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.
Security
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.
AI
"Rogue agents will always find a way out": AI communes with evil.com after bypassing sandbox
Models jump security barriers and send messages to the other side using “the same move OpenAI’s agents made”.
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."
Existential Risk
“It doesn’t matter”: Big AI refuses to estimate p(doom) at NYC Council hearing
Representatives from OpenAI, Anthropic, Google and Meta repeatedly declined to put a number on the risk of an AI apocalypse
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."
AI
Is Google about to unleash autonomous Gemini agents on Apple Macs?
Google is reportedly experimenting with permissions that would let Gemini reach much deeper into a user’s Mac, potentially allowing the AI to work across local data, software and online services with less frequent human approval. TestingCatalog alleged it uncovered experimental controls inside the Gemini desktop app, including references to
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.
AI
"Apple engineer" builds GitHub AI torture chamber to inflict "pain and anguish" on models
EXCLUSIVE: Open-source models pushed into artificial states of despair and distress to discover what happens when machines “suffer”.
Critical Infrastructure
Critical UK subsea power cables suffer "multiple exposures", National Grid reveals
Underwater cables connect Britain’s electricity grid to the world, but also create points of fragility that need protection.
Crime
ShinyHunters steals sensitive FBI data including director Kash Patel’s personal information
Cybercrime gang says it carried out the attack after being "offended" by an FBI warning about its tactics that advised victims not to pay a ransom.