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All CosmicBytez Labs articles tagged #Government, across news, security advisories, how-to guides, and projects.

  • NewsJul 10, 2026

    In Other News: DHS Database Hacked, Adobe Boosts Patch Cadence, Canada Disrupts Ransomware Ops

    A weekly cybersecurity roundup covering the DHS database breach, Adobe accelerating its patch release schedule, Canada's law enforcement disruption of...

  • NewsJul 7, 2026

    County Government Reportedly Paid $1 Million to Cyber Extortion Group

    A small Ohio county reportedly paid a cyber extortion group $1 million to prevent the public release of sensitive stolen government data, highlighting the...

  • NewsJul 7, 2026

    UK Cyber Pledge Draws Only a Handful of Top Firms Despite Ministerial Appeal

    The UK government's voluntary Cyber Resilience Pledge attracted fewer than 15 of Britain's 350 largest listed companies despite eight months of direct...

  • NewsJul 4, 2026

    U.S. Government Entity Paid Kairos $1 Million in Data-Theft Extortion Case

    A leaked negotiation chat and blockchain analysis reveal that a U.S. government entity paid approximately $1 million to the Kairos extortion group to...

  • NewsJul 2, 2026

    Launch of UK's National Cyber Action Plan Delayed Amid Labour Leadership Crisis

    The UK government has postponed the launch of its National Cyber Action Plan, originally scheduled for Monday, as political uncertainty surrounding the...

  • NewsJun 19, 2026

    Texas Govt Data Breach Exposes Over 3 Million Driver's Licenses

    The Texas Parks and Wildlife Department disclosed a data breach at its license system vendor that exposed personal information for more than three million...

  • NewsJun 15, 2026

    Council of Europe Investigates ShinyHunters Data Breach Claims

    The Council of Europe, Europe's oldest intergovernmental body, is probing data breach claims made by the ShinyHunters extortion group, which claimed...

  • NewsJun 15, 2026

    Maine Closes Data Breach Portal to the Public After Fake Reports

    The Maine Attorney General's office has suspended public access to its data breach notification portal after discovering that bad actors were abusing it...

  • NewsJun 4, 2026

    Trump Considers Palantir CTO Shyam Sankar to Lead CISA

    Shyam Sankar, the chief technology officer at Palantir Technologies, has emerged as the leading contender for the long-vacant CISA director role under the…

  • NewsJun 1, 2026

    Tina Peters, Convicted in Election-Security Breach, Emerges Defiant and Vows Legal Fight

    Former Colorado election clerk Tina Peters, convicted for her role in an election security breach, struck an unrepentant pose in her first interview after…

  • NewsMay 28, 2026

    Latin American Cybercriminals Hoover Up Government Data

    A reported breach of 5.8M Uruguayan records is the latest in a growing pattern of attackers monetizing Latin American government citizen data.

  • NewsMay 17, 2026

    ODNI Taps Officials to Coordinate Response to Foreign

    Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard has appointed two officials to lead cross-agency monitoring of foreign threats targeting the 2026 U.S....

  • NewsMay 13, 2026

    Government to Scrutinize Instructure Over Canvas

    The House Committee on Homeland Security has demanded a briefing from Instructure, the company behind the Canvas LMS platform, after a ransomware attack...

  • NewsMay 1, 2026

    15-Year-Old Detained Over French Govt Agency Data Breach

    French authorities have detained a 15-year-old suspected of selling data stolen in a cyberattack on France Titres (ANTS), the agency responsible for...

  • NewsApr 30, 2026

    France Investigates 15-Year-Old Over Alleged Hack of National ID Agency

    French authorities took a 15-year-old into police custody on April 25 over suspected involvement in a data breach targeting ANTS, the National Agency for...

  • NewsApr 30, 2026

    Moldova's Health Insurance Agency Reports Possible Data

    Moldova's national health insurance agency CNAM has disclosed a cyberattack that occurred several weeks ago, with technical assessments indicating a...

  • NewsApr 25, 2026

    China-Linked APT GopherWhisper Abuses Legitimate Services

    A newly identified Chinese advanced persistent threat group dubbed GopherWhisper has been deploying multiple Go-based backdoors alongside custom loaders...

  • NewsApr 22, 2026

    France Titres Confirms Data Breach as Hacker Offers Stolen

    France Titres, the French government agency responsible for issuing and managing administrative documents, has confirmed a cyberattack after a threat...

  • NewsApr 21, 2026

    French Government Agency France Titres Confirms Data Breach

    France Titres, the French government agency responsible for issuing administrative identity documents, has confirmed a data breach after a threat actor...

  • NewsApr 9, 2026

    Breach Exposes Sensitive LAPD Files Stored in City Attorney

    A data breach of the Los Angeles city attorney's office systems has exposed sensitive LAPD law enforcement files, with social media posts advertising 7.7...

  • NewsMar 31, 2026

    Dutch Finance Ministry Takes Treasury Banking Portal

    The Netherlands Ministry of Finance has taken its treasury banking portal offline after detecting a cyberattack that went undetected for roughly two...

  • NewsMar 30, 2026

    European Commission Confirms Data Breach After Europa.eu

    The European Commission has confirmed a data breach after its Europa.eu web platform was compromised in an attack claimed by the ShinyHunters extortion gang.

  • NewsMar 4, 2026

    LexisNexis Confirms Cloud Breach Exposing 400K User

    LexisNexis Legal & Professional confirms a data breach after threat actor FulcrumSec exploited an unpatched React2Shell vulnerability to exfiltrate 2.04...

  • NewsFeb 19, 2026

    Conduent Breach Balloons to Tens of Millions of Americans

    The January 2025 ransomware attack on government technology giant Conduent continues to expand in scope, now confirmed to affect 15.4 million in Texas and...

  • NewsFeb 19, 2026

    Hacker Accesses 1.2 Million French Bank Accounts via FICOBA Database

    The French Economy Ministry confirmed that a hacker stole credentials from a government official and accessed France's FICOBA centralized bank account...

  • NewsFeb 12, 2026

    IRS Shares Tax Data of 1.28 Million Individuals with DHS

    The IRS faces legal action after improperly disclosing confidential tax information of 1.28 million individuals to DHS for immigration enforcement,...

  • SecurityFeb 5, 2026

    Conduent Breach Expands: 15.4 Million Texans Affected, 8TB

    Government technology provider Conduent's January 2025 ransomware breach now confirmed to affect at least 15.4 million people in Texas alone, with 8TB of...

  • NewsJan 5, 2026

    Sedgwick Government Solutions Hit by TridentLocker

    Claims administration firm Sedgwick confirms cybersecurity incident at government subsidiary after TridentLocker ransomware group claims theft of 3.4 GB...