Cyberattacks on Oil Tankers Put Maritime Critical Infrastructure at Risk Pierluigi Paganini September 17, 2026 Cyberattacks on oil tankers show how connected ships can expose navigation and critical systems, threatening safety, ports and global trade. U.S. Coast Guard personnel and FBI agents boarded two Texas‑bound energy tankers last month after cyberattacks hit the vessels while...Read More
“As models advance and become more widely deployed, decisions about AI development need evidence that people outside the companies building frontier models can examine,” noted Kai Chen, head of alignment research at OpenAI. “We don”t believe that the AI industry has solved alignment and monitoring to a sufficient degree to continue responsibly scaling at maximum...Read More
MARYLAND (WBFF) — Patients are suing Maryland hospital system Luminis Health over a cybersecurity incident that has left crucial systems offline for over two weeks. While the federal lawsuit references a “data breach,” Luminis Health has not answered the Capital Gazette’s repeated questions about whether patient information was compromised. The first lawsuit, filed last Friday,...Read More
The EU Kids Act remains a proposal, but the European Commission’s direction is already visible. On September 16, 2026, Ursula von der Leyen announced a plan to restrict social-media access for children under 13, place 13- to 15-year-olds in supervised accounts and impose “safe by design” expectations on services used by minors. The practical centerpiece...Read More
(TNS) — Iowa County’s UW-Extension program, which provides services and education to farmers and children, is on the chopping block under a new budget proposal. Officials are considering cuts that would reduce the county’s UW-Extension office from five staff members to one. The office is part of UW-Madison, with experts and educators stationed across the...Read More
DILWORTH — The Housing and Redevelopment Authority of Clay County was the target of a ransomware attack in June, the agency disclosed Thursday, Sept. 17. According to a release, the Housing and Redevelopment Authority detected and responded to a ransomware attack on its computer network on June 22. The agency then launched an investigation with...Read More
The New People party placed Vitaly Kovalev, a 38-year-old wanted by Interpol for organizing a criminal enterprise, on its federal candidate list for the State Duma elections. Kovalev was initially included in regional group No. 18, covering Kalmykia and the Volgograd and Astrakhan regions. He was removed from the list, however, before the Central Election Commission certified the candidate lists in July....Read More
The hackers have reportedly given Revolut 24 hours to pay the ransom, or else they will sell the stolen data to other criminals. A group of hackers claiming to be responsible for a recent Revolut data breach has reportedly threatened to sell the confidential records of hundreds of customers to other criminal groups unless the...Read More
You can play my most anticipated game of 2027 with the Dream Hackers VR demo released today. When the developers of Dream Hackers VR sent me a preview build of their upcoming game back in August, I didn’t know what to expect. I’d never heard of Dream Hackers VR. After two hours playing the rogue-lite...Read More
Wisconsin Superintendent Jill Underly speaks during a press conference Tuesday, Nov. 4, 2025, at the Tommy G. Thompson Center in Madison, Wis. Angela Major/WPR When the Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction submits its biennial budget request to the state Legislature in November, it will include $28 million to support children who are deafblind, bolster public...Read More
