PIN Assessments

Just Published: PCI Key Management and Operations (KMO)™ Standard v1.0

AndyC 15 September 2026

The PCI Security Standards Council (PCI SSC) has published a new standard designed for entities involved in the use of...

New York Seizes a Dozen Celebrity Deepfake Websites

AndyC 15 September 2026

In the biggest-ever legal action against harmful deepfake websites, the Manhattan District Attorney’s Office has seized 12 sites that collectively targeted around 1,200 victims.Photo-Illustration: Jobanny...

Sexually Explicit Deepfake Sites Target 100-Plus Politicians in Europe

AndyC 14 September 2026

An analysis of 160 deepfake websites reveals politicians in 22 countries appear on them. Nearly all of them are women.Photo-Illustration: Wired Staff; Getty ImagesAlmost 150...

From Hacks to Bioweapons, Claude Misuse Is Now Everywhere

AndyC 12 September 2026

Plus: The US disrupts the internet’s biggest black market, a Conti ransomware hacker gets prison time, Meta fails to stop AI-generated videos of child abuse.Photo-Illustration:...

Meta Sued Over Training Data for Its AI and Face-Recognition Systems

AndyC 12 September 2026

The proposed class action alleges Meta illegally harvested people’s Facebook and Instagram photos to train its AI image-generation models and to build its unreleased “NameTag”...