January 21, 2026
Everest ransomware gang said to be sitting on mountain of Under Armour data
Have I Been Pwned reckons 72.7M customer accounts affected, sportswear firm remains silent Have I Been Pwned (HIBP) says 72.7 million accounts registered with Under Armour were affected by an alleged ransomware attack in November.…
EU considers whether there’s Huawei of axing Chinese kit from networks within 3 years
Still dominant in Germany's networks, among others The European Commission (EC) wants a revised Cybersecurity Act to address any threats posed by IT and telecoms kit from third-country sources, potentially forcing member states to confront the thorny issue of suppliers such Huawei in their national networks.…
Ireland wants to give its cops spyware, ability to crack encrypted messages
Its very own Snooper’s Charter comes a month after proposed biometric tech expansion The Irish government is planning to bolster its police's ability to intercept communications, including encrypted messages, and provide a legal basis for spyware use.…
Best of British: UK’s infosec envoys include Cisco, Palo Alto, and Accenture
Minister unwraps ambassadors of the Software Security Code of Practice Britain's digital economy minister has sent forth a raft of companies as "ambassadors" to help organizations across the land embrace the UK's Software Security Code of Practice.…
Curl shutters bug bounty program to remove incentive for submitting AI slop
Maintainer hopes hackers send bug reports anyway, will keep shaming ‘silly' ones The maintainer of popular open-source data transfer tool cURL has ended the project’s bug bounty program after maintainers struggled to assess a flood of AI-generated contributions.…