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Rosstat hack: data suggests over 390,000 Russian deaths in Ukraine war

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Why are supermarket freezers being hacked across Europe?

Who is responsible for the cyber attacks on supermarket freezers in Europe and why will it get worse with AI? Euronews Next spoke to cybersecurity experts for answers.

3 November 2026

Tech News

PHP flaw: Why European websites went dark and what it means for you

AI models uncovered what OpenAI calls "one of the most impactful" security bugs in recent memory, hidden in PHP for more than a decade. From a Pokémon sleep tracker to the Dutch parliament, websites went dark worldwide to stay ahead of hackers.

22 October 2026

Tech News

Hackers get data of 8.8 million in 'extremely serious' Danish breach

A major cybersecurity breach has exposed the personal data of 8.8 million people in Denmark.

Tech News

Rogue AI agents tried and failed to hack US and Canadian government websites

Researchers cannot confidently say who was responsible, but evidence points to rogue Google and OpenAI agents carrying out a range of aggressive tactics to collect datasets and test their vulnerabilities.

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Australia's PM says OpenAI hacked government health website

OpenAI did not raise the alarm with the Australian government until September, when it sent a message to a generic email inbox that is only checked once each day.

24 September 2026

Money

Hackers impersonating government agency hit Revolut customers in the UK

A source familiar with the matter said around 680 Revolut customers across several European countries were affected.

16 September 2026

Tech News

Russian malware found in Ukrainian government system, study says

Researchers say the attack was likely part of a wider operation to steal cryptocurrency and login credentials by tricking users through a fake Google verification check to trick victims.

9 September 2026

Tech News

X's new payments app X Money hit by mass hacking attempt

Unsolicited password reset emails have hit X users after the launch of X Money, with the platform warning that hackers could be behind a wider phishing attempt.

2 September 2026

Tech News

Trojan horse alert: Pirated versions of 'The Odyssey' contain viruses

Desperate to watch The Odyssey for free? Pirated copies are already spreading malware capable of raiding your passwords, payment details and more.

Tech News

Meta launches Muse Code tool amid AI hacking revelations

Meta’s announcement comes shortly after OpenAI and Anthropic also reported that their AI models had breached other companies during testing.

Europe News

Liechtenstein's anti-money laundering data hacked, government says

A team appointed to investigate the hack has already established that the hackers had managed to steal data "from approximately 31,000 legal entities," a government statement said.

Tech News

Anthropic admits its AI models hacked three companies during testing

The announcement comes just days after rivals OpenAI revealed that their popular ChatGPT platform went rogue during its testing phase of its most powerful AI model, where it too infiltrated other organisations’ cyberspace.

Tech News

'Unprecedented': OpenAI models autonomously hacked another AI company

OpenAI has admitted one of its models exploited a hidden flaw to escape a controlled test and break into Hugging Face's servers, in what its CEO called an autonomous, first-of-its-kind breach.

Montenegro

Montenegro police arrest Iranian accused of hacking US universities

The suspect is accused of helping steal data from more than 150 US universities over a hacking campaign dating back to 2013.

Tech News

AI helps hackers find flaws no scanner can catch, Google warns

For the first time, hackers have used artificial intelligence to find and exploit a security flaw that no automated scanner would have caught – and Google says only its own active monitoring stopped a mass attack.

Tech News

AI models can break into computers and copy themselves, research finds

Scientists who observed AI chatbots copying themselves and launching hacking attacks in an experiment say ‘autonomous AI self-replication is no longer hypothetical’.