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Congress eyes new support for Cyber Command after recent suicide deaths

17 September 2026 at 09:32
Congressional sources say they view the deaths of U.S. Cyber Command personnel as an inflection point, especially as the Pentagon’s appetite for cyber capabilities grows following successful contributions to high-profile missions against Iran and Venezuela.

China spy chief points at US AI models in cyber threat warning

15 September 2026 at 08:54
China's spy chief identified Anthropic’s Claude Mythos and OpenAI’s GPT-5.5-Cyber as signs of what he called a β€œdisruptive upgrade” in cyber capabilities, increasing the speed and potential weaponization of vulnerability discovery and malware development.

UK appoints new commander of National Cyber Force

10 September 2026 at 08:44
The individual has not yet been avowed β€” the formal process in Britain by which an intelligence or security figure’s identity is publicly acknowledged β€” as routine security considerations are still being worked through.

Cyber risk from frontier AI poses β€˜most immediate concern’ to global financial system, watchdog warns

1 September 2026 at 08:28
Andrew Bailey, chair of the Financial Stability Board, called on financial institutions and technology providers to β€œprepare for more severe scenarios involving simultaneous disruption across multiple firms or shared technology dependencies.”

New Zealand to pursue social media ban for children under 16

24 August 2026 at 16:36
The legislation would mandate that high-risk social media platforms such as Instagram, TikTok, Snapchat and Facebook take β€œreasonable steps” to ensure users are over age 16 by using tools like facial age estimation, digital ID services, formal IDs and existing account information for verification.

Britain’s next war won’t be an away game: Q&A with former head of Defence Intelligence

As Chief of Defence Intelligence, General Sir Jim Hockenhull decided to declassify and publish what London knew of Russia’s plans to invade Ukraine, down to a map of the routes its forces would take.

Russian businesses erase Durov-linked products after 'terrorist' designation

The designation, announced last week, came a day after Russia's Federal Security Service (FSB) charged Durov with aiding terrorist activity and said it would seek to place him on an international wanted list. The agency accused Telegram of failing to remove channels and bots allegedly used by Ukrainian intelligence, as well as terrorist and extremist groups.

Kenya probes hack of president's website after bitcoin ransom demand

The website was hacked on Saturday, when its homepage was replaced with a message displaying a cryptocurrency wallet address and threatening to publish unspecified information about President William Ruto unless the ransom was paid.

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