Digital payments have quietly become part of critical business infrastructure. For many organisations, especially retailers, fintechs and service providers, even a short disruption to transaction systems can immediately affect revenue, customer trust and operational continuity.
Cyber-security featured prominently across the UK government’s 2026 King’s Speech, reflecting growing concern around digital resilience, critical infrastructure and AI-driven threats.
A recent investigation has revealed how selected university students in Russia are reportedly being trained in advanced cyber-techniques before being funnelled into state-linked cyber-operations and criminal groups.
The UK government has renewed its push towards digital identity after King Charles used the 2026 King’s Speech to announce the new Digital Access to Services Bill.
U.S. artificial intelligence giant OpenAI said it was granting access to its latest models including GPT-5.5-Cyber to Deutsche Telekom, BBVA and dozens more European companies to help bolster their resilience to vulnerabilities in their systems.
Japan will establish a public-private working group this week to address cybersecurity risks to the financial system posed by Anthropic’s new artificial intelligence model Mythos, Finance Minister Satsuki Katayama said on Tuesday.
Identity has become the most common entry point for cyber-attacks. Stolen credentials, session hijacking and token abuse are now used more often than traditional exploitation of software vulnerabilities.