ByJoe Tidy Cyber correspondent, BBC World Service Published, 23 September 2026 Updated 24 September 2026 The FBI is investigating a claim by a cyber-crime group that it has stolen sensitive information on all bureau staff – around 38,000 people. The group, Shiny Hunters, says it has every agent’s name,...
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Thursday 24 September 2026 18:44, UK A British man was killed in a terrorist attack in Mozambique after he “gallantly” gave up his place on a rescue helicopter so that women and children could be saved, an inquest has heard. Contractor Philip Mawer, from Shaftesbury, Dorset, was killed in...
24 Sep 2026, 12:16 Updated 1 hour ago Alys Davies A fire at a Starlink satellite station in central Poland was a deliberate “act of sabotage”, a government minister has said. Polish Deputy Prime Minister Krzysztof Gawkowski said the fire in the Masovian Voivodeship province was “deliberately designed...
Volunteers would complete 10 days of training, followed by regular volunteering and training, before being available to support responses to emergencies. Wednesday 23 September 2026 22:46, UK A new report is calling for a National Resilience Corps (NRC), formed of tens of thousands of volunteers, to strengthen Britain’s...
Anthony Albanese, the country’s leader, says he has spoken to OpenAI boss Sam Altman to express “Australia’s extreme concern” about the breach. Follow the latest. http://AI latest: OpenAI agent hacks into Australian government website in world first
Antonia Juelich Boko Haram fighters are using the artificial intelligence chatbots of Big Tech companies to help build more powerful bombs, plan attacks and solve problems during combat, according to research by the University of Cambridge. How are terrorists using AI? Semi-structured interviews with 27...
‘Just ask Grok’: How ISIL is using Big Tech’s AI to build bombs By Caolán Magee Published On 18 Sep 202618 Sep 2026 Evidence shared exclusively with Al Jazeera shows ISIL supporters sharing ways to bypass AI safeguards. Boko Haram fighters are using the artificial intelligence chatbots...
23 Sep 2026, 18:01 Jonathan Beale, Defence Correspondent and Vicky Wong The British military has been jamming or blocking satellites from other countries in order to defend itself from hostile threats, the BBC has been told. The RAF has been using a ground-based system for the past...
22 Sep 2026 Ishara Danasekara, BBC Sinhala and Kumudu Jayawardana, BBC Sinhala Sri Lanka’s High Court has given long jail sentences to 15 men charged with plotting the 2019 Easter Sunday bomb attacks that killed 270 people and injured more than 500. Those found guilty include Naufer...
23 Sep 2026, 02:08 Becky Morton and Harry Sekulich The UK will set up a new centre to “stem the poisonous tide” of disinformation, including from Russia, and lead efforts to establish global safety standards for artificial intelligence, Prime Minister Andy Burnham has said. In his first...
The Conversation
No. 1Martyn’s Law: the last six months before the clock starts
No. 2After Leipzig: the drone threat is no longer theoretical
No. 3Sabotage-for-hire: why your company is now on a hostile state’s target list
No. 4Younger, faster, less ideological: the new radicalisation curve
No. 5The chatbot in the attack cycle: what the evidence on AI and terrorism actually shows
No. 6From Heaton Park to HAYI: the state-terror hybrid
No. 7Cars and blades: why low-tech attacks remain the hardest to stop
No. 8The executive as target: protective intelligence after Thompson
No. 9Islamic State’s southern pipeline: why the Sahel is now Europe’s problem
No. 10The hoax as a weapon: this week’s aviation bomb threats
No. 11When the freezer is the target: cyber-physical convergence
No. 12The insider for hire: how criminals and states now buy their way in
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