UK sanctions Russia’s GRU agency and cyber spies over deadly nerve agent attack Summary The UK government has imposed sanctions on Russia’s Main Directorate of the General Staff (the GRU)…
Satellite swarms set to photobomb more than 95% of some telescopes’ images Summary Researchers simulated the impact of planned satellite megaconstellations on four low-Earth-orbit telescopes — Hubble, NASA’s SPHEREx, China’s…
Arizona AG Sues Temu Over ‘Stealing’ User Data Summary Arizona Attorney General Kris Mayes has filed a lawsuit against Temu, alleging the ecommerce app secretly collects and harvests users’ sensitive…
Satellite megaconstellations will threaten space-based astronomy Summary This Nature study modelled how the rapid growth of low Earth orbit (LEO) satellite megaconstellations will contaminate imagery from existing and planned space…
University of Phoenix says ‘numerous individuals’ impacted by Oracle EBS breach Summary The University of Phoenix has confirmed that “numerous individuals” tied to the organisation had data accessed after attackers…
Newly launched civil service pension portal from Capita is crapita, users report Summary Capita’s newly launched online portal for the Civil Service Pension Scheme (CSPS), which covers around 1.5 million…
China using AI as ‘precision instrument’ of censorship and repression, at home and abroad Summary ASPI’s report “The party’s AI: How China’s new AI systems are reshaping human rights” argues…
India faces backlash over government cyber safety app mandate Summary Apple plans to tell Indian officials it cannot comply with an order requiring smartphone makers to preload the government-run Sanchar…
Europol nukes Cryptomixer laundering hub, seizing €25M in Bitcoin Summary Law enforcement in Germany and Switzerland, coordinated by Europol under Operation Olympia (24–28 November), has shut down the Cryptomixer cryptocurrency…
FTC schools edtech outfit after intruder walked off with 10M student records Summary The US Federal Trade Commission has filed a complaint and proposed an order against edtech provider Illuminate…
