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Breeze Comet Executes Hundreds of Fraudulent Transactions via Brazilian Payment Systems

The Hacker News·September 1, 2026·1 min read
Breeze Comet Executes Hundreds of Fraudulent Transactions via Brazilian Payment Systems

A financially motivated threat actor dubbed Breeze Comet has targeted Brazilian financial services, retail, and e-commerce since 2024, manipulating payment systems to conduct fraudulent transfers. Google Threat Intelligence Group and Mandiant report the actor specializes in banking software exploitation, executing hundreds of fraudulent transactions.

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