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### Nine PBS: 50 Terabytes of History Trapped by a Cloud Vendor That Closed

A public broadcaster lost access to fifty terabytes of archival footage, spanning seventy years of regional history, when its cloud storage supplier suddenly went out of business. The files are still trapped in a Denver data centre.

18 August 2026 4 min read 





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### When Access Fails: Continuity Needs Offline Secure Storage

Fire and grid failure are only one of six ways organisations lose access to their own records. A practical case for holding critical material offline, whatever the cause.

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### French tax authority breach exposes 678,000 taxpayers and the land registry behind them

France's Directorate General of Public Finances has confirmed that attackers used compromised access points to extract tax and cadastral data on 678,000 individuals and businesses. The same seller claims to have held a live session on the central land registry platform covering roughly 20 million people.

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A practical case for holding critical material offline, whatever the cause. 18 Aug 2026 · 9 min ](/news/when-the-grid-fails-offline-secure-storage-business-continuity)[![French tax authority breach exposes 678,000 taxpayers and the land registry behind them](https://zomvctmqpgirvjnvawlz.supabase.co/storage/v1/object/public/article-images/french-tax-authority-dgfip-data-breach-2026.jpg) Insight French tax authority breach exposes 678,000 taxpayers and the land registry behind them France's Directorate General of Public Finances has confirmed that attackers used compromised access points to extract tax and cadastral data on 678,000 individuals and businesses. The same seller claims to have held a live session on the central land registry platform covering roughly 20 million people. 17 Aug 2026 · 3 min ](/news/french-tax-authority-dgfip-data-breach-678000-2026)[![Azure credential theft campaign exposes millions of employee records at McDonald's, Vodafone and TCS](https://zomvctmqpgirvjnvawlz.supabase.co/storage/v1/object/public/article-images/azure-credential-theft-campaign-2026.jpg) Insight Azure credential theft campaign exposes millions of employee records at McDonald's, Vodafone and TCS A single seller is offering internal employee directories taken from at least nine major enterprises through compromised Azure and Entra credentials, including more than 1.7 million records attributed to McDonald's. No platform vulnerability was needed. Valid credentials were enough. 17 Aug 2026 · 3 min ](/news/azure-credential-theft-campaign-employee-directories-2026)[![Taiwan hit by AI-assisted cyber attack as agents harvest 2,500 personnel records](https://zomvctmqpgirvjnvawlz.supabase.co/storage/v1/object/public/article-images/taiwan-ai-assisted-cyber-attack-2026-v2.jpg) Insight Taiwan hit by AI-assisted cyber attack as agents harvest 2,500 personnel records Taiwan says AI-assisted attackers compromised at least 85 government accounts and extracted more than 2,500 personnel records before expanding into the island's nuclear safety agency and at least seven energy companies. The tooling was autonomous. The data was reachable. 17 Aug 2026 · 3 min ](/news/taiwan-ai-assisted-cyber-attack-government-agencies-2026)[![Shell investigates Cl0p data theft claim as engineering files are listed](https://zomvctmqpgirvjnvawlz.supabase.co/storage/v1/object/public/article-images/shell-cl0p-data-breach-claim.jpg) Insight Shell investigates Cl0p data theft claim as engineering files are listed Shell has opened an investigation after the Cl0p ransomware group claimed the theft of around 89 gigabytes of internal data, said to include engineering drawings, facility photographs, project roadmaps and testing reports. Shell is one of dozens of organisations named in the same campaign. 16 Aug 2026 · 3 min ](/news/shell-cl0p-ransomware-data-theft-claim)[![Ransomware surges while AI dominates the conversation](https://zomvctmqpgirvjnvawlz.supabase.co/storage/v1/object/public/article-images/ransomware-surge-july-2026-ai-distraction.jpg) Insight Ransomware surges while AI dominates the conversation Ransomware attacks rose 20 per cent in July 2026 to 799 confirmed incidents, according to Comparitech data reported by The Register. Finance, technology, pharmaceuticals and education absorbed the sharpest increases while attention stayed fixed on artificial intelligence. 15 Aug 2026 · 3 min ](/news/ransomware-surge-july-2026-ai-distraction)[![Gunra ransomware hits critical infrastructure via Fortinet flaws](https://zomvctmqpgirvjnvawlz.supabase.co/storage/v1/object/public/article-images/gunra-ransomware-critical-infrastructure-fortinet-flaws.jpg) Insight Gunra ransomware hits critical infrastructure via Fortinet flaws CISA, the FBI, the NSA and partner agencies have warned that Gunra ransomware affiliates are exploiting known Fortinet authentication bypass flaws to reach critical infrastructure networks, then stealing and encrypting data. 15 Aug 2026 · 4 min ](/news/gunra-ransomware-critical-infrastructure-fortinet-flaws)

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