Ransomware Q1 2026: volumes flat, fragmentation rising, data-theft extortion replacing encryption
Analysis by Emsisoft covering the ransomware landscape in Q1 2026. Incident volumes are broadly flat ...
LEOsphere Analysis
France’s Interministerial Digital Directorate (DINUM) has instructed ministries to prepare plans to reduce reliance on ... Read more
AI Omnibus trilogue: political agreement targeted for 28 April, high-risk AI compliance shifted to December 2027
Detailed analysis of the AI Omnibus trilogue as negotiations enter their final phase. Both Parliament ...
Belgium: Antwerp Federal Judicial Police calls for expanded AI powers and Europol-developed Police GPT
The head of the Antwerp Federal Judicial Police, Yve Driesen, has publicly called for a ... Read more
Sussex Police: AI camera deployment for road safety — official force statement
Official Sussex Police press release confirming the 13 April 2026 deployment of Acusensus AI road ... Read more
UK Parliament briefing: live facial recognition now active across 13 forces, national rollout planned
The UK Parliamentary Office of Science and Technology has published an updated briefing noting that ... Read more
Over 70 civil society organisations call on Meta to halt facial recognition smart glasses rollout
More than 70 organisations, including ACLU, EFF and EPIC, have written to Meta calling on ... Read more
White House in talks with Anthropic over Mythos Preview government access despite Pentagon blacklist
The White House and Anthropic are in active talks about granting US federal agencies access ... Read more
SWF 2026 counterspace report: GNSS jamming now constant feature of conflict zones; 13 nations developing counterspace capability
The Secure World Foundation’s 2026 Global Counterspace Capabilities report, released the week of 14 April, ... Read more
Agentic AI governance gap identified as core EU AI Act compliance challenge
With the EU AI Act’s high-risk requirements set to become broadly enforceable from 2 August ... Read more
EU EES declared a systemic failure by airline groups
Airlines for Europe called the EU Entry-Exit System a systemic failure on 14 April 2026 ... Read more
Fresno PD launches drone-as-first-responder programme without published oversight policy
The Fresno Police Department launched a Drone as First Responder programme on 16 April 2026, ... Read more
Europol Operation PowerOFF: 21-country crackdown seizes 53 DDoS-for-hire domains
Europol coordinated Operation PowerOFF on 17 April 2026, bringing together 21 national law enforcement agencies ... Read more