Other noteworthy stories that might have slipped under the radar: Cloudflare WAF bypass, Canonical Snap Store abused for malware delivery, Curl terminating bug bounty program

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Project Eleven Raises $20 Million for Post-Quantum Security 16 January 2026 at 15:21

Project Eleven Raises $20 Million for Post-Quantum Security

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By: Ionut Arghire

16 January 2026 at 15:21

The startup is building the necessary infrastructure and tools to help organizations transition to post-quantum computing.

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‘All brakes are off’: Russia’s attempt to rein in illicit market for leaked data backfires 26 December 2025 at 10:00

‘All brakes are off’: Russia’s attempt to rein in illicit market for leaked data backfires

Data and computer security | The Guardian

By: Pjotr Sauer

26 December 2025 at 10:00

Russian state has tolerated parallel probiv market for its convenience but now Ukrainian spies are exploiting it

Russia is scrambling to rein in the country’s sprawling illicit market for leaked personal data, a shadowy ecosystem long exploited by investigative journalists, police and criminal groups.

For more than a decade, Russia’s so-called probiv market – a term derived from the verb “to pierce” or “to punch into a search bar” – has operated as a parallel information economy built on a network of corrupt officials, traffic police, bank employees and low-level security staff willing to sell access to restricted government or corporate databases.

Data and computer security | The Guardian
Personal details of Tate galleries job applicants leaked online 14 November 2025 at 19:38

Personal details of Tate galleries job applicants leaked online

Data and computer security | The Guardian

By: Robert Booth UK technology editor

14 November 2025 at 19:38

Sensitive information relates to more than 100 individuals and their referees

Personal details submitted by applicants for a job at Tate art galleries have been leaked online, exposing their addresses, salaries and the phone numbers of their referees, the Guardian has learned.

The records, running to hundreds of pages, appeared on a website unrelated to the government-sponsored organisation, which operates the Tate Modern and Tate Britain galleries in London, Tate St Ives in Cornwall and Tate Liverpool.

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Knee-jerk corporate responses to data leaks protect brands like Qantas — but consumers are getting screwed 1 November 2025 at 20:00

Knee-jerk corporate responses to data leaks protect brands like Qantas — but consumers are getting screwed

Data and computer security | The Guardian

By: Josh Taylor Technology reporter

1 November 2025 at 20:00

When courts ban people from accessing leaked data – as happened after the airline’s data breach – only hackers and scammers win

It’s become the playbook for big Australian companies that have customer data stolen in a cyber-attack: call in the lawyers and get a court to block anyone from accessing it.

Qantas ran it after suffering a major cybersecurity attack that accessed the frequent flyer details of 5 million customers.

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