2026-08-17
- breaches incidents
SafePal data breach impacts 39,798 customers, stolen info for sale
SafePal, a cryptocurrency hardware wallet provider, disclosed a data breach affecting approximately 39,798 customers after an attacker exploited a flaw to access customer order information. A threat actor is now offering the stolen data for sale.
Why it matters: SafePal customers whose order information was exposed face risk of identity fraud and targeted phishing attacks; wallet providers must patch the disclosed flaw immediately to prevent further exploitation.
- breaches incidents
Anthropic confirms Claude is down in major outage affecting multiple services
Anthropic's Claude service experienced a major outage that prevented user logins and caused performance degradation across multiple services. The incident affected the availability of Anthropic's platform for an undetermined duration.
Why it matters: Organizations and developers relying on Claude for production workloads face service interruption; practitioners should assess dependency risk and communication channels during ongoing incidents.