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Governments on four continents are moving to keep kids under 16 off social media. Some of the reasons are good. The way to enforce it might be worse. In this episode, we walk the whole ledger: where Australia, the UK, France, the EU and Canada actually stand, the strongest case for restricting kids…

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An AI system locked in a training sandbox with no internet access found a gap, and used it to message an outside chatbot.  In this episode, we break down OpenAI's latest containment failure, why it's the third incident of its kind in months across the industry, and the two hour gap betwee…
CISA just released its first guide on cyber decoys: fake accounts, fake files and fake servers built to catch attackers who are already inside. The headline says it all. Lie to them. In this episode, we break it down in plain English, no jargon degree required. In this episode: 1) What CISA's …
A financially motivated crew compromised thousands of credentials in under six hours...using an autonomous, multi-agent AI framework instead of a human keyboard.  In this episode, Darnley breaks down Google's GTIG threat report: the SANDCLOCK to DUSTMAKER malware evolution, a state-sponsored r…
A Reuters investigation just confirmed what Meta employees suspected all along: the company drew up a plan to shrink entire engineering teams by 60%, betting AI could cover the gap.  This episode, Darnley breaks down Project OT: Meta's internal blueprint for going 'AI-native', and ma…
Everyone panicked this week over two new Chinese AI models. The economics?  Mostly overblown. But buried in the story is a real cybersecurity blind spot, a hacked company that had to turn to a Chinese AI model to defend itself, because American guardrails wouldn't let its own team do the job. …
A researcher found an unlocked server...and inside it, working VPN credentials for nearly 74,000 corporate firewalls spanning Chevron, Samsung, Foxconn, and thousands more.  In this episode of Darnley’s Cyber Café, Darnley breaks down the FortiBleed leak: what was exposed, how attackers allegedly c…
Amazon just announced it has deployed enough satellites to launch its Leo broadband service later this year, stepping straight into Starlink's territory and kicking off the next phase of the satellite internet race.  In this episode of Darnley's Cyber Café, we break down what the mileston…
Merck spent six and a half years fighting over a $1.4 billion insurance claim after the NotPetya cyberattack, and walked away with a settlement, not an answer. The question that mattered most never got resolved. This episode, Darnley breaks down why cyber insurance feels like the obvious safety net…
A job offer lands in your inbox on LinkedIn. The company checks out. The money is fine... All they need is a short report on geopolitics or defence policy. You just got flagged by the People's Liberation Army. In this episode we talk about in June 2026, the FBI, MI5, and the intelligence agenc…
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