The Pentagon’s new AI platform, SafePay ransomware scores a hat-trick, and social media ban

This episode discusses the US Department of War’s AI “Manifest Destiny”, hackers going hard on Aussie victims, and Australia bringing in its brand new social media ban.

Hosts David Hollingworth and Daniel Croft kick things off with artificial intelligence, with CommBank trialling a new DevOps agent and the Pentagon launching its new GenAI.mil platform to “dominate” its adversaries.

The pair move on to cyber crime, and the SafePay ransomware gang strikes at three Australian victims in a single week.

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Hollingworth and Croft also discuss the social media ban, which came into effect this week.

Finally, the pair look at the Privacy Commissioner’s new compliance crusade and a warning that scammers are posing as charities this Christmas season.

Enjoy,
The Cyber Uncut team

UDPATE 18/12/25:

This podcast first published 12 December 2025 incorrectly stated that BarNet Networks (a trading name of Anticlockwise Pty Ltd) owns and operates JADE (Judgments and Decisions Enhanced) a current awareness service that collects recent decisions of selected Australian Courts and Tribunals into an enhanced database.

JADE is owned and operated by BarNetwork Pty Ltd, an entity independent from and unrelated to Anticlockwise Pty Ltd. JADE and BarNetwork Pty Ltd are wholly unaffected by the SafePay cyber incident.

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The Pentagon’s new AI platform, SafePay ransomware scores a hat-trick, and social media ban