Cyber Security Correspondent
Eleanor Hartley covers ransomware, state-backed intrusions and the patching battles that keep security teams awake. Her reporting follows an attack from the first disclosure to the boardroom fallout, with a steady focus on what breaches mean for organisations across the UK and Europe.
Cybersecurity
Attackers reportedly altered refrigeration settings at about 700 French supermarkets, spoiling food and exposing the physical consequences of cyber intrusion. The incident puts connected machinery, supplier access and recovery responsibilities under scrutiny.
Cybersecurity
Half of respondents to PwC’s global survey identified attacks on AI systems among their biggest cyber readiness gaps, while geopolitical uncertainty is prompting businesses to reassess suppliers, crisis planning and operational resilience.
Cybersecurity
Nvidia’s cybersecurity policy chief has urged CISOs to clarify who accepts AI-related business risks, warning that adoption decisions require commercial understanding as well as technical scrutiny.
Cybersecurity
Engie has warned customers in France of possible exposure of personal and contract details through a partners’ marketing platform. The company says its own systems were unaffected, but the information could enable impersonation and targeted fraud.
Cybersecurity
Attackers have compromised 953 online shops with code that can hide from automated scanners. Sansec’s findings show why clean scans and up-to-date software cannot, on their own, establish that a retailer has removed an intruder.
Cybersecurity
ThreatAware has launched Dimension to govern security applications built with AI coding tools, as accompanying research highlights gaps in software review, approval and policy enforcement.