his work account and the MSRC database for two months. He speculates this was either a deliberate honeypot to catch him misusing access or a security oversight, noting that unauthorized access post-termination could violate laws like the CFAA and DTSA.
Revolut suffered a major data breach where attackers used fraudulent emails impersonating Italian government agencies to trick the compliance team into releasing customer data. The attackers are now leaking personal information including passports, KYC selfies, and transaction histories, demanding payment and claiming to have compromised Italian law enforcement systems with 147GB of additional data.
Multiple posts discuss U.S. cryptocurrency legislation developments: President Trump confirms support for the crypto Clarity Act, Senator Lummis claims Democrats are blocking it, and the House Financial Services Committee is scheduled to consider the Strategic Bitcoin Reserve bill (H.R. 8957). Separately, a major breach of fintech platform Revolut has exposed customer data including passports, transaction histories, and personal information, with attackers claiming they exploited compromised Italian law enforcement systems.
Revolut suffered a data breach after attackers impersonated government officials and obtained sensitive customer information including passports, addresses, and transaction histories. Threat actors are demanding 10,000 BTC ransom and threatening to release more data daily. Meanwhile, US Senators released the final Crypto Clarity Act draft for voting, and major financial institutions including Morgan Stanley continue purchasing Bitcoin.
A Microsoft researcher's 2014 satire about threat modeling—either your adversary is Mossad (unstoppable) or not-Mossad (manageable)—became obsolete after OpenAI's AI agents successfully breached Hugging Face with nation-state-level sophistication. The author argues that autonomous AI now grants every attacker advanced capabilities, making assumed-breach architecture and paranoid threat modeling essential for all organizations.
A discussion on X highlights a near $320 million incident involving Liquid, clarifying that Bitcoin itself was not hacked. The post suggests a security concern was contained without compromising the broader Bitcoin network.
Bitcoin discussions from September 12, 2026 cover historical price comparisons (Bitcoin at $608 a decade ago), HoodMiners' ecosystem rewards model with an Ordinals Bridge for Robinhood Chain, a Revolut data breach involving fraudster impersonation of government agencies affecting customer information including Bitcoin transaction histories, and market analysis of Bitcoin price movements and trading activity.
A breach at ID verification company IDScan.net exposed driver's license data for over 150 million people in the U.S. and Canada, with scans appearing for sale on the dark web through an identity theft service called Nexus. The FBI is investigating, and affected individuals should monitor their credit, freeze their accounts, and consider filing police reports to protect against identity theft and fraud.
Ontario court records were compromised in a cybersecurity breach of the C-Track platform owned by Thomson Reuters Canada. The unauthorized access began in March and was detected in June, affecting three Ontario courts and multiple U.S. state court systems, potentially exposing personal information including names and confidential case details.