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Britain’s 500+ private airports are blind spot in nation’s security through which weapons and migrants are being smuggled, report reveals
A new report from the defence think tank RUSI has warned that more than 500 regional airports, airfields and helipads across Britain are being exploited by criminals to smuggle drugs, cash, weapons and people into the country. Around one in five of these sites accept unscheduled flights from abroad that bypass the stringent customs checks…
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Cyberattack disrupts International Meteor Organization’s global observation network
The International Meteor Organization (IMO), the nonprofit that coordinates amateur and professional meteor observations worldwide, has confirmed its infrastructure suffered a “critical blow” following a cyberattack, taking much of its website offline. The group expects several weeks of partial downtime while it transitions to new systems. This matters because the IMO’s databases and unified reporting…
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Met police stops investigating murder of hero who helped convict rape gang to save money – as family hit out at force’s ‘betrayal’
The Metropolitan Police has paused the murder investigation into Abraham Badru, a young man who was shot dead outside his Hackney home in 2018 after helping convict a gang of rapists as a 14-year-old, citing resourcing pressures within the homicide command. His family have reacted with anger and accused the force of betrayal, arguing that…
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AI executives champion self-regulation whilst Trump spurns government oversight
A commentary piece argues that Anthropic chief executive Dario Amodei’s call for leading AI labs to jointly slow development and agree common safety standards echoes an old corporate tactic of seeking exemption from competition law under the guise of self-regulation. It notes that the proposal, quickly backed by OpenAI’s Sam Altman, Elon Musk and Google…
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Spain gets its first taste of AI-aided cyber attack
Spain’s data protection agency (AEPD) has reported the country’s first personal data breach caused by an autonomous AI agent, marking a shift from theoretical concern to documented reality for Spanish regulators. An individual deployed an AI agent built on an unnamed large language model to scan an organisation’s files, run vulnerability scans, and gain read/write…
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AI firms seek competition reprieve under guise of safety
The Guardian’s Rana Foroohar argues that Anthropic chief Dario Amodei’s proposal for leading AI labs to jointly “pace the frontier” – coordinating to slow development and agree safety standards – is a repackaged version of a familiar corporate tactic: seeking exemption from antitrust laws under the guise of self-regulation. She warns that freeing AI firms…
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Boss found out what engineer was saying about him behind his back on WhatsApp group chat and fired him – now he has to pay $15,345: ‘Extremely insulting’
An Australian engineer who was sacked after his boss discovered “extremely insulting” WhatsApp messages he had written about him has won an unfair dismissal claim and been awarded $15,345. Tyler Monaghan had worked as a project engineer for construction firm Endacom since June 2022 and had already given eight weeks’ notice to resign in October…
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Labour plot to block mega-donations to Reform ‘could breach its own human rights laws’, warns former attorney general
A former attorney general has warned that Labour’s plan to retrospectively restrict foreign-based donors could breach the government’s own human rights laws, as Downing Street confirmed a crackdown on overseas political donations would apply backdated to 25 March this year. The move appears targeted at two £36 million donations to Reform UK from crypto-billionaires Ben…
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Victims and witnesses of Southport stabbing attack at centre of ‘completely unacceptable’ data breach: Ministry of Justice issues apology
The Ministry of Justice has apologised after victims and witnesses of the Southport attack had their personal data inappropriately accessed by government staff in 2024, in what officials called a “completely unacceptable” breach. Those affected were only told about the incident recently, despite the disciplinary process against those responsible having concluded in April 2025, and…
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Iranian spies hit Windows machines with Chosen Brick data-stealing malware
Iranian state-backed hackers are targeting individuals via WhatsApp and Telegram to install surveillance malware called Chosen Brick on Windows devices, according to a joint advisory from the FBI, UK National Cyber Security Centre and the Netherlands’ AIVD. The malware has been used since at least 2025 to steal contacts, emails and social media messages, enabling…