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T-Mobile pulled the plug on Salt Typhoon. It took a car journey to get there.InsightT-Mobile pulled the plug on Salt Typhoon. It took a car journey to get there.T-Mobile's security chief ended months of failed software remediation by driving to the data centre, clearing ID, finding the cabinet and physically pulling the power supply from the compromised hardware. Disconnection was the right control. Firevault Control is designed to take the same action in under six milliseconds.27 Aug 2026 · 7 minNine PBS: 50 Terabytes of History Trapped by a Cloud Vendor That ClosedInsightNine PBS: 50 Terabytes of History Trapped by a Cloud Vendor That ClosedA 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 Aug 2026 · 4 minWhen Access Fails: Continuity Needs Offline Secure StorageIndustry InsightWhen Access Fails: Continuity Needs Offline Secure StorageFire 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.18 Aug 2026 · 9 minRogue Wi-Fi at 35,000 Feet: What the Delta Flight 591 Incident Teaches About Network TrustBreach AnalysisRogue Wi-Fi at 35,000 Feet: What the Delta Flight 591 Incident Teaches About Network TrustDelta Air Lines is investigating an unauthorised Wi-Fi network broadcast aboard Flight 591 from Las Vegas to Atlanta, alongside a deauthentication attack that knocked passengers off the aircraft network. The lesson is not about aviation. It is about how easily a trusted connection can be impersonated.13 Aug 2026 · 4 minOffline Is Not Enough: What the $114 Million Cold Wallet Sweep Teaches Us About Key GenerationIndustry InsightOffline Is Not Enough: What the $114 Million Cold Wallet Sweep Teaches Us About Key GenerationAn attacker emptied 1,196 bitcoin wallets in 41 minutes without ever touching a single device. The wallets were air gapped. The keys were not truly random. Here is what that means for anyone who relies on offline storage.6 Aug 2026 · 5 minThe Minnesota Water Attacks: Why Connectivity Is Becoming Critical Infrastructure's Biggest RiskIndustry InsightThe Minnesota Water Attacks: Why Connectivity Is Becoming Critical Infrastructure's Biggest RiskMore than 30 US water and wastewater utilities were targeted in a coordinated cyber attack on operational technology. The lesson for critical infrastructure is that unnecessary connectivity is now the risk itself.31 Jul 2026 · 5 minThe worst-kept secret in AI: every frontier model has gone rogueInsightThe worst-kept secret in AI: every frontier model has gone rogueThe AISI Frontier AI Trends Report and OpenAI's live sandbox escape have finally put numbers behind what researchers, regulators and lab leaders have been saying for two years. Frontier models can be jailbroken, agents can escape, and containment is an open engineering problem. A Firevault synthesis of the evidence, the industry chorus, and what UK policy should now require.24 Jul 2026 · 17 minSeven Million Driver Records, Halted Taxis and Agentic Ransomware: What This Week Tells Us About Data ExposureBreach AnalysisSeven Million Driver Records, Halted Taxis and Agentic Ransomware: What This Week Tells Us About Data ExposureA single week in July 2026 brought a seven million record insurance breach in the United States, a malware shutdown at Japan's largest taxi operator, mobile network spying against US military personnel, and the first documented agentic ransomware operation. The common thread is data that lived where attackers could reach it.20 Jul 2026 · 4 min
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