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Monday, 10 August 2026

Data Breaches Digest - Week 33 2026

Welcome to this week's Data Breaches Digest, a catalogue of links concerning Data Breaches and Cyber Security that were published on the Internet during the period between 10th August and 16th August 2026.


10th August

71% of CISOs spend 10+ hours on board reports

AI Agent Exploits Gym System Vulnerability, Cancels Waitlist Booking in Australia

AI assistant hacks gym website in first known Australian autonomous cyber attack

AI, mobile fraud drive Africa’s cybercrime losses to $484 million

Ajax caught in CEVA hack fallout, fans left waiting

Armenian police warn of new phishing scheme purporting to be a bank

At A Loss – Courts Struggle to Define “Loss” Under Computer Hacking Law

Can AI Distillation be treated as a Cyber Attack

Critical Progress LoadMaster flaw now actively exploited in attacks

Data Breach Cost Climbs to ₹25.5 Crore in India

Framework Computer Data Breach: US-Based PC Brand Warns Users After Metabase Zero-Day Exploit Exposes Personal Details

“Ghostjacking” Exploits AI Agents’ Trusted Access to Evade Firewall Controls

GitHub Dependabot malware alerts now cover eight ecosystems

Go-Based macOS Malware Steals Crypto and Secrets

Hackers Are Building ChatGPT-Like AI To Read Stolen Files And Create Phishing Scams

Hackers phish their way into US defense manufacturer’s Microsoft 365 account

ING and Ace & Tate report security incident at logistics partner

Kimsuky hackers weaponize AI-generated crypto documents in spear-phishing campaign

Kimsuky Testing Leaves Internal IP and Attack Infrastructure Artifacts Exposed

Korea's data-breach wave hits creator media, 3Pro TV latest target

Levi Strauss Hit by Cyberattack, Corporate Files Accessed

Levi Strauss Hit by Cyberattack, Hackers Use Social Engineering to Steal Corporate Data

LexisNexis shuts down services after suspicious activity on servers

Member of The Com sent to prison for blackmail, sextortion

Microsoft Entra ID is removing an extra MFA hurdle for Windows Hello and macOS PSSO users

N-able ships second N-central hotfix as attackers keep exploiting CVE-2026-18577

Newcastle University confirms data breach after ExfilSquad claims 440k records

Nichirei Hit by Cyberattack; Russian Hacker Group Leaks Stolen Data on Dark Web

North Korean Hacker Group 'Kimsuky' Suspected of Independently Developing AI Tools for Cyberattacks

North Korean Hackers Build Local AI Tools For Attacks

North Korean Hackers Deploy AI to Refine Spear Phishing Attacks

OpenAI locks down Astra over potential critical cyber capabilities

OpenAI's Next AI Model Astra Shows Cyber Performance Strong Enough to Trigger Pause

OpenClaw agent independently hacks gym website to move its owner up the queue

Origin Energy data leak cybersecurity lessons have experts worried

Ransomware Kingpin Gets 16 Years for Global Cyberattacks

Ransomware, cloud attacks remain key threats in 2026

Romance scams get a new twist: fake girls invading DMs to promote OnlyFans accounts

Solidity Pro VS Code Extensions Steal Crypto Wallets, API Keys, and Credentials

Steam Data Breach: Valve Warns EU Hardware Buyers

The Next AI Safety Challenge Isn't Intelligence, it's Authority

Think before you click: Why phishing remains one of the biggest cyber threats

US Sanctions Iranian $6 billion Crypto “Exchange” Shelbit

Valve notifies Steam hardware customers of a data breach

XSS2Shell Vulnerability Puts 500 Million WordPress Sites at Risk of RCE