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Potentially still a future': Liberty Bell Bay smelter given another reprieve
The administrator of the Liberty Bell Bay manganese smelter is continuing to engage with the consortium designated as its preferred buyer, the ABC understands. It was revealed on Friday that one of the members of the consortium had withdrawn from…
Ransomware Attack Shuts Down Mills of Australia's Second-Largest Sugar Producer
Mackay Sugar, a major Australian sugar producer, has been targeted in a ransomware attack that forced it to shut down some of its mills. The hacker attack came to light on June 10, when Mackay Sugar announced it was responding to a cybersecurity…
NewCore Emerges From Stealth Mode With $66 Million in Funding
Israeli cybersecurity startup NewCore today emerged from stealth mode with $66 million in seed funding from Cyberstarts, Index Ventures, and Evolution Equity Partners. Founded by cybersecurity veterans and Israeli intelligence alumni Zohar Alon…
ShinyHunters Claims Council of Europe Hack
The notorious extortion group ShinyHunters claims to have hacked the Council of Europe and to have stolen nearly 300 gigabytes of data. Europe's leading human rights organization and an official United Nations observer, the Council of Europe was…
Ozempic Maker Novo Nordisk Says Hackers Breached IT Systems
Pharmaceutical giant Novo Nordisk last week disclosed a cybersecurity incident involving unauthorized access to personal data. Novo Nordisk is a Danish pharmaceutical company renowned for developing treatments for diabetes and weight management…
Chinese Hackers Target Medical, Military, and AI Research in North America
The Google Threat Intelligence Group (GTIG) has published an analysis of the attacks carried out by a cyberespionage group linked to the Chinese government. Tracked as UNC6508, the group is believed to have been active since at least 2023, but…
Ukrainian Man Pleads Guilty in US to Conti Ransomware Charges
A Ukrainian national pleaded guilty in a US court to his role in the notorious Conti ransomware group, the Department of Justice announced. The man, Oleksii Oleksiyovych Lytvynenko, 44, of Cork, Ireland, was arrested in Ireland in 2023 and was…
Maine Disables Data Breach Portal Due to Fake Submissions
The Office of the Maine Attorney General announced it has temporarily disabled its data breach portal in response to fake submissions. Maine is one of a small number of US states in which the Attorney General requires organizations experiencing…
FBI, Google Dismantle 'Outsider Enterprise' Phishing Service
The FBI and Google have announced the takedown of Outsider Enterprise, a large phishing-as-a-service (PhaaS) platform that caused billions of dollars in losses. Operating out of China and coordinated through Telegram, the network distributed…
What does SigniFlow's ISO 27001 certification mean for your business?
Handling sensitive information according to best practice. As organisations face growing cyber threats, stricter compliance requirements and increased scrutiny around how data is managed, information security has become a key factor in technology…
Nvidia gave them financial stability. These founders used it to walk away.
Roughly nine years into his tenure at Nvidia, Antons Davis hopped on a call with CEO Jensen Huang to pitch his ideas. Davis, who led design for several Nvidia gaming products, brought up an idea for how the company could build an educational…
French Government Messaging Platform Breached by Mysterious 'Misere' Hacker
More 70,000 French government employees had personal details stolen. Why and by whom? On June 8, 2026, DINUM announced that the official French government chat service (Tchap) had been breached on June 7. At the same time, a threat actor calling…
International Petroleum Corporation Corporate Update: Blackrod Phase 1 First Oil Achieved
International Petroleum Corporation (IPC) (TSX, Nasdaq Stockholm: IPCO) is pleased to announce first oil has been achieved at Phase 1 of the Blackrod project, ahead of schedule and on budget. The Blackrod Phase 1 development project began…
Cotton Ignoring Outside Markets for Midday Gains
Cotton futures are showing Monday strength of 54 to 64 points at midday. Crude oil is down $4.41 at midday this morning after the US and Iran came to a peace deal over the weekend, to be signed this Friday. The US dollar index is down $0.285 at…
Dollar Weakness Sparks Short-Covering in Cocoa Futures
July ICE NY cocoa (CCN26) on Monday closed up +103 (+2.73%), and July ICE London cocoa #7 (CAN26) closed up +86 (+2.98%). Cocoa prices jumped to 1.5-week highs on Monday and settled sharply higher as dollar weakness sparked short covering. The…
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