Hacking stories
Hundreds of millions of student records may be exposed, disrupting exam systems at universities and highlighting the fragility of centralised school software.
The Manchester firm is now weighing outside funding and headcount growth after repeat business pushed first-year revenue above GBP £250,000.
Real-time hacking and path-traced visuals help Capcom's lunar shooter stand out, even as its missions grow repetitive.
AI agents are fuelling a new wave of cyber risk, as criminals weaponise automation to speed up ransomware and sharpen extortion tactics.
Most households leave router admin passwords unchanged, prompting insurer Everywhen to issue a 10‑step guide to secure home Wi‑Fi.
AI-driven hacking has pushed weekly cyber attacks up 70% since 2023, with Check Point warning campaigns are faster, broader and harder to stop.
Agentic AI and digital disobedience will strain policy, security and governance in 2026 as autonomous firms and users test new limits.
Concern is growing over who controls AI decisions, even as 74% of UK consumers have used the technology in the past six months.
Despite widespread trust and security fears, 15% of Singapore consumers have used autonomous AI in the past six months, EY found.
The findings add pressure on ministers to modernise the 1990 Computer Misuse Act as breaches hit 43% of UK businesses and 28% of charities.
UK regulators are racing to assess whether Anthropic’s Mythos model could speed up attacks on banks and unsettle financial stability.
Eligible US digital asset firms will now get Treasury cyber threat warnings at no cost, after losses from hacks topped hundreds of millions of dollars.
Cyber breaches hit 43% of UK firms as phishing surges and basic safeguards like 2FA and VPNs see worryingly low uptake.
Most ransomware-hit firms now refuse to pay, as Arctic Wolf reports an 11-fold surge in data-only extortion and booming remote access abuse.
Canada's investment watchdog has unveiled a tiered crypto custody regime, tying asset limits to custodians' capital, tech controls and oversight.
Cyber crime reports to Action Fraud have jumped 37% in five years, but analysts warn hidden enterprise losses run to hundreds of millions.
ManageMyHealth says it has fixed code flaws and tightened logins after a hack that may have exposed health documents of up to 7% of users.
Neighbourly has been taken offline while Stuff and external experts probe claims of a data breach affecting the community website's users.
Government orders urgent review into ManageMyHealth cyber breach as hackers threaten to leak 400,000 patient files over NZD $60,000.
Researchers warn a new 'GhostPairing' WhatsApp scam turns device linking into a stealth spy tool, hijacking chats via trusted contacts.
