David Hollingworth

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David Hollingworth has been writing about technology for over 20 years, and has worked for a range of print and online titles in his career. He is enjoying getting to grips with cyber security, especially when it lets him talk about Lego.

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The big melt: Fridges in France used for blood storage targeted by hackers

Thawing frozen food to spoil was bad enough – now an unknown group is trying to spoil vital blood supplies in a dangerous escalation.

SECURITY • Wed, 04 Nov 2026

CrowdStrike to acquire Fiddler AI and Dreadnode in push to secure enterprise AI

The cyber security company has signed agreements to acquire two AI security specialists, adding agent observability, explainability, and automated security testing to its ...

SECURITY • Wed, 04 Nov 2026

Exclusive: Dozens of Australian hotels potentially impacted by alleged IHG Hotels & Resorts breach

Ransomware group lists global hotel chain behind Crowne Plaza, InterContinental, and Holiday Inn brands; hacker says employee and customer data compromised.

SECURITY • Wed, 04 Nov 2026

OAIC investigation finds limited offshore access to Australian court recordings

Australia’s privacy watchdog has found employees of an India-based subcontractor accessed a limited number of recordings and transcripts, but will take no further ...

SECURITY • Wed, 04 Nov 2026

CrowdStrike gives security teams a kill switch to stop rogue AI agents

The cyber security firm has added an AI Kill Switch to Falcon Guardian, allowing security teams to terminate AI agents that have gone off-script.

SECURITY • Wed, 04 Nov 2026

Breached? NSW Police investigating ‘major’ cyber security incident impacting NSW Health

Hacker claims to have accessed “100,000 sensitive documents” from a misconfigured domain; department says “no patient data has been impacted”.

SECURITY • Tue, 03 Nov 2026

Report: New research uncovers 4 threat actors using AI agents in cyber attacks

Security analysts have identified four previously unreported threat actors using AI agents to conduct real-world intrusions, including one operation in which an ...

SECURITY • Tue, 03 Nov 2026

Exclusive: Sydney-based First State Auctions customer data impacted by cyber incident

The luxury auctioneer has been in touch with impacted clients; “no evidence” that credit card details or passwords were impacted.

SECURITY • Tue, 03 Nov 2026

Binance hack: Kim Jong Un’s sister denies North Korea behind US$6bn crypto theft

Kim Yo Jong says allegations that DPRK-backed hackers are responsible for a record-breaking cyber heist are a “cliched provocation”.

SECURITY • Tue, 03 Nov 2026

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David Hollingworth

The big melt: Fridges in France used for blood storage targeted by hackers

CrowdStrike to acquire Fiddler AI and Dreadnode in push to secure enterprise AI

Exclusive: Dozens of Australian hotels potentially impacted by alleged IHG Hotels & Resorts breach

OAIC investigation finds limited offshore access to Australian court recordings

CrowdStrike gives security teams a kill switch to stop rogue AI agents

Breached? NSW Police investigating ‘major’ cyber security incident impacting NSW Health

Report: New research uncovers 4 threat actors using AI agents in cyber attacks

Exclusive: Sydney-based First State Auctions customer data impacted by cyber incident

Binance hack: Kim Jong Un’s sister denies North Korea behind US$6bn crypto theft

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