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…
Drinking water is at risk during warfare — better protections are needed Summary This correspondence, authored by researchers including Rongsheng Ning, Yingying Xiang, Mauricius Marques dos Santos and Shane A.…
India demands smartphone makers install a government app on every handset Summary India’s Department of Telecommunications (DoT) has ordered all smartphone manufacturers to pre-install the Sanchar Saathi app on every…
CodeRED Emergency Alert Platform Shut Down Following Cyberattack Summary Crisis24 (part of GardaWorld) took the OnSolve CodeRED emergency-notification platform offline on 10 November after a cyberattack that damaged the CodeRED…
