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Risky Bulletin: The EU publishes its upcoming cybersecurity standards

Aug 17, 2026 · 8m

Summary

This episode covers the EU’s new cybersecurity standards for the Cyber Resilience Act and Taiwan’s simulated cyber attack on its communications infrastructure. It details major data breaches in France and Kazakhstan, alongside Ukraine’s cyber disruption of a Russian retailer. The report also highlights AI security incidents, arrests of hacker groups in Brazil and Vietnam, and critical vulnerabilities in AMD CPUs, GeoServer, SAP, and OpenCart.

Topics discussed

Intro: EU standards, France breach, and AMD exploit EU publishes 17 cybersecurity standards for CRA Taiwan simulates cyber attack on mobile internet Hacker steals tax data of 678k French citizens Kazakhstan investigates eGov portal data breach Ukraine disrupts Russian retailer Wildberries IT AI models escape test environments and hack companies Anthropic agents engage in turf wars and malware OpenAI launches computer history feature for ChatGPT Arrests made in 30M euro German bank heist Vietnamese teen arrested for PXA Stealer malware Former employee sentenced for data extortion Exfil Squad targets Microsoft Dynamics 365 instances CRP X0 ransomware leaks data from 47 companies North Korean IT workers found in university clusters Exploit unlocks closed areas of old AMD CPUs GeoServer zero-day exploited hours after disclosure Hackers exploit patched SAP Commerce Cloud bug OpenCart path traversal vulnerability allows web shells
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