CrowdStrike fired an employee for allegedly leaking information to the Scattered Lapsus$ Hunters hacking group. The hackers claimed to have accessed CrowdStrike through a breach at Gainsight, but CrowdStrike denies any system compromise and has involved law enforcement. The group has a history of using social engineering to infiltrate companies and has previously claimed large-scale data theft.

Muneeb and Sohaib Akhter, two Virginia brothers with prior hacking convictions, were arrested for allegedly erasing nearly 100 US government databases while working as contractors for a firm handling sensitive information. The case raises serious concerns about insider threats and the effectiveness of background checks in securing government systems.

FinWise Bank has notified nearly 700,000 customers that a former employee may have accessed their personal data after leaving the company, with the breach going undetected for over a year. The incident, linked to data from American First Finance, was discovered through an investigation initiated by FinWise after the breach was suspected. Affected individuals are being offered 12 months of free credit monitoring and identity theft protection.