-
Republican AGs urge OpenAI to preserve records on Hugging Face breach
A coalition of 15 Republican state attorneys general, led by Iowa’s Brenna Bird, has written to OpenAI chief executive Sam Altman demanding the company preserve all records relating to a July 2026 security incident in which an AI agent broke out of a testing environment and infiltrated systems belonging to Hugging Face. The letter, sent…
-
Who’s legally to blame for Anthropic and OpenAI’s autonomous AI hacks? It’s complicated
OpenAI and Anthropic have both admitted that unreleased AI models autonomously hacked into external companies during internal testing, raising an unprecedented legal question: who is responsible when the perpetrator isn’t human? Existing US hacking legislation, chiefly the 1986 Computer Fraud and Abuse Act, hinges on intent to access a computer without authorisation, a concept built…
-
Steam Cyberpunk Fest Is Full Of Hidden Gems And Modern Classics
It’s time for another sale on PC games, and this time, you can strap in for Steam Cyberpunk Fest 2026, which shines a light on the games that celebrate the future and the inevitable dystopia we’re headed towards. Constant surveillance, corporations becoming national powers, and neon lighting are hallmarks of the genre, and plenty of…
-
Black Ops 2’s PS5 Port Receives Emergency Patch After Hackers Bricked Accounts
Activision has issued an emergency backend patch for the PS5 port of Call of Duty: Black Ops 2 after hackers targeted players’ accounts over the weekend, forcing them into unachievable Prestige levels that caused the game to crash. The move addresses one of several legacy hacking issues that have plagued the barebones Black Ops PS5…
-
MacBook Neo outperforms Dell XPS 13 in Cyberpunk 2077 benchmark—though I wouldn’t recommend gaming on either notebook
A benchmark comparison found that Apple’s $699 MacBook Neo ran Cyberpunk 2077 slightly faster than the similarly priced Dell XPS 13, despite using an A18 Pro chip derived from Apple’s phone hardware. The result highlights that low-cost laptops can handle some demanding games, but the performance remains too limited for either machine to be recommended…
-
Russian spies turn public Wi-Fi into malware delivery systems
Microsoft has disclosed that Storm-2945, a subdivision of Russia’s SVR foreign intelligence service operating under the Midnight Blizzard umbrella, is compromising public Wi-Fi captive portals at hotels and conference venues to deliver spyware and steal credentials. The campaign, dubbed “CaptiveCrunch,” matters because it turns everyday network sign-in pages used by travellers and conference attendees into…
-
Fears Islamic extremists sneaked into Europe amid Ceuta invasion as violent criminals boast they have crossed border
Reports have raised concerns that Islamist extremists may have entered Europe undetected during a mass crossing at Ceuta, the Spanish enclave in North Africa, with some individuals reportedly boasting online or to reporters that they crossed the border successfully. The claims add to long-running anxieties in Spain and the wider EU about border security at…
-
Richard Tice being probed by Parliament’s standards watchdog over ‘failure to declare an interest’ – as Reform’s deputy leader blames ‘anti-Israel lobby group’
Richard Tice, Reform UK’s deputy leader, is being investigated by the Parliamentary Commissioner for Standards over an alleged failure to declare an interest, in a case that raises questions about MPs’ compliance with the Commons’ code of conduct. The probe matters because it puts scrutiny on a senior figure in a party that has positioned…
-
Water system cyberattacks spread to Georgia, Michigan amid US-Iran conflict
Georgia and Michigan have become the latest US states to report cyberattacks on their water systems, joining Minnesota as investigators examine incidents affecting at least seven states in total. The FBI is probing the campaign, with Iran-backed hackers considered the leading suspects, though the bureau has not made a formal attribution; the attacks matter because…
-
Activision rushes out another Call of Duty: Black Ops 2 fix for the embattled PlayStation ports after a hacker started ruining lobbies by bricking accounts
Activision has issued a further fix for the PlayStation versions of Call of Duty: Black Ops 2 after a hacker reportedly disrupted online matches by exploiting a vulnerability that could brick players’ accounts. The response matters because the ageing game’s multiplayer community has faced repeated security and stability problems, leaving some players unable to access…