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Received β€” 24 April 2026 ⏭ The Register - Security

UK gov pays public Β£550 to discuss Digital ID – then bans journalists from the room

24 April 2026 at 08:30

Nothing says 'We want honest opinions' like a 36,000-letter mailshot with no awkward questions allowed

Members of the UK government’s People’s Panel on Digital ID will spend two weekends in Birmingham and three evenings on Zoom discussing how Britain should build a national digital identity system, earning Β£550 plus expenses for their trouble.…

Researchers find cyber-sabotage malware that may predate Stuxnet by five years

24 April 2026 at 06:56

FAST16 could be the first cyberweapon, and its effects could be with us today

Black Hat Asia Infosec outfit SentinelOne found malware that tries to induce errors in engineering and physics simulation software and therefore represents an attempt at sabotage, and suggests it was created years before the Stuxnet worm that aimed to destroy Iran’s uranium enrichment centrifuges.…

Chinese attackers are pwning your infrastructure to use in attacks, 10 countries warn

23 April 2026 at 19:25

All the Typhoons, everywhere, all at once

A majority of China-linked threat actors are using compromised routers and IoT devices worldwide, turning this gear into proxy networks to carry out further intrusions, steal sensitive data, and disrupt victim organizations’ operations, according to a joint 10-country advisory.…

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