John Z Black

ShinyHunters Just Hit the EU. Here's Why They Keep Getting Away With It.

John Z Black Mar 31, 2026

Incidents & Breaches #shinyhunters #european-commission #data-breach #aws #cloud-security #ticketmaster #europa-eu #extortion

ShinyHunters breached the European Commission's AWS-hosted infrastructure. They've been running this same cloud-targeting playbook for years. Understanding it is more useful than knowing what they claimed to steal.

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Europe's Week: Fining Musk's AI, Rejecting Surveillance Powers, and Getting Hacked

John Z Black Mar 28, 2026

Policy, Law & Governance #eu #xai #grok #csam #european-commission #dutch-police #privacy #ai-regulation #breach #netherlands

In 48 hours, Europe fined xAI's Grok, voted to let CSAM scanning expire, had its Commission cloud breached, and watched its police force get phished.

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