#cybersecurity-risk

#cybersecurity-risk

In the US, fired and laid-off workers often have their digital credentials deactivated before they learn about the loss of their jobs; indeed, the inability to log in to a corporate system may be the first an employee knows of the situation. Though not a generous or humane approach to staff reduction, it does follow from the simple fact that a fired employee with access to company systems is a security risk.

With 1.5 billion euros per week in VAT revenue at stake, there are now serious concerns about digital sovereignty. If that revenue of €1.5B a week disappears, the state will have to quickly borrow more on the international capital market. In theory, America could stop this process in the Netherlands thanks to a new tender.

OpenAI may have violated California's new AI safety law with the release of its latest coding model, according to allegations from an AI watchdog group.A violation would potentially expose the company to millions of dollars in fines, and the case may become a precedent-setting first test of the new law's provisions.

In the past year, the rapid democratization of AI has opened the door for a new class of haunting threats. Malware creation, once a domain requiring deep expertise and significant time, can now be automated in mere seconds. It's no longer about who has the most sophisticated tools, but who can leverage AI the fastest - and the current advantage favors the bad actors. It's like a haunted house gone wrong, and the monsters are in control.