Cyber Retaliation Surges After US-Israel Strikes on Iran
Intel 471 analysis reveals a sharp surge in hacktivist DDoS attacks and data breach claims targeting Israel, the US, and Gulf states following military strikes on Iran.

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Intel 471 analysis reveals a sharp surge in hacktivist DDoS attacks and data breach claims targeting Israel, the US, and Gulf states following military strikes on Iran.

Kaplan updated regulators on March 24, 2026: a fall 2025 breach affecting 1.4 million people exposed Social Security and driver's license numbers after 19 days of server access.

The European Commission confirmed hackers stole hundreds of gigabytes from its AWS cloud account hosting Europa.eu — the body that writes GDPR and regulates Big Tech.

Handala Hack Team claimed it breached FBI Director Kash Patel's personal Gmail on March 27, 2026, publishing photos and 300+ emails in an Iranian hack-and-leak operation.

Fortune discovered nearly 3,000 unsecured Anthropic assets including details of Claude Mythos, its most capable and potentially dangerous AI model yet.

Threat actor TeamPCP compromised two Checkmarx GitHub Actions after a March 19 breach, enabling credential theft across any repository using the tools.
