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"Upon advice from our cyber security team, we understand that some personal data has been extracted by the hackers who carried out the cyber attack," the company told customers at the time.

From BBC • Apr. 16, 2026

Preparations and planning continues not just for the event of conventional warfare, but also a nationwide cyber attack, or disruptions to food and water supplies, or an attack on the financial system.

From BBC • Mar. 18, 2026

Anthropic last month also disclosed that suspected Chinese hackers sought to use its tool for a cyber attack.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 11, 2025

In his first venture into television, Robert De Niro plays one-term former President George Mullen who is pulled out of retirement after a worldwide cyber attack kills millions.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 11, 2025

He said there were costs from managing the impact, including more IT staffing, and increased food wastage as the firm switched to manual processing during the cyber attack.

From BBC • Nov. 5, 2025