Tag: government
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UK Panel Calls for Fresh Approach to Regulating Medical AI
Commission Says Premarket Reviews Alone Fall Short for Evolving AI Technologies. AI-enabled medical devices and healthcare software in the United Kingdom should be regulated with a life-cycle risk approach, especially as the technologies evolve, rather than the one-time premarket approval model that’s predominate today, according to a new government commission report. First seen on govinfosecurity.com…
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Japan’s Digital Agency says VPN flaw exposed 246,000 personnel records
Japan’s Digital Agency has discovered a data breach that may have exposed around 246,000 record rows containing personal information of government employees. First seen on bleepingcomputer.com Jump to article: www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/japans-digital-agency-says-vpn-flaw-exposed-246-000-personnel-records/
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Japan’s Digital Agency says VPN flaw exposed 246,000 personnel records
Japan’s Digital Agency has discovered a data breach that may have exposed around 246,000 record rows containing personal information of government employees. First seen on bleepingcomputer.com Jump to article: www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/japans-digital-agency-says-vpn-flaw-exposed-246-000-personnel-records/
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Hundreds of fake government websites target users in Central Asia
The sites are designed to collect victims’ contact details, which scammers then use to target them through phone or email to steal money, personal information or gain access to their devices. First seen on therecord.media Jump to article: therecord.media/hundreds-of-fake-gov-websites-central-asia-scam
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Revolut Reveals Data Breach Tied to Faked Official Request
Financial Platform Was Socially Engineered Into Disclosing Sensitive Customer Data. Digital financial platform Revolut is notifying customers that it suffered a data breach exposing their personal details after it fell for an official-looking impersonation scam involving a request for customer information sent using a legitimate government agency domain email. First seen on govinfosecurity.com Jump to…
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Revolut Reveals Data Breach Tied to Faked Official Request
Financial Platform Was Socially Engineered Into Disclosing Sensitive Customer Data. Digital financial platform Revolut is notifying customers that it suffered a data breach exposing their personal details after it fell for an official-looking impersonation scam involving a request for customer information sent using a legitimate government agency domain email. First seen on govinfosecurity.com Jump to…
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Revolut handed customer data to fraudsters using government email account
British fintech Revolut confirmed disclosing sensitive customer data to fraudsters who submitted emergency data requests from a legitimate government email account. First seen on therecord.media Jump to article: therecord.media/revolut-scam-crypto-impersonation
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Revolut discloses data breach exposing financial info, passports
Fintech company Revolut has disclosed a data breach after sharing data from an undisclosed number of customers with a threat actor impersonating a government agency. First seen on bleepingcomputer.com Jump to article: www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/revolut-discloses-data-breach-exposing-financial-info-passports/
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Anthropic CEO Calls for an AI Slowdown. Is It Possible?
Anthropic CEO calls for AI slowdown, proposes embedded evaluators and global coordination. Geopolitical competition with China makes a voluntary pause structurally fragile. Dario Amodei published >>We Must Pace the Frontier>>, calling on the AI industry, governments, and international bodies to slow the pace of AI capability development before safety research can catch up. It’s the…
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What we know about the Revolut data breach so far
Someone impersonating a government agency, using an email address on that agency’s domain, obtained sensitive customer records from Revolut. The bank confirmed the … First seen on helpnetsecurity.com Jump to article: www.helpnetsecurity.com/2026/09/14/revolut-data-breach-privacy/
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Revolut confirms customer data breach through fake government requests
Revolut said it notified affected customers and alerted the relevant government agency, law enforcement, and financial regulators. First seen on techcrunch.com Jump to article: techcrunch.com/2026/09/12/revolut-confirms-customer-data-breach-through-fake-government-requests/
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CISA Calls for More Guidance, Less Spin, as Cyber Outages Escalate
A new joint government advisory signals a regulatory shift, pressing organizations to adopt more transparent breach notification and incident response protocols. First seen on darkreading.com Jump to article: www.darkreading.com/cyber-risk/cisa-calls-for-more-guidance-less-spin-as-cyber-outages-escalate
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Rhysida Publishes 1.4 Million Berlin Government Files After Ransom Refusal
Rhysida published nearly 1.4 million files stolen from Berlin after a Euro2 million ransom demand failed, exposing personal and sensitive government data. First seen on esecurityplanet.com Jump to article: www.esecurityplanet.com/threats/news-berlin-cyberattack-rhysida-dark-web-emea/
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CISA Calls for More Guidance, Less Spin, as Cyber Outages Escalate
A new joint government advisory signals a regulatory shift, pressing organizations to adopt more transparent breach notification and incident response protocols. First seen on darkreading.com Jump to article: www.darkreading.com/cyber-risk/cisa-calls-for-more-guidance-less-spin-as-cyber-outages-escalate
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Anthropic caught Russia-linked spies using Claude in hacking operations
Anthropic detected and disrupted a Russia-linked cyber-espionage group that used its AI tool Claude in a hacking campaign targeting more than 20 government, intelligence, diplomatic and defense organizations. First seen on therecord.media Jump to article: therecord.media/anthropic-russia-hackers-claude
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Treasury urges banks to file cyber scam reports, noting nearly $13 billion in losses since 2023
As the cyber scam industry expands globally, the U.S. government wants banks to share more information about what’s happening to their customers. First seen on therecord.media Jump to article: therecord.media/treasury-urges-banks-report-cyber-scams
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White House sees water cybersecurity partnership in Texas as national blueprint
The government is taking a new approach to protecting critical infrastructure, National Cyber Director Sean Cairncross said. First seen on cybersecuritydive.com Jump to article: www.cybersecuritydive.com/news/water-cybersecurity-white-house-oncd-texas-partnership-cairncross/830029/
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Governments ‘buying time’ in race between innovation, security, national cyber director says
Sean Cairncross also said AI has shown long-standing issues in cyber rather than creating new ones. First seen on cyberscoop.com Jump to article: cyberscoop.com/national-cyber-director-ai-cybersecurity-threats/
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ID verification giant IDScan confirms data breach with more than 150 million driver’s licenses stolen
The ID checking company said the data breach included people’s full names and driver’s licenses and other government-issued identity documents. First seen on techcrunch.com Jump to article: techcrunch.com/2026/09/10/id-verification-giant-idscan-confirms-data-breach-with-more-than-150-million-drivers-licenses-stolen/
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FBI Publishes First-Ever Cyber Strategy, With Focus on Disrupting Threat Actors
The new document appears to be part of a broader shift by the US government towards the proactive disruption of cyber threat actors First seen on infosecurity-magazine.com Jump to article: www.infosecurity-magazine.com/news/fbi-cyber-strategy-disrupting/
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EU Cyber Resilience Act to Enforce New Reporting Requirements
Starting Friday, businesses operating in the EU will have just 24 hours to notify the government any time they discover serious product security incidents. First seen on darkreading.com Jump to article: www.darkreading.com/cybersecurity-operations/eu-cyber-resilience-act-reporting-requirements
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State CIOs Need an Enterprise Identity Strategy
NASCIO’s Eric Sweden on Balancing Security, Privacy and Citizen Access. Fragmented identity systems make government harder to use and can obscure fraud across agencies. NASCIO’s Eric Sweden explains how states can build shared trust, protect privacy and adapt identity infrastructure for digital wallets, deepfakes and AI agents. First seen on govinfosecurity.com Jump to article: www.govinfosecurity.com/state-cios-need-enterprise-identity-strategy-a-32782
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US disrupts Xinbi Guarantee marketplace fueling the cyber scam economy
The U.S. government also carried out a seizure of $52.8 million from 52 wallets connected to the platform. First seen on therecord.media Jump to article: therecord.media/us-disrupts-xinbi-guarantee-marketplace-cybercrime
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US Government Accuses Chinese AI Firms of Distilling Frontier Models
US agencies claim Chinese companies covertly extracted billions of tokens from OpenAI, Anthropic, Google Gemini, and SpaceX’s Grok to reduce development costs. First seen on darkreading.com Jump to article: www.darkreading.com/application-security/us-government-chinese-ai-firms-distilling-frontier-models
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Ryanair calls for government action over Nats IT failure
The National Air Traffic Control System was not fully operational for over eight hours, causing major disruption to airlines and passengers First seen on computerweekly.com Jump to article: www.computerweekly.com/news/366650160/Ryanair-calls-for-government-action-over-Nats-IT-failure
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Government to force tech companies to verify age of users to protect children
Phone and tablet users will be required to verify their ages with credit card or official ID under government plans to prevent under-18s viewing nude images. First seen on computerweekly.com Jump to article: www.computerweekly.com/news/366649187/Government-to-force-tech-companies-to-verify-age-of-users-to-protect-children
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UK government proposes AI first responders for cyber attacks
The UK government will use money set aside for defensive investments to build an agentic cyber incident response capability, ministers say First seen on computerweekly.com Jump to article: www.computerweekly.com/news/366650021/UK-government-proposes-AI-first-responders-for-cyber-attacks