A reader comment on Schneier on Security discusses the arrest of a suspect in a case involving the hacking of FBI systems. The comment cites Reuters reporting that the person involved was a contractor working for Accenture, and that the bureau says it has "removed the contractor" and taken steps to protect its workforce. The commenter, Cl…
Accenture's Tech Talent Tracker reports that UK demand for AI skills rose 51% in six months to nearly 100,000 vacancies. London accounts for 70% of AI-related listings, which points to a regional divide. Overall technology job listings rose 21%, with Manchester (+35%), Bristol (+25%) and Birmingham (+17%) growing fastest outside the capit…
Accenture, Dragos and the SANS Institute announced the Community Cyber Resilience Foundation, a roughly $10 million mix of funding and services to help under-resourced US water, wastewater, electric and natural gas utilities secure their operational technology (OT) environments. The first phase covers up to 500 utilities, which receive fr…
At TechCrunch Disrupt, Hugging Face chief policy officer Irene Solaiman said AI model evaluations remain an immature science with limited reproducibility and no meaningful way to compare tests against each other. She argued that open weights are central to reproducing results and that qualifications for effective third-party evaluators ne…
Anthropic has acquired Opaque Systems, a startup whose technology lets sensitive data be used in AI systems while the underlying hardware keeps it protected (confidential computing). Opaque announced the deal last week and said its team is joining Anthropic. Financial terms were not disclosed. The company has been winding down its operati…
The FBI has publicly called on remaining ShinyHunters members to surrender. Cyber division assistant director Brett Leatherman released a video thanking Dutch police for arresting a 24-year-old in Amsterdam. The FBI calls him "one of the alleged leaders" of the group, while Dutch police say only that he played a role. He is also suspected…