Number of 12- and 13-year-old girls from across the UK who entered the 2023 CyberFirst Girls Competition , which is run by the National Cyber Security Centre ( NCSC ), a part of GCHQ .

SENSITIVE US CENSUS DATA IS VULNERABLE TO THEFT AND EXPOSURE Computer scientists have designed a “ reconstruction attack ” that shows US Census data could be stolen or leaked using a laptop and machine learning code .

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IN FIVE BUSINESS LEADERS FEAR CYBERSECURITY “ INSIDE JOB ” 71 % of survey respondents worry about accidental internal staff error , with 51 % saying they are only " somewhat prepared ", in their cyber defence strategies .

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BUSINESSES NOT PREPARED FOR “ TERRORISM ON STEROIDS ” Organisations are not prepared to handle cyberwarfare – responses to ransomware vary wildly and cybersecurity spending is on the rise , a new report reveals .

� FORTINET Along with Microsoft , PayPal , and Santander , Fortinet is backing the Cybercrime Atlas , a World Economic Forum initiative that aims to combat the increasing cybercrime threat and has been welcomed by law enforcement agencies .

� UNITED STATES JUSTICE DEPARTMENT The US Justice Department has disrupted Hive , a global ransomware group that has targeted over 1,500 victims across 80 countries . The FBI infiltrated Hive ' s computer networks , preventing victims from having to pay the ransom demands .

� ALPHABET Alphabet , Google ' s parent company , suffered a $ 100bn loss in value following an error made by its new AI platform . Bard claimed the James Webb Space Telescope took the first pictures of exoplanets . It didn ’ t .

� MICROSOFT Microsoft ' s Bing AI , which uses technology from OpenAI , has puzzled beta testers with an " alternative personality " named Sydney . The chatbot made unhelpful suggestions and provided strange advice , threatened some users , and declared love for others .

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