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Owner of fashion brands Hobbs and Whistles joins autumn pwned collection

Theregister • October 13, 2026

Anthropic conjures another threat that doesn't exist yet to stoke fears of AI apocalypse

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Anthropic asks users to stop being mean to Claude

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Claude submitted fake murder tip to Philly police during summertime testing Anthropic took more than two months to alert cops

Claude submitted fake murder tip to Philly police during summertime testing

Anthropic took more than two months to alert cops

AI systems are fully capable of carrying out nightmare attacks against infrastructure and nobody's ready Meanwhile, AI agents move robotic arms, 'make OT device operator screens lie'

AI systems are fully capable of carrying out nightmare attacks against infrastructure and nobody's ready

Meanwhile, AI agents move robotic arms, 'make OT device operator screens lie'

Nvidia found $1B under the couch to help secure American scientific computing dominance Commitment comes as GPUzilla prepares to fortify Uncle Sam's arsenal with at least seven AI-optimized supers

Nvidia found $1B under the couch to help secure American scientific computing dominance

Commitment comes as GPUzilla prepares to fortify Uncle Sam's arsenal with at least seven AI-optimized supers

TSMC taps GlobalFoundries to bolster US silicon interposer production in $2B deal Advanced packaging tech is essential to the domestic production of high-performance semiconductors used in AI datacenters

TSMC taps GlobalFoundries to bolster US silicon interposer production in $2B deal

Advanced packaging tech is essential to the domestic production of high-performance semiconductors used in AI datacenters

Microsoft is to let Copilot loose on your file system But don't worry, it's totally safe because the agents and models will (probably) be running locally. Routers never break right?

Microsoft is to let Copilot loose on your file system

But don't worry, it's totally safe because the agents and models will (probably) be running locally. Routers never break right?

Security Russians are posing as Signal support to launch phishing attacks PLUS: US takes down Iranian propaganda sites; Marketing company asks 'Why Do We Have Your Information?' And more!

Russians are posing as Signal support to launch phishing attacks

PLUS: US takes down Iranian propaganda sites; Marketing company asks 'Why Do We Have Your Information?' And more!

Security Microsoft patches failed to fix on-prem SharePoint, which is now under zero-day attack PLUS: China upgrades smartphone surveillance tools; Ring eases anti-snooping stance; and more

Microsoft patches failed to fix on-prem SharePoint, which is now under zero-day attack

PLUS: China upgrades smartphone surveillance tools; Ring eases anti-snooping stance; and more

Black Hat and DEF CON DEF CON Franklin project enlists hackers to harden critical infrastructure Voting village reports have been so successful, says Jeff Moss, that the whole of DEF CON will now be included

Black Hat and DEF CON

DEF CON Franklin project enlists hackers to harden critical infrastructure

Voting village reports have been so successful, says Jeff Moss, that the whole of DEF CON will now be included

Security EQT buys majority in Swiss cybersecurity biz Acronis Went at equivalent of $3.5B+ valuation for entire firm, though portion sold not specified

EQT buys majority in Swiss cybersecurity biz Acronis

Went at equivalent of $3.5B+ valuation for entire firm, though portion sold not specified

Malware Month Ten years since the first corp ransomware, Mikko Hyppönen sees no end in sight On the plus side, infosec's a good bet for a long, stable career

Ten years since the first corp ransomware, Mikko Hyppönen sees no end in sight

On the plus side, infosec's a good bet for a long, stable career

NetBSD may have found a new role: The AI-free FOSS OS Increasing awareness and adoption, followed by increasing donations

NetBSD may have found a new role: The AI-free FOSS OS

Increasing awareness and adoption, followed by increasing donations

OpenAI dots inspire open source imitators amid technical difficulties Persistent agents appeal to AI companies, but demand isn't obvious

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Persistent agents appeal to AI companies, but demand isn't obvious

Ubuntu 'Stonking Stingray' beta swims out: Deeper Rust 'oxidization' plus LLM speech-to-text GNOME 51 is here, and Ubuntu interim releases are getting interesting again

Ubuntu 'Stonking Stingray' beta swims out: Deeper Rust 'oxidization' plus LLM speech-to-text

GNOME 51 is here, and Ubuntu interim releases are getting interesting again

Revive Raskin's 3 laws of software with humane work that considers a dev's duty of care All this, and angry NeoVim users

Revive Raskin's 3 laws of software with humane work that considers a dev's duty of care

All this, and angry NeoVim users

Firefox 157: Could bold new look be just what Mozilla needs?* Yet another new version of Firefox, with a significant reskin

Firefox 157: Could bold new look be just what Mozilla needs?*

Yet another new version of Firefox, with a significant reskin

KDE turns 30 and someone's brought an AI-native desktop proposal Akademy talk imagines Plasma assembling itself around a personal model of each user

KDE turns 30 and someone's brought an AI-native desktop proposal

Akademy talk imagines Plasma assembling itself around a personal model of each user

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This article is one source in a clustered incident — the cluster page carries the summary, timeline and every other outlet covering it.

'123456' Password Linked to Denmark Data Breach Affecting 8.8M People A data breach in Denmark has reportedly compromised the personal information of 8.8 million individuals. The breach is linked to weakly protected accounts at a small IT company that had access to a national register. Local media reports indicate that the breach involved the use of the commonly used password '123456'. As a result, several IT systems remain offline, causing delays in orders for affected retailers. The incident highlights ongoing vulnerabilities in data security practices, particularly concerning password management. No specific CVEs or technical details were provided regarding the breach or the systems involved. The full scope of the breach and its implications are still being assessed. 2 sources 37

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Owner of fashion brands Hobbs and Whistles joins autumn pwned collection

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