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Ransomware attacks that disrupted the computer networks of New Britain and Meriden earlier this year may have exposed sensitive personal information belonging to more than 12,600 residents, newly released state data shows. 

Hiscox’s 10th Cyber Readiness Report found that 29% of organisations suffered at least one successful cyber attack in the past year. The study drew on responses from 6,800 cyber security decision-makers, including 1,000 in the UK.

Attackers are increasingly moving upstream, targeting the systems that build and distribute code rather than the applications that emerge from them. CI/CD pipelines, package registries including npm and PyPI, GitHub Actions workflows, and the AI agent tooling are now connected to all of them, attracting the attention that production software used to. Adversaries take over…

If you clicked on an HBO Max ad on Reddit over the past week, you might want to check your computer for malware.

Only 10% of UK businesses hold a standalone cyber policy, government survey finds

Nearly one in three organisations globally (29%) have been hit by a successful cyber attack in the past year, according to the 10th annual HiscoxCyber Readiness Report, based on a survey of nearly 7,000 cybersecurity decision-makers at smaller firms, including 1,000 in the UK.

Anthropic CEO and co-founder Dario Amodei has published an essay entitled “We Must Pace the Frontier.” He expressed ongoing concerns over the “misuse of AI for cyberattacks and bioterrorism” and fears that a swarm of AI agents could theoretically take over the entire internet within six to 12 months.

Former Teamster shares Ground Zero experience, lasting impact ahead of 9/11 anniversary

Add to Google Preferred Sources The Bundestag held its first reading of the 2027 federal budget on Tuesday, triggering a sharp confrontation over the fiscal policy course of the black-red coalition. Finance Minister Lars Klingbeil presented a budget with expenditures of €555.4 billion (approximately $644.3 billion) and total new borrowing of €203.7 billion (approximately $236.3…

Ransomware in 2026 has split into two contradictory storylines, and both are backed by hard numbers. Attack volume keeps climbing: Group-IB counted 2,393 attacks published on ransomware data leak sites across 79 active groups in the first quarter of 2026 alone, a 4.5% jump from the previous quarter, according to the firm’s “Ransomware in 2026:…