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Manchester City supporters face damning evidence of owners’ financial rule breaches
Manchester City fans have every right to feel angry following an independent commission’s verdict that the club is guilty of serious Premier League financial rule breaches, including “sham contracts” and disguised funding schemes. The findings represent a stark contrast to the success and pride the club’s supporters have enjoyed since Abu Dhabi ownership arrived in…
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Russia threatens Europe with nuclear strikes; Iran rejects terror claims
Russia has threatened nuclear strikes against European nations if they continue supporting Ukraine. Iran has rejected claims linking it to a suspected terrorism incident near RAF Fairford.
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Flanagan’s Carrie updates Stephen King’s horror with online bullying
Mike Flanagan’s eight-episode Carrie series for Amazon Prime Video updates Stephen King’s 1974 classic by centring on cyberbullying. The adaptation retains the original story’s terror and drama whilst reimagining it for 2026, exploring the distinct nightmare of harassment that follows teenagers beyond school walls. Summer H. Howell plays Carrie White, who enters high school for…
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Fewer English secondary schools report cyber incidents, recovery improves
Ofqual’s survey found that fewer secondary schools in England reported cybersecurity incidents in 2025/26, and those affected were more likely to recover immediately. The findings suggest schools may be becoming more resilient, although Ofqual could not say what caused the improvement and many teachers were unsure what security changes their school had made. Of 3,775…
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Iran denies RAF Fairford terror link as Putin presses Ukraine invasion
Iran denies involvement in suspected terror incident near RAF Fairford as Putin shows no sign of stepping back from Russia’s Ukraine invasion. Women comprise just 16 per cent of the UK cybersecurity workforce.
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Women account for just 16% of UK cybersecurity workforce, survey finds
Women make up just 16 per cent of the UK cybersecurity workforce, the lowest share recorded since 2021, while their representation among workers with at least six years’ experience is only 12 per cent. A government survey found structural barriers to senior roles, including employers’ assumptions about women’s technical skills and family plans, alongside persistent…
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Deadly cartels know where our border agents live. We have to protect their families
A Justice Department inspector general audit found that the department is poorly coordinated in addressing ubiquitous technical surveillance, leaving employees, investigations, sources and witnesses at greater risk. The article argues that federal agencies should better protect law enforcement officers and their families from information that cartels can use to track and intimidate them. The article…
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Zimbra flaw breaches email servers; Huawei overtakes Nvidia in China
A critical Zimbra vulnerability is being exploited to steal corporate emails and credentials. Huawei claims its Ascend processors have overtaken Nvidia in China’s chip market.
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AI-enabled influence operation raises election concerns across south-east Asia
Anthropic recently discovered that Claude AI was used in a political influence operation in Malaysia, creating approximately 1,000 fake social media accounts, a fictitious news outlet and forged documents designed to manipulate voters in state elections. The operation targeted sensitive political divisions across all 222 Malaysian parliamentary constituencies but proved ineffective once detected, yet it…
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Manchester City Financial Scandal Expands: Etihad Threatens Legal Action, Whistleblower Loses Protection
Rui Pinto, the Football Leaks whistleblower whose documents helped prompt investigations into Manchester City’s finances, has lost his protected-witness status in Portugal. The decision comes amid the fallout from the Premier League finding City guilty of 114 charges, and after Pinto was assaulted in Lisbon in April. Portuguese police assessed the risk to Pinto as…