Ecotech Why is Germany so far behind on smart meters? Only around five per cent of German households have a smart meter – compared to almost universal rollout in many other EU nations. 01/08/2026
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. 22/07/2026
Tech News Could 'banned topics' be the secret to stopping AI hackers? The trick to stopping an AI cyberattack may be as simple as bringing up a subject the AI system is not allowed to discuss. 21/07/2026
Europe News Young British hackers jailed over TfL cyberattack TfL, which had to reset the passwords of around 27,000 employees, estimated the attack cost the organisation around £29 million (€34 million) in damages and a further £10 million (€11.7 million) in lost income. 16/07/2026
Europe News EU-UK sanctions target Russia over Europe-wide 'vast cyber campaign' Poland foiled an attempted cyberattack on energy infrastructure that could have left up to half a million consumers without heating during Poland's bitter winter. 13/07/2026
Tech News Why Chat Control 1.0 is the EU's most Orwellian law yet A loophole in parliamentary procedure allowed MEPs to extend mass scanning of private communications until 2026 — without a direct vote on the substance of the law. 10/07/2026
Europe News Brussels pitches AI cybersecurity plan amid dependence on US models EU unveils an AI cybersecurity action plan, but offers mostly recommendations as Brussels leans on negotiated access to US AI models like Anthropic's Mythos, exposing its tech dependency. 07/07/2026
Business ECB tells banks to prepare for AI-powered cyber threats The European Central Bank has given the eurozone's largest lenders until the end of October to explain how they will strengthen their cyber defences against increasingly capable AI systems. 07/07/2026
Tech News Anthropic AI cracked classified US systems within hours, officials say Mere hours, not weeks — that is how long it took an Anthropic AI model to find vulnerabilities across classified US government systems. 24/06/2026
Tech News AI cyber threat 'months, not years' away, intelligence agencies warn Five Eyes warn of cyber threat ‘within months’ after US locks down Anthropic's AI models 23/06/2026
Europe News UK cyberspy chief calls AI 'unstoppable force' and warns about Russia Britain’s cyberspy chief warns of rising Russian hybrid warfare and weaponised AI, urging governments, firms and citizens to treat cybersecurity far more urgently. 27/05/2026
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. 27/05/2026
World Lithuania warns mass data leak was work of foreign country While no specific culprit has been named, Lithuania and the other Baltic states are on high alert for "hybrid warfare" tactics used by the Kremlin, including cyber attacks. 25/05/2026
Europe News Germany plans 'active cyberdefence' as online attacks rise In 2025, around 334,000 cases of cybercrime were registered in Germany, two-thirds of them from abroad or unknown locations, with many more cases thought to be unreported. 12/05/2026
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’. 09/05/2026
Europe News Germany suspects Russia of Signal phishing attacks on politicians Russia has often been accused of carrying out cyberattacks and acts of sabotage across Europe, allegations that Moscow has repeatedly denied. 26/04/2026