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Data Breach

Wynn Resorts Breach: 21,000 Employees Impacted by ShinyHunters

Casino operator Wynn Resorts confirms a data breach affecting 21,000 employees following an extortion attempt by the ShinyHunters threat group.

Runtime Rebel Intel
4 min read · Apr 7, 2026
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Identity & Access

Insider Threat: Former Engineer Locks 254 Windows Servers in Extortion

A former infrastructure engineer pleaded guilty to a $750,000 extortion plot after locking administrators out of 254 Windows servers and deleting backups.

Runtime Rebel Intel
3 min read · Apr 3, 2026
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Threat Intel

Lapsus$ Claims AstraZeneca Breach: Sensitive Code and Data at Risk

The Lapsus$ extortion group claims to have compromised AstraZeneca internal code repositories, employee credentials, and sensitive personnel data.

Runtime Rebel Intel
3 min read · Mar 24, 2026
INC Ransomware Oceania: Healthcare and Government Sectors Under Siege
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Threat Intel

INC Ransomware Oceania: Healthcare and Government Sectors Under Siege

INC Ransomware has launched a series of attacks against healthcare and government agencies in Oceania, using double extortion to compromise sensitive data.

Runtime Rebel Intel
4 min read · Mar 12, 2026
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Threat Intel

Alabama Man Pleads Guilty to Extortion via Social Media Hijacking

Devin Deandre Moore admits to hijacking hundreds of accounts for sextortion. Analysis of the TTPs used in this large-scale digital extortion campaign.

Runtime Rebel Intel
4 min read · Mar 2, 2026
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Data Breach

Olympique Marseille Confirms Data Leak Following Heller Cyberattack

French football club Olympique de Marseille investigates a data breach after the Heller extortion group leaked 3.5 GB of sensitive player and staff records.

Runtime Rebel Intel
4 min read · Feb 26, 2026

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Wynn Resorts Data Breach: ShinyHunters Exfiltrates Employee PII

Wynn Resorts confirms a data breach impacting employee PII, attributed to the ShinyHunters extortion gang. Analysis covers TTPs and mitigation strategies.

Runtime Rebel Intel
4 min read · Feb 25, 2026