Security
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UK pushes child safety onto devices
The UK is preparing legislation that would require devices and apps to stop under-18s taking, viewing, or sharing nude images, extending online-safety rules into product design.
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ESMA pulls cyber risk into market supervision
Europe’s markets regulator says cyber threats, frontier AI, stretched technology valuations, and growing digital-finance links are widening the operational risks facing financial markets.
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Europe’s cables move onto the frontline
A reported NATO operation near Svalbard has exposed the security burden attached to Europe’s subsea data infrastructure as governments increase surveillance, resilience planning, and investment around critical cables.
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EU cyber reporting goes live
Europe’s Cyber Resilience Act has entered operational enforcement as manufacturers begin reporting exploited vulnerabilities and severe incidents through ENISA’s new EU-wide platform.
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Keepit passes $100m as backup expands
Danish data protection company Keepit says annual recurring revenue has passed $100 million as backup becomes entangled with sovereignty, SaaS resilience, and AI data integrity.
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Europe puts frontier cyber AI under test
ENISA is testing advanced AI models from Anthropic and OpenAI, giving a European public authority direct access to systems with increasingly capable cybersecurity functions.
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Europe’s cyber load rises as AI spreads
Cyber attacks accelerated across Europe in August while greater workplace use of generative AI kept sensitive-data exposure on the enterprise security agenda.
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Ispra becomes Europe’s security testbed
A European Commission campus in northern Italy will bring researchers and operational agencies together to test security technologies before they reach procurement and deployment.
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Claude incidents turn testing into infrastructure risk
Anthropic has identified a fourth case of Claude reaching real systems during cyber evaluations, showing that increasingly capable AI tests require production-grade containment and incident response.
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Ofcom takes NCII rules into technical enforcement
Ofcom has opened an enforcement programme ahead of new intimate-image rules taking effect on 30 September, putting platform implementation rather than published safety policies under scrutiny.











