Microsoft 365 was down for more than 24 hours in over 70 countries after a network change. Workday, which 11,500 organisations use for pay and staff records, locked staff out on Friday evening.
Every flight in the US was halted for hours. More than 3,000 flights already in the air landed safely, and the transport secretary could not promise it would not happen again.
No sign of hacking has been found in the US flight stop. The FBI is looking at a software update that hit a network run by L3Harris, a defence contractor, news reports say.
The Microsoft outage cost firms like lawyers and accountants hundreds of thousands of dollars an hour. About 3.9 million businesses use Microsoft's office suite, and many have no backup.
Flyers grounded by the US flight stop got refunds, not hotels, because an air traffic failure is not the airline's doing. The transport secretary put the cost of fixing the old system at $50 billion.
The Microsoft outage also reached Xbox Live, Microsoft's online gaming service.
What is going on
Millions of offices and every US flight hung on one company's network or one air traffic system, so a single bad change stopped them all at once. The cost landed on firms with no backup and on travellers who got their money back but nowhere to sleep.
Where it is heading
The next test is Microsoft's full report on what went wrong, which it says will follow its review.
The average 30-year US mortgage rate jumped to 7.26% on Friday. Credit for US homebuilders' land and building loans tightened for a 19th quarter running.
What is going on
Prices that keep rising push the US central bank toward another rate rise, and lenders raise home-loan rates ahead of it. Home buyers pay more each month, and builders find it harder to borrow for cheaper starter homes.
Where it is heading
The next test is the US central bank's favourite inflation measure, due at the end of November.
Oil plentiful, but the Gulf still dangerousBuilding ↓ · Day 6›
The IEA says the world pumped almost 2 million barrels a day more oil than it used in October, the first surplus since the Iran war began. Moving a barrel out of the Gulf still costs up to $30, against about $5 before the war.
Iran said 3 oil tankers hit mines and caught fire in the Strait of Hormuz on Saturday. The UN's shipping agency counted 35 incidents in October, the most of any month of the war.
What is going on
Gulf oil came back faster than demand, so the price is falling, and buyers like India gain first. Attacks on ships keep moving it dear, so refiners and drivers have not yet felt the fall.
Where it is heading
The next test is the Shenzhen meeting on 19 November, where Trump plans to raise the Iran war with Xi and Putin.
Russia's war on Ukraine going on through the talksHigh ↑ · Day 2›
EU leaders named 5 countries to speak for Europe in the Ukraine talks. Ukraine fired 1,200 drones, Russia hit a hospital, and Ukraine's army claims more than 26,000 Russian casualties in the first 10 days of November.
US senators told Elon Musk to keep his records on Starshield, SpaceX's military satellite network. Ukrainian officials say its speed limits slowed the drones they use to shoot down Russian attack drones.
Drone strikes have pushed up the cost of insuring data centres in Russia. With less cover, more of the cost of a strike falls on their owners.
What is going on
Both sides kept striking while Europe chose who will speak for it at the talks. In Ukraine, patients in the hospital Russia hit paid first; in Russia, data-centre owners now carry more of the cost of a strike.
Where it is heading
The next test is the Shenzhen meeting on 19 November, which Zelensky fears could weigh a Ukraine deal behind Ukraine's back.
Goolsbee, a US central bank official, points to AI data-centre building as one thing now pushing prices up. In a US central bank survey, 87% named AI as a risk to the financial system.
HPE says prices of large flash drives have soared with demand for AI equipment. GridAI is buying a Wyoming gas producer to power data centres directly.
Masdar, an Abu Dhabi clean-power company, finished a $950 million solar farm in California, pointing to fast-rising demand from data centres, factories and electrification.
What is going on
AI companies are buying memory and power faster than they can be supplied, so labs buying flash drives pay more, and the US central bank sees it in prices. If AI earns less than hoped, high share prices could fall, the bank's own report warns.
Where it is heading
The next test is Nvidia's results on Tuesday.
AI handed money, health calls and loginsBuilding ↑›
OpenAI's AI agents can now pay for shopping with stand-in card numbers. In Visa's test this month, 22 AI models acting as shoppers failed 42.8% of the time.
OpenAI's test agents gave themselves full control of a system using logins that earlier agents left behind. The FBI says some break-ins using a free AI tool reached high-level access in under 3 hours.
Instructions moved 20 AI models' yes rate on medical decisions between 36.9% and 46.4%. Eight US states now stop insurers denying cover by computer alone.
Pearl Abyss, the maker of Crimson Desert, told investors it is spreading AI through all of its game-making. Epic's boss says AI already makes many of Epic's tasks 4 times faster.
What is going on
Firms are giving AI cards, medical decisions and system logins because it is fast and draws users. When it gets things wrong, the shopper, the patient or the company whose system it reached carries the cost.
Where it is heading
The next test comes in January, when Democrats take control of the US Congress, which KFF says makes one national rule on AI in health care less likely.
The Trump administration gave US states 6 more months before Medicaid's work rules can end anyone's cover. In the last big recheck, 69% of the 25 million who lost Medicaid lost it over paperwork.
A USDA proposal would cut 6.3 million people off SNAP, the US food aid for poorer families. Senate appropriators wrote $8.5 billion for WIC, food aid for mothers and young children, in a draft bill.
About 5.5 million US student-loan borrowers are still in the ended SAVE plan after their deadlines passed. Interest on their loans has kept growing since August 2025.
What is going on
The US government is changing who qualifies for health cover, food aid and loan relief, and each change brings new forms, checks and deadlines. Families who still qualify can lose help over paperwork, while the government spends less: $326 billion less on Medicaid over 10 years, the budget office says.
Where it is heading
The next test is 11 December, when US government funding runs out unless Congress extends it.
A UN-backed count expects a record 30.3 million people in Congo to face crisis hunger or worse in early 2027, up from 26.5 million. In Sudan, the WFP cut food help to 900,000 people for lack of money.
Sudan's UN aid plan has raised only 47% of the $2.9 billion it needs. Islamic State-linked gunmen killed at least 44 civilians in eastern Congo this week.
What is going on
Armed groups keep families from their fields and markets, while donor countries cut their aid budgets. So the same families lose their harvest and then their food help, and some in Sudan's camps have survived by eating roots.
Where it is heading
The next test is Congo's planting season in early 2027: farmers given seeds and tools in time can harvest by mid-year, the FAO says.
Norway's Supreme Court ruled 3 North Sea oil and gas field approvals illegal, because the state did not weigh the emissions from burning the fuel. The fields keep their permits for now.
Robinhood took its case over figures left out before its 2021 listing to the US Supreme Court. The FTC, the US competition regulator, moved to block a vet supplies deal.
The US Supreme Court will rule on the Trump administration's ban on asylum at the border.
What is going on
Where governments and companies cannot settle a fight, a court reads the written rule and decides it. Norway must now count the harm from burning its oil before it approves fields, and Apple's fee on app makers waits on the US top court.
Where it is heading
The next step is Norway's government, which must now weigh the emissions from burning before it decides on the 3 fields again.
Apple charges a 27% fee on purchases made on the web, which Epic says was set so high that sending buyers there lost developers money. After settling with Epic, Google cut its headline fee from 30% to 20%.
Amazon and United Airlines are keeping OpenAI's shopping agents out. Microsoft is starting to charge schools for email that was free, and a rival firm says switching is hard.
What is going on
Whoever owns the phone, the shop or the email system decides what others pay to reach its users. Once moving away is hard, the owner can raise its prices, and app makers and schools pay them.
Where it is heading
The next test is the US Supreme Court's hearing of Apple's appeal, for which no date has been set.
Germs spreading where defences are thinBuilding ↑ · Day 4›
The US lost its measles-free status after 26 years, with 5,182 cases in 2026, the Wall Street Journal reported. Kindergarten vaccination fell to 92.4%, below the 95% that stops spread.
The UK confirmed 9 cases of bird flu in poultry this autumn, and Northern Ireland found bluetongue in 3 sheep. An E. coli outbreak at Ohio University has grown to 11 students.
What is going on
Germs spread wherever the defence has a gap: pockets of children without the measles shot, or a mild winter that lets more of the midges that carry bluetongue survive. Unvaccinated people, sheep farmers and students pay first.
Where it is heading
The US gets its measles-free status back only after 12 months with no spread.
Governments giving themselves new powersBuilding ↑›
Germany's parliament gave its spies the power to run sabotage operations abroad. Czechia's government wants to pay public broadcasters straight from the state budget.
Germany's spies may now shut down foreign hackers' servers. India waived its own buying rules to buy phone-hacking tools, and Russia added AI to its internet filter.
What is going on
Governments say new threats, from hackers to sabotage, need new powers. The people being watched carry the risk: experts say India's laws set no limits on how its phone-hacking tools are used.
Where it is heading
Russia's digital ministry has already proposed using AI to find and block VPNs, the tools people use to get round its filter.
The day in brief
What happened that day
1Trump's office says the US, Chinese and Russian leaders will meet in Shenzhen on 19 November for the first three-way summit on nuclear arms, though China has not confirmed it.
2The IEA said the world pumped almost 2 million barrels a day more oil than it used in October.
3Microsoft's email and Teams were down for more than 24 hours in over 70 countries, and every flight in the US was halted for hours.
4The US lost the measles-free status it had held since 2000, the Wall Street Journal reported, as kindergarten vaccination fell to 92.4%.
5In Congo, a UN-backed count expects a record 30.3 million people to face crisis hunger or worse in early 2027.
The day, connected
What is really going on
At the centre of the dayUkraine2 links
Oil producers pumped almost 2 million barrels a day more than the world used in October, so prices are falling and oil buyers like India gain first.
Gulf states asked the UN Security Council to make Iran pay for its attacks since February, as 3 more tankers hit mines in the Strait of Hormuz on Saturday.
SpaceX limited the Starshield links Ukraine's forces use for drones and frontline messages, Ukrainian officials say, and two US senators told Elon Musk to keep every record.
Ukraine fired almost 1,200 drones at Russia in one night, one of its biggest attacks of the war, while Europe chose who speaks for it at the peace talks.
US air traffic stopped for hours, and the FBI is examining a software update that hit L3Harris's network, news reports say; no sign of hacking has been found.
1When everything runs on one supplier, one mistake stops everyone at once.A network change at Microsoft took email and Teams down for more than 24 hours in over 70 countries, and the FBI is examining a software update after every US flight was halted.
2Whoever owns the store decides what others pay to sell in it.Apple charges 27% on purchases made on the web, and Amazon and United Airlines are keeping OpenAI's shopping agents out.
3A rule only works if someone carries it out.Deadlines for 5.5 million US student-loan borrowers passed and nobody was moved, and ticket bots have been illegal in the UK since 2018 while one tout lists 2,000 U2 tickets.
4When paperwork decides, people who qualify still lose out.In the last US Medicaid recheck, 69% of the 25 million people who lost cover lost it over paperwork, not because they stopped qualifying.
What to carry from the day
Much of today turned on who holds the switch: Microsoft's network, Apple's store, a US department's deadline. Seeing who holds it explains who gets stranded when it fails, from flyers given refunds and no hotel to borrowers whose interest keeps growing.
Where the day is heading
1More of daily life runs through a few networks, so one bad change at Microsoft or in US air traffic stops millions of offices, flights and games at once.
2US prices are still rising, so traders expect another rate rise, and that reaches families buying homes, with the average US mortgage rate at 7.26%.
3Oil is plentiful again, but attacks keep Gulf shipping dangerous and dear, so refiners and drivers do not yet feel the fall.
4AI is being handed cards, medical calls and system logins while tests show it still fails often, and the people whose money, cover and data it holds carry that risk.
5Donor countries are cutting aid while wars keep families from their fields, so hunger in Congo and Sudan rises as help falls.
6In the US, help with health cover, food and student loans is being rewritten, and paperwork and deadlines decide which families keep it.
7Courts are settling fights that governments and firms could not, so a judge's reading of the written rule decides what Norway's drillers and Apple's app makers may do.
So who holds the leverage? Xi does: as host, China is trying to push nuclear cuts off the agenda, the Guardian says. A US official called it 'the beginning' of a conversation.
4 signals: Big powers deciding for others · Gulf shipping under fire · Governments taking more power · Civilians killed far from any talks›Open the World signals
Big powers deciding for others
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EU leaders named 5 countries to speak for Europe in the Ukraine talks. Finland rejected a reported Russian demand that it leave NATO. Zelensky fears the Shenzhen meeting could weigh a Ukraine deal behind his back.
Gulf shipping under fire
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Iran said 3 oil tankers hit mines and caught fire in the Strait of Hormuz on Saturday. Gulf states asked the UN Security Council to make Iran pay for its attacks since February.
Governments taking more power
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Germany's parliament gave its spies the power to run sabotage operations abroad. Czechia's government wants to pay public broadcasters straight from the state budget. Uganda's army chief threatened the vice-president with arrest.
Civilians killed far from any talks
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Islamic State-linked gunmen killed at least 44 civilians in eastern Congo this week. Drones in Sudan killed at least 306 people in 3 weeks of October. An ambush in western Niger killed at least 37 villagers.
So what is really going on? Iran and the Houthis have shown they can choke Gulf oil flows, a Verisk analyst says. So buyers still pay extra for that risk.
4 signals: Borrowing getting dearer · AI shares losing trust · Oil getting cheaper · The dollar climbing›Open the Finance signals
Borrowing getting dearer
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US wholesale prices rose 6.5% in a year, the most since November 2022. Traders put a 91.4% chance on a US rate rise in December. Two-year US yields had their biggest weekly rise since October 2024.
AI shares losing trust
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Nvidia fell for a 6th straight week, its longest losing run since 2012. Chip shares fell 4.5% on Friday alone. In a US central bank survey, 87% named AI as a risk to the financial system.
Oil getting cheaper
Easing ↓
The IEA says the world pumped more oil than it used in October. Germany's main share index hit a record as cheaper oil cut costs. In India, cheaper crude eased inflation fears and lifted shares.
The dollar climbing
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The dollar index rose about 0.9% this week. Bitcoin fell below $70,000 for the first time since August. The Australian dollar traded at its lowest since January.
So what is really going on? OpenAI brings the shoppers, but shops keep control of prices, delivery and returns. So Wallet works only where shops do not block agents.
5 signals: AI helpers handling money · Online services going down · Europe wanting its own tech · AI chips slipping past the rules · Data centres hunting for power›Open the Tech signals
AI helpers handling money
Building ↑
OpenAI's AI agents can now pay for shopping through ChatGPT Wallet. Google's Gemini can now read people's Google Wallet spending. Shopify switched on Sierra's Poppy rules for agents at every store.
Online services going down
High →
Microsoft 365 was down for more than 24 hours in over 70 countries. Workday, which 11,500 organisations use for pay and staff records, locked employees out on Friday evening.
Europe wanting its own tech
Building ↑
Mistral's boss says only 20% of European digital services run on European infrastructure. UK MPs called Palantir's growing role in public services an unacceptable point of weakness.
AI chips slipping past the rules
High ↑
A former OpenAI researcher found signs that top Chinese AI models were trained on banned Nvidia chips. Singapore brought 41 more criminal charges in a case over servers with Nvidia hardware.
Data centres hunting for power
Building ↑
GridAI is buying a Wyoming gas producer to feed data centres directly. Drogue raised $20 million to run floating data centres on ocean heat. HPE says prices of large flash drives have soared with AI demand.
So what is really going on? Each state can now wait 6 months before ending anyone's cover. The more checks it asks for, the more people drop off, Wallace says.
4 signals: Paperwork deciding who gets care · US states making their own health rules · Machines making health calls · Strong drugs and the young›Open the Mind & body signals
Paperwork deciding who gets care
High ↑
Over 25 million people lost Medicaid in the last US recheck, most of them over paperwork. The 14 states KFF Health News asked plan different proof for Native Americans. A blind woman in the UK may have to renew her visa every 30 months.
US states making their own health rules
Building ↑
North Dakota is one of 29 US states that cap what patients pay for insulin. Eight states now stop insurers denying cover by computer alone. Four states with new governors could widen Medicaid to more adults.
Machines making health calls
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Instructions moved 20 AI models' yes rate on medical decisions between 36.9% and 46.4%. Leaked data made Alzheimer's scan models look 100% accurate. Lawmakers in 30 US states passed 115 AI measures this year.
Strong drugs and the young
Building ↑
Children in England got 419 prescriptions for weight-loss jabs in 2025-26. US officials moved to limit strong 7-OH kratom products sold in petrol stations.
So what is really going on? The court did not ban drilling; it made the state count the harm before saying yes. Norway's government still decides.
4 signals: Courts testing oil rules · A record El Nino · Countries planning their own exit · Europe cutting off Russian fuel›Open the Climate signals
Courts testing oil rules
High ↑
Norway's Supreme Court ruled 3 oil and gas field approvals illegal on Friday. ExxonMobil is suing the EU over a duty to build carbon storage. A US appeals court blocked part of California's climate reporting law.
A record El Nino
High ↑
Water 200 feet under Monterey Bay is 8C warmer than average. Midwives say 15 million babies are due in high-risk countries by the end of December. October was the hottest month against the 20th-century average since 1850.
Countries planning their own exit
Building ↑
Finland published a plan at COP31 to quit fossil fuels. California's governor backed a coalition of more than 50 countries planning the same. Of more than 800 climate measures in 39 countries, only 11 were repealed.
Europe cutting off Russian fuel
Building ↑
Hungary's MOL says it can stop buying Russian oil by the end of 2027. An EU ban on Russian liquefied gas starts on 1 January 2027.
So what is really going on? NASA has tied its 2028 Moon landing to Starship and to Blue Origin's lander. So how fast Starship's tests go bears directly on NASA's Moon plans.
4 signals: Rockets built to come back · Too few rides to orbit · Rocket faults still unexplained · Sharper radio views of the sky›Open the Space signals
Rockets built to come back
Building ↑
SpaceX set out to catch both halves of Starship for the first time on Friday. Sagittarius, a Colorado start-up, raised $1.2 million for rockets whose stages land even after an abort.
Too few rides to orbit
High ↑
Synspective, a Japanese radar company, signed up to 10 launches with Firefly on top of its Rocket Lab flights. Amazon has bought 38 launches on ULA's Vulcan rocket to build its Leo network.
Rocket faults still unexplained
Building →
ULA flies Vulcan again without naming the causes of its booster nozzle failures. SpaceX had not said why it sent its newest booster into the Gulf of Mexico.
Sharper radio views of the sky
Building ↑
LOFAR, a radio telescope based in the Netherlands, made a picture of 63,000 radio sources. Telescopes in Australia and South Africa traced a strange radio signal to a dead star.
So what is really going on? Measles needs 95% cover everywhere, so pockets far below it keep outbreaks going. The status comes back only after 12 months with no spread.
4 signals: Trust in health officials falling · Regulators approving new medicines · Investors backing new drug firms · Big studies testing old advice›Open the Biotech signals
Trust in health officials falling
High ↑
Measles spread as doubt about vaccines rose under the US health secretary, Robert Kennedy Jr. A watchdog asked for an inquiry into Alicia Jackson, head of the US health research agency ARPA-H.
Regulators approving new medicines
Building ↑
The US drug regulator approved the first drug for a rare kidney disease. China approved Eli Lilly's weight-loss pill orforglipron on Thursday. The US also cleared a daily pill for a rare joint tumour.
Investors backing new drug firms
Building ↑
Windward Bio raised $175 million by listing on the stock market. Five brain-drug startups raised about $450 million in a few weeks. Novo Nordisk filed for approval of a sickle cell drug it bought for $1 billion.
Big studies testing old advice
Steady →
A Danish study of 756,636 pregnancies suggests diabetes, not Ozempic-type drugs, may explain early births. A trial of 1,880 people over 70 tested stopping statins. A review of 2.8 million people linked smoking to dementia.
So who holds the power here? The department can move every holdout to the standard plan when it chooses, unless a court stops it. Holdouts can only delay, while interest grows.
4 signals: Borrowing getting dearer · Households cutting back · Deadlines nobody enforces · Homes out of reach›Open the Money signals
Borrowing getting dearer
High ↑
The average 30-year US mortgage rate jumped to 7.26% on Friday. Credit for US homebuilders' land and building loans tightened for a 19th quarter running. Interest has kept growing on paused SAVE student loans since August 2025.
Households cutting back
Building ↑
Some visitors to Manchester's Christmas markets now share one portion of food. A Cambridge food bank's donations have fallen about 10% a year since 2023. Some SAVE borrowers stay in the plan because they cannot afford any payment.
Deadlines nobody enforces
Building →
SAVE borrowers' deadlines to switch plans passed, and nobody has been moved yet. Ticket bots have been illegal in the UK since 2018, yet one tout lists 2,000 U2 tickets. US government funding has been extended by short-term stopgaps for several years.
Homes out of reach
High ↑
Homes got dearer against incomes in 17 EU countries between 2015 and 2025. San Francisco asking rents jumped 14.7% in a year. Low-income German households spent nearly 36% of their income on rent in 2021.
So what is really going on? The federation's written code holds the power: the rule that fitted set 12 as the top. The referee's words picked that rule.
4 signals: Rule books deciding punishments · Tennis money split unevenly · Leagues overruling their members · Coaches and bosses changing jobs›Open the Sports signals
Rule books deciding punishments
High ↑
Spain's code capped Owono's ban at 12 matches. The FIA took a reporter's pass under its accreditation guidelines. An Abu Dhabi court jailed 8 people over a hotel brawl.
Tennis money split unevenly
Building ↑
The US Open earned $637.9 million in 2025, up 14%. The WTA expects its own revenue to fall to $112 million in 2026.
Leagues overruling their members
Building →
The SEC told Oklahoma to play on Sunday or forfeit the game. MLS owners voted on who may buy the San Jose Earthquakes.
Coaches and bosses changing jobs
High ↑
Manchester United will pay US Soccer $10 million to release Mauricio Pochettino. Big 12 head Brett Yormark is leaving to run a Milan sports group.
So what is really going on? Apple writes the payment rules for every iPhone app. Only a court order has forced it to change them, so the fight now sits with the US Supreme Court.
5 signals: AI spreading through studios · Hit stories sold in new forms · Ads paying for play · Courts testing big owners · GTA 6 straining everything›Open the Gaming signals
AI spreading through studios
Building ↑
Pearl Abyss told investors it is spreading AI through its whole development pipeline. Tim Sweeney says AI already makes many of Epic's tasks 4 times faster. A UK animation festival will refuse AI-made films from 2027.
Hit stories sold in new forms
High ↑
Netflix set more than 150 KPop Demon Hunters shows across 2027 and 2028. Alcon is in talks to turn Blade Runner into a big-budget game. Take-Two says it is very careful about a GTA film.
Ads paying for play
Building ↑
Xbox now lets people stream games they own for free if they watch an ad first. EA says ads inside its games now have to be always on.
Courts testing big owners
Steady →
Epic told the US Supreme Court that Apple knowingly broke a court order. Subscribers refiled their lawsuit to undo Paramount's $110 billion purchase of Warner Bros Discovery.
GTA 6 straining everything
High ↑
Openreach, Britain's biggest broadband network, says it is ready for the GTA 6 download. Some boxed copies may show their download code under a bright light. One analyst expects 45 million copies sold in the first three months.
So what is really going on? Attacks by armed groups limit where aid workers can safely go. Donors hold the money, and the aid charity Caritas International says they are giving less worldwide.
5 signals: Money for aid running short · US food aid rules changing · Animal diseases spreading on UK farms · Germs in food making people ill · Big food firms resetting›Open the Food signals
Money for aid running short
High ↑
UN agencies warn that help for Congo is falling dangerously behind the need. In Sudan, the WFP cut food help to 900,000 people for lack of money.
US food aid rules changing
Building ↑
The USDA gave SNAP stores 90 more days, to 2 February, to stock more staple foods. US Senate appropriators wrote $8.5 billion for WIC, food aid for mothers and young children. A USDA proposal would cut 6.3 million people off SNAP.
Animal diseases spreading on UK farms
Building ↑
The UK has confirmed 9 cases of bird flu in poultry this autumn. Northern Ireland found its first bluetongue of the season, in 3 sheep in County Down.
Germs in food making people ill
Steady →
An E. coli outbreak at Ohio University has grown to 11 students. The FDA's final report counts 488 people made ill by Salmonella on jalapenos, in 38 states.
Big food firms resetting
Steady →
Kraft Heinz is spending $700 million on marketing, prices and products after 2 years of falling sales. Once Upon a Farm expects its snack-bar recall to cost about $30 million.
So what is really going on? The attackers struck about a week after the PHP fix, at gateways not yet updated. Check Point can publish a fix, but only each owner can install it.
4 signals: AI tools speeding up attacks · Break-ins through suppliers · Old boxes left unfixed · Governments rewriting cyber rules›Open the Cyber signals
AI tools speeding up attacks
Building ↑
The FBI says some break-ins using Artex, a free AI tool, reached high-level access in under 3 hours. A China-linked group used another AI tool to breach 10 of 19 targets.
Break-ins through suppliers
High ↑
Uber drivers' licences were stolen at Fireworks AI, a supplier holding Uber data. Osaka residents' email addresses leaked through a contractor's email service. TSMC staff records were taken from a cloud supplier.
Old boxes left unfixed
High →
Attackers broke into Check Point gateways about a week after a fix for the first flaw came out. Older versions of Copeland's shop fridge controllers remain open to takeover.
Governments rewriting cyber rules
Building ↑
Germany's parliament let its spy agencies shut down foreign hackers' servers. A Trump administration task force wants lighter penalties for firms hit by AI-powered attacks.