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  • ‘This will be a stressful job’: Sam Altman offers $555k salary to fill most daunting role in AI

    New head of preparedness at OpenAI will face unnerving in-tray amid fears from some experts that AI could ‘turn on us’ The maker of ChatGPT has advertised a $555,000-a-year vacancy with a daunting job description that would cause Superman to take a sharp intake of breath. In what may be close to the impossible job,…

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  • UK Foreign Office victim of cyber-attack in October, says Chris Bryant

    Minister says ‘any individual’ at low risk from hack, while Sun reports Chinese cyber gang responsible for breach The UK’s Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office was hacked in October, the minister Chris Bryant has said. Bryant, a trade minister in Keir Starmer’s government, told Sky News there was a low risk to “any individual” from…

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  • Tech giants vow to defend users in US as spyware companies make inroads with Trump administration

    Apple and WhatsApp say they will keep warning users if their phones are targeted by governments using hacking software against them Apple and WhatsApp have vowed to keep warning users if their mobile phones are targeted by governments using hacking software against them, including in the US, as two spyware makers seek to make inroads…

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  • Six out of 10 UK secondary schools hit by cyber-attack or breach in past year

    Hackers are more likely to target educational institutions than private businesses, government survey shows When hackers attacked UK nurseries last month and published children’s data online, they were accused of hitting a new low. But the broader education sector is well used to being a target. Continue reading…

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  • Kido nursery hackers say they have deleted stolen data

    Experts say attempting to extort children lost Radiant group credibility in hacking world, which made it take action Cybercriminals who stole pictures and the private information of thousands of nursery children have deleted the data. A gang calling themselves Radiant have removed details of children at the UK-based Kido nursery chain from a website it…

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  • Kido nursery hackers threaten to publish more children’s profiles

    Criminals calling themselves Radiant say they will post additional private data online unless they are paid Hackers with pictures and the private information of thousands of nursery children have threatened to publish more material online unless they are paid. Criminals calling themselves Radiant hacked the UK-based Kido nursery chain and posted profiles of 10 children…

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  • Hackers reportedly steal pictures of 8,000 children from Kido nursery chain

    Firm, which has 18 sites around London and more in US, India and China, has received ransom demand, say reports The names, pictures and addresses of about 8,000 children have reportedly been stolen from the Kido nursery chain by a gang of cybercriminals. The criminals have demanded a ransom from the company – which has…

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  • Ice obtains access to Israeli-made spyware that can hack phones and encrypted apps

    Trump administration contract with Paragon Solutions gives immigration agency access to one of the most powerful stealth cyberweapons US immigration agents will have access to one of the world’s most sophisticated hacking tools after a decision by the Trump administration to move ahead with a contract with Paragon Solutions, a company founded in Israel which…

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