Data Breach Roundup (May 8 - 14, 2026)

This week featured some high-risk breaches including banks, cars, and water utilities.

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BitLocker Bypass Found, Researcher Warns of More Unreleased Vulnerabilities

An anonymous security researchers known as Nightmare-Eclipse has published two more Windows zero-day exploits, YellowKey and GreenPlasma, after already publishing 3 earlier this year.

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Help Defeat Censorship - How To Run A Signal Proxy

In this video we explain how you can setup a Signal Proxy to help people access Signal in countries where it is blocked.

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Android Introduces New Privacy and Security Protections, with a Focus on Agentic AI

Android has introduced some new protections against scammers and malware, some powered by agentic AI.

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Data Breach Roundup (May 1 - May 7, 2026)

The Canvas breach quickly became the biggest hack of the week, but a couple others slipped under the radar.

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Utah Targets VPNs for Age Verification

Governor Spencer Cox has signed a law stating that websites are accountable for determining if a user is physically located in Utah, even from behind a VPN.

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Canvas System Used by Over 40% of US Schools Breached

Canvas, software used by thousands of schools in the U.S., has been hacked and the private data of staff and students stolen.

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Healthcare Marketplaces Shared Sensitive Data With Advertisers

A new investigation from Bloomberg has revealed how state-run health insurance marketplaces have - often accidentally - been sharing sensitive data with tech giants. The United States healthcare landscape is complicated. The healthcare system is largely privatized. Many employers offer health insurance to full-time employees, while those not covered can

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