Revolut outage leaves customers unable to use app or cards
Revolut outage leaves customers unable to use app or cards

Revolut customers across Europe were unable to open the fintech’s app or pay with their cards on Tuesday morning, after a service disruption hit several of its features. Outage tracker Downdetector logged more than 1,500 reports at that point, and user…

Blackwall quadruples valuation to $2.2B as websites wrangle an increasingly crowded internet

Blackwall has raised $100M at a $2.2B valuation to continue building security and filtering tools that help websites grapple with growing bot and AI traffic.

Kaspersky’s VPN and password manager went dark for days worldwide — and the timing has raised awkward questions about Russia’s drone-hit data centers

Kaspersky outage began within hours of Ukrainian drones shutting down a third Yandex data center, but no link has been confirmed.

OpenAI Engineer Accused of Spying on Executives Ordered to Remain in Custody

A judge ordered Abdulrahman Alfozan to remain in custody, likening the Saudi government’s offer to secure the former OpenAI engineer’s release to a “blank check.”

Russian bot activity plunged 84% after Ukraine hit Yandex data centers, but the bots were back at full strength within two days

The 84% bot collapse after Ukraine’s Yandex strikes was real, lasted about a day, and Cloudflare watched the automation move to rival clouds.

FBI warns of torrent of scams and deepfakes ahead of US midterm elections

AI deepfakes and financial fraud campaigns are already showing up ahead of the US midterm elections in November.

SandboxAQ launches tools to test AI agents and track what they cost
SandboxAQ launches tools to test AI agents and track what they cost

SandboxAQ has added two products to its Switch AI platform. Switch Trust finds a company’s AI agents, tests them for attacks such as prompt injection, and blocks unsafe behaviour. Switch ROI tracks each agent’s spending against outcomes. Both are free …

WhatsApp Help Pages Leaked Hidden Instructions for a Meta Chatbot

Around 80 pages on WhatsApp’s website exposed instructions that were designed for its chatbot, including “WHAT NOT TO SAY.” Meta says a bug caused the issue.

US orders civilian federal agencies to remove DeepSeek from their systems
US orders civilian federal agencies to remove DeepSeek from their systems

The Department of Homeland Security has ordered US civilian federal agencies to remove DeepSeek products from their IT systems and stop buying them, under a 2018 supply chain security law. The order covers third-party tools built on DeepSeek’s models, …