From a massive DOGE data breach and the hacking of critical energy and water systems to the hack of an FBI surveillance system, here are the most damaging security incidents and data breaches of 2026.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The FBI last week deemed a recent China-linked cyber intrusion into a sensitive agency surveillance system a “major incident,” ...

Serious concerns have been raised over the security of the CBSE website, with several individuals pointing to alleged loopholes and vulnerabilities in the system. NDTV spoke to cyber expert Sakshar ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. When security researchers at Mozilla, the maker of the popular web browser Firefox, pointed a powerful new artificial intelligence ...

Meta’s AI support chatbot reportedly exploited in Instagram account takeover hack, raising concerns over AI-driven security and account recovery systems ...

Gong and other scholars have been issuing warnings about the security vulnerabilities of AI agents for a while. They publish papers and blog posts detailing exploits such as indir ...

A recent Instagram account hacking incident has raised concerns about the security of Meta’s AI-powered support systems.

New research shows hundreds of attempts by apparent Iranian state hackers to hijack consumer-grade cameras, timed to missile and drone strikes. Israel, Russia, and Ukraine have also adopted this trick ...

Iranian hackers were responsible for a disruptive computer breach in March that forced Los Angeles’ transit system to shut down parts of its network, Israeli researchers say. Subscribe to read this ...

When Syrian government accounts were hijacked in March, the breach looked chaotic. But it revealed something more troubling: a state struggling with the most basic layer of cybersecurity. When a wave ...