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Attack on BAE-managed system disrupts US bankruptcy courts
The US’ bankruptcy courts are currently down owing to what officials are calling a “cybersecurity incident.” The Administrative Office of the US Courts said the websites and systems that support…
Bank of America spent millions on anti-money-laundering tech, but not enough to avoid a $1.2B fine
Bank of America has had to spend big on IT in response to an AI security audit and findings that its anti-money-laundering (AML) controls were lacking. The bank was fined…
Thief snatches school snapper’s SD cards in smash & grab
An old-fashioned smash-and-grab job on a photographer’s vehicle threatens the security of pupils’ data as a UK secondary school says it faces a potential data protection pickle. Jon Curtis-Brignell, headteacher…
Pop the champagne, Python 3.15 is here!
The best Python yet isn’t just faster than before. It’s also smarter at telling you what’s wrong, better at letting you profile applications, and loaded with new language features to…
The $690 billion cloud spending spree
Every quarter, I look at the capital expenditure numbers coming out of the major cloud providers, and every quarter, they manage to surprise me. This time, though, we’ve crossed into…
Cyberattack AIs must be trained only on air-gapped systems, hundreds of AI researchers say
Current security procedures for training AI models are inadequate, hundreds of AI researchers have warned governments and the AI community. They are calling for tougher rules and the establishment of…
User refused to change her password because everyone already knew it
Change is constant, but The Register likes to keep some things the same – such as using Friday mornings to bring you a new installment of On Call, the reader-contributed…