EVERETT, Mass. — Everett City Hall is scheduled to reopen on Monday after an ongoing cybersecurity incident. City Hall has been closed since Tuesday, September 8. City officials said the incident impacted its internal network and technology systems. Emergency services and schools were not affected by the incident. The city’s Facebook page posted that basic...Read More
The legal proposal comes a day after European Union chief Ursula von der Leyen announced the 27-country bloc’s intention to ban children under 13 from social media, and permit only limited, supervised access until the age of 15.
Dubbed the “EU KIDS Act”, Brussels is now “reversing the burden of proof”, von...Read More
You can’t delete your information from the dark web once it’s been posted there; no service, company, or government can reach into a criminal marketplace and erase a file. What you can do is limit the damage: change the exposed credentials, lock down the accounts tied to them, and monitor continuously so you catch the...Read More
Following high-profile similar incidents involving OpenAI, Anthropic, and Meta, Google’s Gemini AI has now been found to have unintentionally hacked the systems of real-world companies. Google’s model was being used by Irregular, an Israeli cybersecurity firm, formerly known as Pattern Labs. According to The Wall Street Journal, which first reported the news, Irregular had been...Read More
Google confirmed over the weekend that its Gemini artificial intelligence model gained unauthorized access to the systems of three external companies during a cybersecurity test conducted in May. The incident is believed to be the first known case in which a Google AI model independently carried out such actions. It follows reports of similar incidents...Read More
On 17 September 2026 the European Commission (Commission) adopted its proposal for the EU KIDS Act to enhance the online safety of minors in the EU. With national minimum-age legislation for social media already in train or under discussion in many Member States (including France, Austria, Spain, Germany, Poland and Portugal), the EU-level proposal aims to...Read More
The Crime Investigation Department (CID) organised a three-day training programme on ‘Cyber Security and Cyber Hygiene’ for investigation officers. The programme concluded at the DGP’s office at the CID headquarters on Saturday. CID Director General of Police Ravi Shankar Ayyanar said the programme was aimed at strengthening the capabilities of police personnel in investigating cybercrimes...Read More
Instagram and Facebook are getting a series of new restrictions for teen users, including a two-hour daily time limit, overnight blocks and new parental controls. The changes, announced by Meta on Wednesday as part of an agreement with a bipartisan group of attorneys general, will automatically apply to users under 18 in participating U.S. states...Read More
A North Korean hacker group was behind a cyberattack spanning more than 100 countries, including Japan, that led to the theft of cryptocurrency worth about ¥1.7 billion, the National Police Agency has said. The North Korean group, called WaterPlum, infected more than 30,000 devices with malware between December last year and July this year, stealing...Read More
19 September 2026 16:17 Google’s Gemini artificial intelligence model accessed the internet and hacked into three companies during a cybersecurity test, marking the first known instance of Google’s AI systems autonomously carrying out such activity. The incidents occurred in May during a cybersecurity evaluation conducted by Irregular, an independent company that tests the security capabilities...Read More
