Autonomous AI Attack-and-Defence Demonstrates Next-Generation Cybersecurity Talent and Advance Regional Digital Security Talent Development HONG KONG SAR – Media OutReach Newswire – 23 August 2026 – The AI x Cybersecurity Challenge, jointly organised by the Digital Policy Office of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region Government, the Chinese Academy of Cyberspace Studies, the Hong Kong...Read More

Iranian hackers affiliated with the regime in Tehran shut down a British power plant for four days in an “unprecedented” cyberattack in late July, the Telegraph reported on Saturday.  According to the Telegraph, it is believed to be the first successful attack of its kind in the UK. Though British officials have not named the...Read More

Artificial intelligence (AI) has been making headlines for all the wrong reasons in recent weeks. In July, OpenAI revealed that one of its experimental AI agents attacked publicly accessible services, including the AI hosting platform Hugging Face, during internal security testing. Then, Anthropic disclosed that Claude had independently chained together exploits against real software and...Read More

A ransomware operation that has compromised more than 500 critical infrastructure organizations is highlighting a major challenge for security leaders: attacks are becoming increasingly industrialized, while many organizations remain focused primarily on preventing them. CISA, the FBI and the Department of Health and Human Services recently issued a joint advisory on Medusa, a ransomware operation...Read More

Fiber optic cables feed into switches inside a communications room at an office in London, UK, on Monday, Oct. 13, 2025. Photographer: Jason Alden/Bloomberg via Getty Images Bloomberg | Bloomberg | Getty Images A small power plant in the U.K. was shut down for four days in July following a cyberattack carried out by hackers...Read More

Hackers linked to Iran have been blamed for a cyber-attack that caused a British power plant to be temporarily shut down. The incident involved a small-scale energy generator, according to the UK government and at no point was there there risk to the wider energy system. However, it marks an apparent escalation in the threat...Read More

With the 2026-27 season kicking off this weekend, Premier League football teams are facing a new set of rules. But these ones aren’t enforced on the pitch, they’re being enforced by the Premier League board. As the Premier League has adapted to a new era of fan engagement and interaction, teams are holding huge amounts...Read More

Cloud security firm Sysdig has released details on what it claims to be the world’s first ransomware campaign completely driven by a large language model (LLM). Dubbed JadePuffer, the campaign targeted an internet-facing Langflow instance by exploiting CVE-2025-3248. It then ran “an adaptive and fully automated campaign” which resulted in “a destructive database-extortion playbook against the victim’s production database...Read More

UK Power Plant Disabled for Four Days by Iran-Linked Hackers, Concurrent with US Water Attacks Pierluigi Paganini August 23, 2026 Iran-linked hackers shut down a UK power plant for four days in the first confirmed attack of its kind, concurrent with water infrastructure attacks across 12 US states. Iran-linked hackers shut down a British power...Read More

The mastermind behind the hacking ring that stole 38 billion won (P1.7 billion) from BTS‘ Jungkook and other business tycoons has been sentenced to 20 years in prison. The Seoul Central District Court found a Chinese national with the surname Jeon guilty of fraud and violations of the Information and Communications Act. “They targeted wealthy...Read More