Security
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France turns to sovereign AI after tax hack
France plans to use sovereign AI suppliers to probe government cyber weaknesses after compromised credentials enabled attackers to extract tax information concerning 678,000 individuals and businesses.
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Cyber insurance moves closer to defence
Munich Re is buying At-Bay for $575m, bringing insurance, continuous security monitoring, threat data, and claims closer together as cyber underwriting becomes a more active risk-management business.
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AI lowers the barrier to industrial attacks
US agencies say attackers are using AI-assisted scripts against Siemens industrial controllers, accelerating exploitation of exposed devices, weak credentials, poor segmentation, and outdated systems.
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AI security becomes a systems integration market
NTT Data and Palo Alto Networks are expanding their alliance around AI governance, identity, cloud, security operations, and managed services, targeting $1bn in joint business by 2029.
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Police facial recognition exposes governance gaps
ICO audits find uneven safeguards around police facial-recognition systems.
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Security moves deeper into industrial hardware
NXP combines Ethernet and post-quantum security for industrial edge systems.
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The perimeter model no longer works
Zero Trust is reshaping security across increasingly distributed defence networks. Elliot Carter, Head of Digital Capabilities at MASS, argues that verification must now follow users, devices, and data.
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OpenAI slows training after containment failure
OpenAI slowed frontier training after a cyber containment failure internally.
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EU e-evidence rules put providers on clock
EU e-evidence rules now impose faster cross-border disclosure duties providers.












