Meta’s AI Support Agent Used by Hackers to Take Over Instagram Accounts
An exploit described as “remarkably simple” allows anyone to add a new email address to any Instagram account using Meta’s AI chat bot, allowing full account takeover.
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Data Breach Roundup (May 22 - 28, 2026)
A complex travel booking breach, multiple government breaches around the world, some updates, and much more. This was a busy week for cybercriminals.
Google Family Link Exploit Enables Account Lockout and Surveillance
Google Family Link, Google's child safety feature, can be leveraged by an attacker to lock you out of your Google account and surveil and control your activity
Signal macOS Desktop App Doesn't Actually Delete Messages When it Should
Security researcher Harry Sintonen disclosed that the macOS desktop Signal app doesn't actually delete messages when they're deleted in the UI of the app.
Town Councilmember Proposes Internet and Phone Ban After Flock Contract is Cancelled
After the town of Bandera, Texas voted 3-2 to end its contract with the dystopian surveillance company Flock, a pro-Flock councilmember proposed a ban of phones, cameras, the internet, and nearly all technology.
Apple Publishes Source Code for Their Cryptography on GitHub
Apple has published the source code for their corecrypto libraries on GitHub, along with the tools and formal verification libraries they used to evaluate their cryptography, so independent cryptography experts can verify it for themselves.
The US DOJ Wants Identities and Addresses of Over 100,000 Users of a Car App
The US DOJ is demanding the data of all users, equating to over 100,000 people, of the EZ Lynk app over alleged violations of the Clean Air Act, which the company denies.
CISA Leaks Secret Credentials in a Public Github Repo
Brian Krebs found a public GitHub repository with sensitive internal CISA credentials "including cloud keys, tokens, plaintext passwords, logs and other sensitive CISA assets."
First Public Kernel Memory Exploit of on Apple's M5 Chip Found
Security researchers at Calif have found the first public memory corruption exploit on Apple's M5 chip, surviving Memory Integrity Enforcement protections.
Discord Makes All Voice/Video Calls E2EE
After Discord announced their DAVE end-to-end encryption protocol for audio and video calls in 2024, they’ve finally finished migrating all calls to use it by default.
Data Breach Roundup (May 15 - 21, 2026)
This week had some particularly noteworthy breaches including facial recognition systems, fingerprint scans, and Trump Mobile.
Dirty Frag Sequel Continues the Streak of Linux Kernel Privilege Escalation Vulnerabilities
Fragnesia, the latest local privilege escalation vulnerability in the same family as Dirty Frag, emerges as an “unintended side effect of one of the patches addressing the original Dirty Frag vulnerabilities” according to the original creator of Dirty Frag, Hyunwood Kim.
Data Breach Roundup (May 8 - 14, 2026)
This week featured some high-risk breaches including banks, cars, and water utilities.
BitLocker Bypass Found In Latest Series of Windows Vulns
An anonymous security researchers known as Nightmare-Eclipse has published two more Windows zero-day exploits, YellowKey and GreenPlasma, after already publishing 3 earlier this year.
Android Introduces New Privacy and Security Protections, with a Focus on Agentic AI
Android has introduced some new protections against scammers and malware, some powered by agentic AI.
Data Breach Roundup (May 1 - May 7, 2026)
The Canvas breach quickly became the biggest hack of the week, but a couple others slipped under the radar.
Utah Targets VPNs for Age Verification
Governor Spencer Cox has signed a law stating that websites are accountable for determining if a user is physically located in Utah, even from behind a VPN.
Canvas System Used by Over 40% of US Schools Breached
Canvas, software used by thousands of schools in the U.S., has been hacked and the private data of staff and students stolen.
Healthcare Marketplaces Shared Sensitive Data With Advertisers
A new investigation from Bloomberg has revealed how state-run health insurance marketplaces have - often accidentally - been sharing sensitive data with tech giants. The United States healthcare landscape is complicated. The healthcare system is largely privatized. Many employers offer health insurance to full-time employees, while those not covered can
Two More Major Linux Vulnerabilities Discovered in the Same Class as Copy Fail
Two new Linux local privilege escalation vulnerabilities were discovered in the same vulnerability class as Copy Fail, affecting most Linux distributions.
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