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This photograph shows the G7 sign during the G7 summit, in Evian, eastern France, on June 16, 2026. A working group report from the summit called on countries to speed up adoption of post-quantum encryption. (Photo by Mandel NGAN / POOL / AFP via Getty Images)

The G7 tells industry to hurry up and prep for post-quantum encryption

The nations warn that governments and industry can no longer treat quantum codebreaking as a distant or theoretical possibility.
A bomb disposal expert walks with his dog as the sun sets at the Trocadero near the Eiffel Tower before the opening of the Paris Peace Forum in Paris on October 29, 2025. (Photo by JOEL SAGET / AFP) (Photo by JOEL SAGET/AFP via Getty Images)

French nonprofit starts global intelligence and research hub for AI cyber threats 

One of the project’s top goals is stitching together an international, quick response coalition of governments, businesses and civil experts for AI-related threats.
A screenshot of a website seized by the U.S. Departments of Justice and Homeland Security for publishing nonconsensual deepfake porn of real individuals, including celebrities and public figures. (Image Source: Department of Justice)

US, France, and Italian authorities shut down massive deepfake porn site

The website specialized in non-consensual sexual images of famous women, including politicians, first ladies, royalty, journalists, television presenters, athletes, and entertainers, and others.
Europol, the European Union’s law enforcement agency, is pictured at its headquarters building on June 24, 2020 in The Hague, Netherlands. (Photo by Yuriko Nakao/Getty Images)

European authorities take down prolific cybercrime VPN service

Officials arrested the alleged administrator of First VPN, seized its servers and domains. Europol said the service appeared in almost every major recent cybercrime investigation.
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