Gamescom Congress 2026 concluded with a new attendance record after welcoming more than 1,100 visitors from the games industry, business, education, politics, science, media, and wider society. Held on August 27 as part of Gamescom in Cologne, this year’s conference featured 85 program items spread across eight stages, with 165 international speakers discussing the potential influence of games on culture, education, technology, the economy, and society. Attendance surpassed the previous record of more than 1,000 visitors established in 2025. The event was officially opened by German Federal President Frank-Walter Steinmeier, marking the first time a sitting German head of state […]

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First VPN promised hackers complete anonymity for their cyberattacks. But Europol said it was able to notify the service’s users that they have now been identified.

Europol coordinated an operation against for-hire distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) services, including the arrest of four people and the takedown of 53 domains.

Russian state-owned media reported that police in Russia arrested the administrator of LeakBase, a large hacking forum.

An international law enforcement operation shut down a service called SocksEscort, which allegedly helped cybercriminals all over the world launch ransomware and DDoS attacks, as well as distribute child sexual abuse material.

Authorities say LeakBase was "one of the world’s largest online forums for cybercriminals," and maintained an archive of hacked databases containing hundreds of millions of passwords.