Five Eyes Countries Ask for Encryption Backdoors for the Umpteenth Time
Hackney Council hit by cyberattack, Doctorow publishes third in Little Brother series and more.
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Trump eyes AI crackdown after hands-off push falters
EU is talking with Anthropic to test banks with Mythos, DHS intelligence office staff failed to secure smartphones, A Latvian was sentenced to 8.5 years for role in Karakurt ransomware, A Romanian was indicted for bank fraud scheme dating to 2009, CISA unveils CI Fortify for CI entities, much more
Five Eyes warn that agentic AI is already in critical systems—and security isn’t keeping up
Trellix hit by significant breach, 15-year-old was busted for French gov't hack, CISA warns of Copy Fail exploits in the wild, Defender flags some legit DigiCert root certs as malware, Sri Lanka arrests 37 Chinese cyberscam operators, US health insurance exchanges share data with big tech, much more
The new infosec battleground is human: This week's best infosec long reads 5/2/26
Journalist surveillance is a global industry, China retaliated against reporters through surveillance, AI jailbreaking takes a toll on the soul, Fraudsters targeted vulnerable immigrants, DHS has built a vast surveillance system, Memory-safe programming languages are critical to AI attack defense
GPT-5.5 aces UK cyber trials, tops rivals in AISI tests
NSA is testing Mythos, Anthropic publishes Claude Security for Claude Enterprise, Flock spied on a kid's gym room, DPRK hackers have stolen $577m in crypto year-to-date, Rhysida demands ransom from Stelia Aerospace NA, Two ransomware negotiators sentenced to prison, much more