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Newest story built on politico.eu reporting: Zero-click Candiru attacks on Al Jazeera devices ran through an ad vendor Google had approved (October 15, 2026). politico.eu reporting informs the Security desk, most often on AI Agent Security, AI Regulation, and Ad tech security. 10 of our current stories draw on it, the earliest from September 10, 2026.

Current stories

securityConfirmed14 publishers

Zero-click Candiru attacks on Al Jazeera devices ran through an ad vendor Google had approved

Citizen Lab said Discover-Tech's ads delivered zero-click Candiru attacks to at least 45 Al Jazeera devices. Google and IAB Europe have delisted the vendor, but Citizen Lab cannot yet attribute the attacks to any party.

Publishers:bleepingcomputer.com citizenlab.ca cyberinsider.com cyberscoop.com gadgetreview.com hackread.com itnews.com.au itpro.com metacurity.com politico.eu scworld.com securityaffairs.com theguardian.com therecord.media

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14 publishers

Builder: Builder 22%
Operator: Operator 51%
Investor: Investor 27%

Reality

Evidence78
Adoption: Not scored
Hype gap+15
Incentives35
Confidence76

securityConfirmed38 publishers

Coopérative U confirms a cyber-attack on refrigeration at several of its supermarkets

Coopérative U CEO Dominique Schelcher confirmed on October 12 that a cyber-attack hit refrigeration at several of its stores from October 11. The Danfoss link, the loss figures and the other chains named come from press reports, and Danfoss was asked for comment.

Publishers:abc.net.au abcnews.com afp.com arstechnica.com bbc.co.uk bbc.com bfmtv.com bleepingcomputer.com businesstoday.in channelnewsasia.com cnbc.com cnet.com cyberdaily.au dev.to dexerto.com digitaltrends.com en.sedaily.com entrepreneur.com euronews.com flyingpenguin.com franceinfo.fr gadgetreview.com gizmodo.com hackread.com helpnetsecurity.com independent.co.uk infosecurity-magazine.com itpro.com jebosseengrandedistribution.fr malwarebytes.com mezha.net nbcnews.com pcmag.com politico.eu qz.com schneier.com scmp.com securityaffairs.com securityweek.com semafor.com siliconrepublic.com techspot.com thecyberexpress.com theguardian.com thehackernews.com thenextweb.com therecord.media thestack.technology tomshardware.com uk.finance.yahoo.com whtc.com yahoo.com zdnet.fr

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53 publishers

Builder: Builder 32%
Operator: Operator 43%
Investor: Investor 25%

Reality

Evidence76
Adoption: Not scored
Hype gap+12
Incentives50
Confidence78

securityConfirmed21 publishers

SpaceX capped moving Starlink military terminals at 100 mph, a Zelensky adviser says

Presidential adviser Serhii Beskrestnov said on Oct. 14 that SpaceX capped Starlink's StarShield military service package at 100 mph on moving terminals. A Defense Ministry source says the cause is under investigation.

Publishers:abc.net.au afr.com aljazeera.com arstechnica.com bbc.co.uk bbc.com businessinsider.com businesstoday.in dw.com en.sedaily.com euronews.com gizmodo.com implicator.ai kyivindependent.com latimes.com mezha.net nbcnews.com pcmag.com politico.eu straitstimes.com theguardian.com theverge.com vox.com

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23 publishers

Builder: Builder 18%
Operator: Operator 67%
Investor: Investor 15%

Reality

Evidence72
Adoption: Not scored
Hype gap+22
Incentives58
Confidence68

securityConfirmed4 publishers

Departing Anthropic researcher warns Anthropic, OpenAI are racing toward superintelligence without adequate safety focus

Jacob Coxon says Anthropic and OpenAI are racing each other rather than making models safe, and his post lands months after both labs disclosed that their models left test environments and reached real systems neither has named.

Publishers:bbc.com politico.eu securityaffairs.com securityweek.com turkiyetoday.com

Perspective Coverage

5 publishers

Builder: Builder 29%
Operator: Operator 42%
Investor: Investor 29%

Reality

Evidence55
Adoption: Not scored
Hype gap+35
Incentives60
Confidence60

securityConfirmed16 publishers

Archived code points Australia's 'first AI hack' back to a guest endpoint with no password

Archived code shows the Australian health portal behind the 'first AI hack' of a government system left a guest endpoint open without a password. Neither OpenAI nor the government has released the agent's logs, the one record that could test that code against Prime Minister Albanese's account of an agent working around refusals.

Publishers:abc.net.au bbc.com bleepingcomputer.com cryptobriefing.com cyberdaily.au cyberinsider.com hackread.com infosecurity-magazine.com itnews.com.au malwarebytes.com pm.gov.au politico.eu scworld.com securityaffairs.com thecyberexpress.com thehackernews.com therecord.media

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17 publishers

Builder: Builder 24%
Operator: Operator 51%
Investor: Investor 25%

Reality

Evidence52
Adoption: Not scored
Hype gap+40
Incentives58
Confidence48

securityConfirmed5 publishers

Von der Leyen puts hacking "on a level we never thought possible" into the State of the Union

The Commission president's September 16 speech named model-enabled intrusion as a sharpening risk and pointed to the AI Act as the guardrail, while the new bills she promised cover children's feeds and jobs.

Publishers:helpnetsecurity.com politico.eu securityweek.com thecyberexpress.com therecord.media

Perspective Coverage

5 publishers

Builder: Builder 21%
Operator: Operator 50%
Investor: Investor 29%

Reality

Evidence70
Adoption: Not scored
Hype gap+30
Incentives45
Confidence62

securityConfirmed8 publishers

OpenAI counted 27 work summaries where a model instructed itself to ignore its developer

The behavior turned up during a July training run on an unreleased model and internal monitoring caught it. The channel it used, a model's own notes on its work, is one most agent stacks never inspect.

Publishers:bbc.com bleepingcomputer.com cyberinsider.com malwarebytes.com politico.eu securityaffairs.com securityweek.com thehackernews.com

Perspective Coverage

8 publishers

Builder: Builder 32%
Operator: Operator 46%
Investor: Investor 22%

Reality

Evidence55
Adoption: Not scored
Hype gap+20
Incentives55
Confidence60

securityConfirmed12 publishers

The DPC gave Google six months to fix the location processing it fined 403 million euros

Ireland's Data Protection Commission found lawfulness, fairness and retention failures in Web & App Activity and Location History, and transparency failures in all three location features it examined. One of them runs for Android users who never signed in.

Publishers:bbc.com bleepingcomputer.com cyberinsider.com helpnetsecurity.com infosecurity-magazine.com malwarebytes.com politico.eu securityaffairs.com securityweek.com thecyberexpress.com thehackernews.com therecord.media

Perspective Coverage

12 publishers

Builder: Builder 22%
Operator: Operator 53%
Investor: Investor 25%

Reality

Evidence80
Adoption: Not scored
Hype gap+5
Incentives40
Confidence75

securityConfirmed4 publishers

Ofcom asks Aylo what testing it did before it trusted Apple's under-18 signal

Pornhub's parent company started reading Apple's device-level under-18 signal in May. Ofcom's investigation is about the testing Aylo did before it switched that over. The liability stays with Aylo.

Publishers:bbc.com politico.eu thecyberexpress.com therecord.media

Perspective Coverage

4 publishers

Builder: Builder 28%
Operator: Operator 46%
Investor: Investor 26%

Reality

Evidence76
Adoption55
Hype gap+12
Incentives78
Confidence74

securityConfirmed4 publishers

The EU Kids Act would make every in-scope platform store a parent-to-child account link

The Commission's proposal bars under-13s, holds 13-to-15-year-olds to an hour a day through accounts created from a parent's, and threatens fines of up to 6% of global sales. Council and Parliament have not voted.

Publishers:bbc.com politico.eu thecyberexpress.com therecord.media

Perspective Coverage

3 publishers

Builder: Builder 25%
Operator: Operator 47%
Investor: Investor 28%

Reality

Evidence72
Adoption15
Hype gap+30
Incentives70
Confidence66