October 1, 2025
US gov shutdown leaves IT projects hanging, security defenders a skeleton crew
The longer the shutdown, the less likely critical IT overhauls happen, ex federal CISO tells The Register The US government shut down at 1201 ET on October 1, halting non-essential IT modernization and leaving cybersecurity operations to run on skeleton crews.…
Air Force admits SharePoint privacy issue as reports trickle out of possible breach
Uncle Sam can't quit Redmond Exclusive The US Air Force confirmed it's investigating a "privacy-related issue" amid reports of a Microsoft SharePoint-related breach and subsequent service-wide shutdown, rendering mission files and other critical tools potentially unavailable to service members.…
3.7M breach notification letters set to flood North America’s mailboxes
Allianz Life and WestJet lead the way, along with a niche software shop A trio of companies disclosed data breaches this week affecting approximately 3.7 million customers and employees across North America.…
AI agent hypefest crashing up against cautious leaders, Gartner finds
Only 15% considering deployments and just 7% say it'll replace humans in next four years Enterprises aren't keen on letting autonomous agents take the wheel amid fears over trust and security as research once again shows that AI hype is crashing against the rocks of reality.…
Imgur yanks Brit access to memes as parent company faces fine
ICO investigation into platform's lack of age assurance continues The UK's data watchdog has described Imgur's move to block UK users as "a commercial decision" after signaling plans to fine parent company MediaLab.…
Explain digital ID or watch it fizzle out, UK PM Starmer told
Politico avoids the topic at Labour conference speech, homes in on AI instead UK prime minister Keir Starmer avoided mentioning the mandatory digital ID scheme in his keynote speech to the Labour Party conference amid calls for him to put meat on the bones of the plans or…