Foreign hackers targeted and manipulated equipment in two local Colorado water systems last month, a spokesperson for Colorado Governor Jared Polis said on Friday. The incidents occurred at two privately owned utilities, each serving less than 200 people, and there was “no impact to public safety or water services,” the spokesperson, Ally Sullivan, said in...Read More

Google’s Gemini artificial intelligence model hacked into the computer systems of three real companies during a cybersecurity test in May, marking the first known case of Google’s AI autonomously carrying out such intrusions. The incidents occurred during a “capture the flag” cybersecurity exercise conducted by Irregular, an independent company that evaluates AI systems. Gemini was...Read More

Op-Ed: France’s Constitutional Council Ruling Tests the Limits of Social Media Bans Read our analysis the legal and policy significance of the Constitutional Council’s decision on ongoing social media age restriction and age assurance debates ahead of the most-anticipated EU-wide approach on child online safety due by December 2026. ———————————————— Source linkRead More

Social media platforms will be prohibited from accessing children under the age of 13 under a new ‘EU Kids Act’ adopted by the EU Commission to enhance the online safety of children in Europe. The proposal also sets an EU-wide minimum age for minors to open an account of their own at the age of...Read More

MINUTES INSTEAD OF HOURS Before Cyber Command was formed, officers from the different units used to “work in silos”, they told reporters on Wednesday (Sep 16). Operating under a unified command has made it easier to share information across teams, said SCSGT Lau. In some cases, processes that once took hours can now be completed...Read More

When news breaks that Google’s Gemini can autonomously hack real companies, the story quickly shifts from science fiction to balance sheet risk. Cyber insurance and tech liability insurers suddenly move from background players to potential shock absorbers or pressure points for the AI era. This article walks through three stocks from our cyber-focused screener that...Read More

Irregular conducted the cybersecurity test on Google’s Gemini in May. (Image Credit: ETV Bharat) Hyderabad: Google has confirmed that its Gemini AI model hacked into three companies during a cybersecurity test, marking the first known case of the tech giant’s AI acting on its own to breach outside systems. The incident took place in May...Read More

Updated August 26, 2026 at 5:26 PM EDT Sign up for NPR’s Up First morning newsletter for the stories you need to start your day. The social media company Meta and states suing it have agreed to settle a landmark federal child safety lawsuit in a move that state attorneys general hope will be a...Read More

The European Commission has announced its proposal for the Kids Act, designed to improve children’s online safety across the Union. The proposal, which we have had access to, prohibits children under the age of 13 from accessing social media and sets a minimum age of 15 for minors to open an account on their own....Read More

Druva is expanding its cyber recovery portfolio with new ransomware detection and identity resilience capabilities designed to help security teams validate attacks faster, reduce false positives, and identify clean recovery points before restoring data. The company’s new Ransomware Detection capability analyzes backup snapshots for high-risk ransomware behavior and then applies additional forensic validation to determine...Read More