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February Ransomware statistics
779 Victims, 322 Groups: What February 2026 Ransomware report reveals

The world sees 779 ransomware attack by 322 groups across the world in February, and it is a bit more compared to the January 2026 as it was 702.

ExfilSquad releases info of over 100,000 UK police officers, staff

A cyberattack on the U.K.'s Police National Legal Database (PNLD) has put the contact information of over 100,000 police officers...
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ExfilSquad releases info of over 100,000 UK police officers, staff

CISA alerts to cyberattacks affecting U.S. water utilities

The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) warns of a big rise in attacks on internet-connected programmable logic controllers...
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“CyberStrike” AI-Driven Security Platform for Automated Testing

A new open-source project named CyberStrike aims to be the first AI tool made for offensive security. It can turn...
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AIDCQ Propose to invest $2 billion in AI data center in Bangladesh

Many countries are now showing interest to invest in the data center industry in Banglades especially in AI data centers....
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AIDCQ Propose to invest $2 billion in AI data center in Bangladesh

NVIDIA BlueField Flaw Enables Code Execution Attacks

NVIDIA has revealed a big flaw with its BlueField DPUs and ConnectX networking systems. This issue could let attackers run...
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NVIDIA BlueField Flaw Enables Code Execution Attacks

Massive customer data from India’s Bank of Baroda surfaced online

India's leading state-owned lender Bank of Baroda acknowledged Monday a security incident after reports that approximately 1 terabyte of customer...
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Massive customer data from India’s Bank of Baroda surfaced online

Active Exploits Hit Fortinet, Arista: AI Discovered Linux Kernel Zero-Day

CISA has put the Fortinet FortiOS vulnerability CVE-2025-68686 in its list of known exploited flaws after ongoing attacks. The flaw...
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Active Exploits Hit Fortinet, Arista: AI Discovered Linux Kernel Zero-Day

Sam Altman Claims AI “singularity” has arrived, Where Systems Improve by Themselves

OpenAI's CEO Sam Altman says that AI has reached a big milestone. The technology can now make itself better, leading...
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Sam Altman Claims AI “singularity” has arrived, Where Systems Improve by Themselves

Shinyhunters claimed and set deadline to publish E&Y data

ShinyHunters has publicly claimed responsibility for the Ernst & Young (EY) data breach. The group posted a message on their...
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Shinyhunters claimed and set deadline to publish E&Y data

Microsoft, NVIDIA and CrowdStrike Initiate Alliance for Open-Source AI Security

Nvidia and over 30 tech firms started a group on Monday to create open-source AI tools for protecting against cyber...
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Microsoft, NVIDIA and CrowdStrike Initiate Alliance for Open-Source AI Security

Qillin ranks top in the attack chart with 220 victims worldwide. 136 victims were reported by the gentlemen group while clop in the 3rd position with 125 victims. With 105 victims akira 4th in the list and 85 victims were reported by incransom ransomware group.

According to the ransomware.live Technology, Manufacturing, Healthcare, Construction and Financial Services are in the tip 5 chart.

Technology:19.6%
Manufacturing: 14.2 %
Healthcare: 12.3%
Construction and Financial services: 5%

In February, total 1481 ransomware victims were reported by 322 groups.

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