AI
Apple engineer who built an AI torture chamber is now "open to work"
EXCLUSIVE: Developer breaks silence after backlash over controversial AI pain experiment.
Jasper Hamill
Critical Systems
UK and Europe hit by wave of fridge hacks as thousands more systems remain exposed
Unknown attackers turn up the heat across the Continent, leaving a trail of ruined food in their wake.
AI
UK watchdog locks horns with Meta over fears Zuck could scrape British websites to train AI
Peers urge government to “use all the powers at their disposal” to stop Meta using publishers’ content for AI development.
Internet
"Don't record me!": Meta wants to stop Glassholes prying, perving and pirating
Mark Zuckerberg's researchers take on creeps who use so-called "pervert glasses" to record audio and video in sensitive locations.
Security
Palo Alto retracts claim that PHP2Shell "apocalypse bug" was used to attack Europe
Horror bug threatened to break the internet, putting tens of millions of exposed instances at risk. So why is the web still standing?
Systemic Risk
French fridge hacks expose cold truth about a growing systemic risk to global supply chains
Threat actors remotely raise refrigerator temperatures so high that fires break out inside supermarkets.
Critical Infrastructure
Ancient UK water systems face a modern security threat that's worrying business leaders
A perfect storm of decaying physical infrastructure and vulnerable operational technology is putting supply resilience at risk.
Cyberwar
Five Eyes exposes Chinese hacking network as researchers warn of AI cyberwar arms race
"We will continue to call out malicious actors and the malevolent ecosystem they operate in," GCHQ's cybersecurity wing vows.
Security
Discord security bot turns against its own users after hackers stole its identity
“The irony here is painful. A service designed to protect communities from malicious actors has become the source of a data exposure."
Crime
“Psychological warfare”: ASOS hackers use push notifications to deliver fear to the front door
"Using the company's app to deliver an extortion message is an aggressive tactic designed to create immediate public pressure."
Government
Will AI destroy civil service impartiality and make bureaucracy unbreakable?
Westminster warned that tech concentration will bake immovable ideology into the systems that power government.
Critical Systems
NHS websites transmit data from sensitive pages after patients refuse cookies, research finds
EXCLUSIVE: Consent controls fail to stop information being sent to third parties when patients visit pages covering HIV, cancer and mental health.