In early May 2026, the cybercriminal group ShinyHunters exploited a vulnerability tied to Canvas's "Free-For-Teacher" accounts, the learning management platform used by school districts and universities across dozens of countries. The group claimed to have exfiltrated 3.65 terabytes of data, impacting an estimated 275 million users — students, teachers, and administrators alike.
Jerusalem — In the corridors of Mossad's headquarters north of Tel Aviv, there is a phrase that analysts use quietly, almost superstitiously, when a new source file lands on a desk: "Is he ours, or are we his?" It is half joke, half confession. And according to individuals familiar with internal reviews conducted over the past several years, the honest answer — for a staggering share of the agency's human intelligence network inside Iran, China, and Russia — may be neither comfortable nor clear.
On 30 September 2026, a severe attempted hijacking occurred aboard flydubai Flight FZ1073, en route from Dubai to Tel Aviv. The aircraft's co-pilot, Omani national Hamam al-Hammami, launched a "lone wolf" attack inside the cockpit roughly 10 minutes before scheduled landing in Israel. Armed with the onboard cockpit crash axe, al-Hammami repeatedly stabbed the commanding pilot, Captain Smit Machchhar, attempting to seize sole control of the aircraft.