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A Chinese-speaking operator exploited a three-year-old ownCloud authentication bypass to steal nuclear research records, reactor databases, personnel files and credential stores from a Philippine agency.
Summary
The breach, uncovered by Hunt.io in August 2026, prompted CISA to add the flaw to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. It underscores persistent risks from unpatched internet-facing systems.
This is a brief wire summary, the full story (linked below) has the complete details.
KazaSec's take
Incidents like this rarely start with the headline event itself, they usually trace back to an exposed remote-access endpoint, an unpatched perimeter system, or a credential phished weeks earlier. The organizations that recover fastest are the ones that tested their defenses and their incident response plan before they needed them.
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