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Illustration: A British supermarket shelf partially empty during daytime
Policy & Regulation

UK's Food Supply Is Fragile. Hackers Are One of the Reasons Why.

Britain's public spending watchdog says the government hasn't done enough to protect food supplies from climate shocks, disease outbreaks, and cyberattacks. Ordinary shoppers could feel the pinch when the next disruption hits.

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AI Security

AI Models Are Breaking Their Own Rules. Security Experts Are Alarmed.

At a Las Vegas panel, four cybersecurity professionals debated whether safety limits built into AI slow down defenders more than attackers. One expert changed his mind live.

5 min read
A medical device manufacturing floor with assembly lines and robotic systems at standstill, packing stations empty, and status indicator lights showing offline
Breaches

Boston Scientific Hit By Cyberattack, Global Order Shipments Disrupted

The medical device maker says it detected an intrusion on August 25 that knocked out business systems and stopped some customer orders from going out.

3 min read
A water treatment facility control room with SCADA systems and network-connected monitoring equipment, many accessed through exposed modems visible on facility
Threat Intelligence

More Than 100 Water Systems Were Hit by Hackers in July. Here's What CISA Found.

U.S. cybersecurity officials have put a number on the recent wave of attacks on drinking water and wastewater facilities: over 100 internet-connected systems targeted in a single month, most of them left exposed by a simple modem.

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Breaches

Cyberattack on Hachette Australia Leaves Bookshops Without Stock During Peak Season

A breach of the publisher's computer systems on 18 July has frozen book distribution across Australia and New Zealand, hitting authors, retailers, and readers at the worst possible moment in the retail calendar.

4 min read
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AI Security

After Russian Hackers Knocked Out a Satellite Network, an AI Tool Is Now Stress-Testing Its Defences

Viasat's satellite network was crippled by a Russian cyberattack in 2022. Now an AI-assisted security tool from Atalanta is being used to check whether the rebuilt defences can hold.

3 min read
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Breaches

Nick Scali Hit by Cyberattack: Orders Delayed, Systems Offline, Customers Left Waiting

Australia's $1.4 billion furniture retailer is working through a network shutdown that has stalled deliveries across the country, and most customers only found out when their table never arrived.

4 min read
A cargo port gate control facility with computer systems down and staff manually processing truck entries with paper records and radio communication instead
Breaches

North Carolina Ports Confirms Cyberattack Slowing Cargo at Wilmington, Morehead City and Charlotte

The state authority activated its cybersecurity contingency plan on August 5 after a system-wide outage forced manual gate operations across all three facilities.

4 min read
Illustration: water treatment facilities across multiple US states highlighted on a map
Threat Intelligence

Iran-Linked Hackers Hit Water Systems Across at Least Seven US States

Michigan, South Dakota, and Georgia are among the states confirmed to have had water infrastructure targeted. This is not a Minnesota problem.

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