Sheldon Cooper | Lightrocket | Getty Images Quantum computing platform IonQ said on Monday it will acquire cybersecurity company Elisity in an all-stock deal worth up to $1.3 billion, including up to $150 million in performance-based earnouts. The move is designed to defend against and uncover attackers targeting generative AI large-language models and AI agents,...Read More
AI-Based Attacks , Data Backup and Recovery , Data Security QuellSecure’s Omar Hussain on Slow Recovery, Containment and AI-Driven Attacks Marianne Kolbasuk McGee (HealthInfoSec) • October 12, 2026 Omar Hussain, CEO and co-founder, QuellSecure Hospitals expect to bounce back quickly from ransomware, but only 16% of victim organizations recover within a day, said...Read More
Attackers hijacked connected refrigeration controls overnight and pushed cabinets to 50C, leaving retailers with ruined stock and an awkward question about which policy, if any, will pay Hackers turned the fridges of hundreds of French supermarkets into something closer to ovens overnight on Sunday. They forced temperatures as high as 50C, spoiled fresh and frozen...Read More
Official reviews released under the Official Information Act show New Zealand Police lack the capability to investigate high-level cybercrime, RNZ has reported, meaning businesses hit by a cyber incident should not assume a police investigation will follow. The AFP assessment, which police did not make public, found NZ Police “lacks the capability and capacity to...Read More
Ahold Delhaize on Monday said it had shut down the websites of its retail banners after a cybersecurity incident on Sunday. The websites of Food Lion, Hannaford, Stop & Shop and both Giant Food banners were all taken offline, and online grocery ordering and deliveries were suspended after a security issue in the Ahold Delhaize...Read More
Want to bookmark your favourite articles and stories to read or reference later? Start your Independent Membership today. Join today Already a member? Log in A major cyberattack targeting commercial refrigeration systems across France has left more than 150 supermarkets facing millions of euros in damages after hackers remotely altered fridge temperatures overnight. The attack...Read More
Hackers have forced the temperature of many French supermarket fridges up to 50C overnight, in an “unprecedented” cyber-attack affecting several hundred stores across the country, with fires and food losses reported. The Paris prosecutor’s office said on Monday the large-scale attack was “affecting connected refrigerators in several major food retailers across France”. Reported damage included...Read More
Fraud Management & Cybercrime , Ransomware Man Charged With Cyber Conspiracy and Extortion as FBI Investigates ShinyHunters Mathew J. Schwartz (euroinfosec) • October 12, 2026 Image: Shutterstock/ISMG A Canadian ransomware negotiation expert has been named as a suspect recently arrested as part of the FBI’s crackdown on the ShinyHunters cyberextortion group. See Also:...Read More
An international criminal operation tricked thousands of Americans into laundering millions of dollars stolen by hackers, using fake jobs to move the money overseas. A Ukrainian-Russian dual citizen has pleaded guilty to running an international money laundering operation that recruited more than 15,000 people in the United States to help cybercriminals move stolen money out...Read More
What does patient safety mean to you? For many, patient safety means what we can see: hand hygiene, infection prevention and control practices, medication checks and real-time monitoring. Those aspects matter every day, but another area is becoming increasingly important in patient safety discussions: cybersecurity. Hospitals and health systems are playing a more complex and...Read More
