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British rail passengers urged to stay on guard after hack signals failure

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Passengers of the UK’s state-owned London North Eastern Railway (LNER) have been warned to be vigilant after cybercriminals accessed traveller’s contact details and some information about past journeys.

According to an advisory issued by LNER on its website, the railway became aware that customer information had been accessed following a security breach involving an unnamed third-party supplier.

The good news is that LNER says that no banking or payment details, or password data, was accessed

Flu Vaccine Email Error Exposes Student Data at Birmingham School

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An email mishap at a Birmingham secondary school led to the accidental exposure of hundreds of pupils’ personal details.

Spreadsheet accidentally shared online

Parents at Tudor Grange Academy grew alarmed after receiving a message about flu jab consent forms that contained far more than intended. Instead of a simple link for permissions, the email triggered a download of a spreadsheet with sensitive student data.

The spreadsheet revealed personal information of pupils from Year 7 through Yea

FTC Demands Answers from AI ‘Companion’ Makers on Kids’ Safety

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The Federal Trade Commission has opened a sweeping inquiry into how “companion” chatbots are designed, marketed and moderated, warning that the technology’s friend‑like tone may encourage children and teens to trust it with sensitive information.

The FTC issued 6(b) orders—requests backed by regulatory force even without an enforcement case—to Google parent company Alphabet; Character Technologies (Character.AI), Instagram, Facebook owner Meta, ChatGPT-maker OpenAI, Snap and Elon Musk’s xAI.

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FBI Warns of UNC6040 and UNC6395 Targeting Salesforce Platforms in Data Theft Attacks

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The U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) has issued a flash alert to release indicators of compromise (IoCs) associated with two cybercriminal groups tracked as UNC6040 and UNC6395 for a string of data theft and extortion attacks.

“Both groups have recently been observed targeting organizations’ Salesforce platforms via different initial access mechanisms,” the FBI said.

UNC6395 is a

Operation Eastwood: Measuring the Real Impact on NoName057(16)

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Introduction On July 16, 2025, Europol revealed the details of Operation Eastwood, a coordinated international strike against one of the most active pro-Russian cybercrime groups, NoName057(016). The announcement promised a major disruption to the group’s activities.  In this blog, we explore whether Operation Eastwood had any real impact on NoName057(016), and how the group’s activities […]

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Tucker Carlson asks Sam Altman if an OpenAI employee was murdered ‘on your orders’

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While interviewing OpenAI CEO Sam Altman this week, former Fox News host Tucker Carlson brought up his belief in a conspiracy theory that former OpenAI researcher Suchir Balaji was “definitely murdered.” The researcher’s death in November 2024, which was ruled a suicide by the San Francisco police, followed his release of statements online and in […]

Elon Musk is trying to silence Microsoft employees who criticize Charlie Kirk

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Elon Musk is pressing Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella to look into Blizzard employees who criticized Charlie Kirk after his death. Musk’s post quotes an X thread listing names and screenshots of the developers. “What’s going on here, @satyanadella?” Musk said. “These are Microsoft employees,” he added in another post. Musk’s direct question to Nadella follows […]