{"slug": "the-most-famous-brand-in-physical-security-got-pwned-by-shinyhunters", "title": "The most famous brand in physical security got pwned by ShinyHunters", "summary": "The Register reported that ADT, the most famous brand in physical security, was breached by the hacker group ShinyHunters, compromising customer data. The incident highlights ongoing vulnerabilities in security companies.", "body_md": "### MOST POPULAR\n\n[AI](https://beta.theregister.com/tag/ai)\n\n-\nDEVOPS\n\n#### Dev who gave HashiCorp its name returns with a faster terminal multiplexer\n\nPersistent sessions could be just the beginning\n\n-\nSECURITY\n\n#### Anthropic and OpenAI are competing to see whose agents can go rogue harder\n\nWhoever wins, we lose\n\n-\nSYSTEMS\n\n#### UK wants datacenters to pay a fee for grid connection requests\n\nRefundable charge intended to discourage time wasters from filing applications that will never be realized\n\n-\nSTORAGE\n\n#### GPUs could explode to multiple TB with new storage-inspired memory tech\n\nHigh-bandwidth flash promises SSD-like capacities with HBM-like speeds, but it's not all unicorns and rainbows\n\n-\nAI and ML\n\n#### Open source project fools AI scrapers with poisoned font\n\nShieldFont is available today if you've got copy that needs protecting\n\n[Infosec](https://beta.theregister.com/security)\n\n-\nSecurity\n\n#### Russians are posing as Signal support to launch phishing attacks\n\nPLUS: US takes down Iranian propaganda sites; Marketing company asks 'Why Do We Have Your Information?' And more!\n\n-\nSecurity\n\n#### Microsoft patches failed to fix on-prem SharePoint, which is now under zero-day attack\n\nPLUS: China upgrades smartphone surveillance tools; Ring eases anti-snooping stance; and more\n\n-\nBlack Hat and DEF CON\n\n#### DEF CON Franklin project enlists hackers to harden critical infrastructure\n\nVoting village reports have been so successful, says Jeff Moss, that the whole of DEF CON will now be included\n\n-\nSecurity\n\n#### EQT buys majority share in Swiss cybersecurity biz Acronis\n\nWent at equivalent of $3.5B+ valuation for entire firm, though portion sold not specified\n\n-\nMalware Month\n\n#### Ten years since the first corp ransomware, Mikko Hyppönen sees no end in sight\n\nOn the plus side, infosec's a good bet for a long, stable career\n\n[FOSS](https://beta.theregister.com/tag/FOSS)\n\n-\n#### FOSS smashed one Microsoft monopoly. After 20 years of failure, it's time to smash another\n\nWord up\n\n-\n#### GNOME can look like Windows – and Flashback can do it without extensions\n\nNew 'Simple-taskbar' is an option, but there's a simpler, stabler way\n\n-\n#### A moment of silence, please, for the final release of Debian on x86-32\n\nNew Debian versions hit FOSSland in the form of 13.6 and 12.15\n\n-\n#### Baddies caught exploiting extensions bugs with perfect 10 scores on vulnerable Joomla websites\n\nFlaws in iCagenda, Balbooa Forms extensions can impact open source CMS that powers a million sites worldwide\n\n-\n#### Frame: A new X11 server – implemented directly in assembly\n\nJoins yserver, Phoenix, and of course XLibre – and outlier Arcan\n\n-\n#### Cinnamon 6.8 will support Wayland – if you want it\n\nNext version of Linux Mint’s desktop has both kinds of display server", "url": "https://wpnews.pro/news/the-most-famous-brand-in-physical-security-got-pwned-by-shinyhunters", "canonical_source": "https://www.theregister.com/security/2026/07/31/the-most-famous-brand-in-physical-security-got-pwned-by-shinyhunters/5281924", "published_at": "2026-07-31 16:27:27+00:00", "updated_at": "2026-07-31 19:18:02.959297+00:00", "lang": "en", "topics": ["ai-safety"], "entities": ["ADT", "ShinyHunters", "The Register"], "alternates": {"html": "https://wpnews.pro/news/the-most-famous-brand-in-physical-security-got-pwned-by-shinyhunters", "markdown": "https://wpnews.pro/news/the-most-famous-brand-in-physical-security-got-pwned-by-shinyhunters.md", "text": "https://wpnews.pro/news/the-most-famous-brand-in-physical-security-got-pwned-by-shinyhunters.txt", "jsonld": "https://wpnews.pro/news/the-most-famous-brand-in-physical-security-got-pwned-by-shinyhunters.jsonld"}}