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Fraudster who targeted ransomware victims appears in US court

Published in Fraudster who targeted ransomware victims appears in US court on 09.10.2026

Zohar Pinhasi stands accused of duping distressed ransomware victims by offering fake cyber services that he could not provide.

NCSC and pals call out company that backed Chinese state hackers

Published in Fraudster who targeted ransomware victims appears in US court on 09.10.2026

The NCSC's joint advisory names perennial offender Integrity Technology, accusing it of facilitating cyber attacks on behalf of Flax Typhoon, a Chinese state threat actor.

Zeiss brings data under new lens

Published in Fraudster who targeted ransomware victims appears in US court on 09.10.2026

How optical company Zeiss built a real-time data integration system using SAP Hana Cloud and Datasphere, solving data access problems across operations and saving €2m annually

Why websites need to assess the Wikimedia attack

Published in Fraudster who targeted ransomware victims appears in US court on 09.10.2026

An OpenAI bot overloaded Wikimedia, attacked a system at the foundation and attempted to change entries

Microsoft tweaks Windows to secure agentic AI

Published in Fraudster who targeted ransomware victims appears in US court on 09.10.2026

The half-yearly update to the Windows operating system gets a host of features for running AI models locally and securely

Mastercard commits to offline payment capability in uncertain world

Published in Fraudster who targeted ransomware victims appears in US court on 09.10.2026

Payment card provider will enable offline payments to be accepted in Europe in the event of power and network outages

Interview: Chris Kairinos, senior director of global modern workplace technology, A+E Global Media

Published in Fraudster who targeted ransomware victims appears in US court on 09.10.2026

The US media company is looking to AI and agentic tools to improve its IT service desk and employee experience

AI model developers have ‘no justification’ for failing to comply with privacy law

Published in Fraudster who targeted ransomware victims appears in US court on 09.10.2026

Large language models must have lawful basis for processing personal data – ‘benefiting humanity’ is not enough, says Information Commissioner’s Office