Standard Bank has provided an update on its data breach. Hackers have publicly released data stolen from Standard Bank, escalating what appears to be a serious cyber security breach and raising urgent concerns over customer privacy and the bank’s digital defences. The big-four bank this week provided an update on the data breach that it…
He turned “cat burglar” into a job description. A 52‑year‑old man has been charged after an Egyptian cat sculpture and “priceless” artifacts were stolen from an Australian history museum, Queensland police said Sunday. The suspect is accused of smashing a window at the Abbey Museum of Art and Archaeology in Caboolture, north of Brisbane, in…
French senators on Wednesday adopted a bill to simplify the return of artworks looted during the colonial era to their countries of origin. Previously, each restitution had to be approved and voted on by parliament, a lengthy and complex process that struggled to keep pace with the growing number of requests. France still has in…
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Monday that the suggested legal recognition of Russian sovereignty over captured territory in the east of his country remained a “main problem” in negotiations as President Trump pushes for a deal to end Moscow’s nearly-four-year war on Ukraine. Ukrainian and American officials met over the weekend in Switzerland to discuss…
Around the globe, corrupt actors exploit anonymity to hide stolen wealth and amass even more ill-gotten gains. Obscuring their true identities across borders and through mazes of anonymous companies and trusts, they hoard assets and rob the public of critical resources. According to a recent report, corruption is one of the main risks linked to…
Apple has been hit with a lawsuit in California federal court by a pair of neuroscientists who say that the tech company misused thousands of copyrighted books to train its Apple Intelligence artificial intelligence model. Susana Martinez-Conde and Stephen Macknik, professors at SUNY Downstate Health Sciences University in Brooklyn, New York told the court in…
A mosaic panel on travertine slabs, depicting an erotic theme from the Roman era, was returned to the archaeological park of Pompeii on Tuesday, after being stolen by a Nazi German captain during World War II. The mosaic depicts a pair of lovers in a state of undress. A male figure is lounging on a…
The Benin Bronzes were artefacts stolen during the UK’s imperial plunder of Benin, modern-day southern Nigeria. The Netherlands has officially handed back 119 ancient sculptures stolen from the former Nigerian kingdom of Benin more than 120 years ago during the colonial era. Olugbile Holloway, director-general of Nigeria’s National Commission for Museums and Monuments, said on…
Samsung Electronics has unveiled a raft of new security features to help users of its smartphones combat theft, especially in scenarios such as smash-and-grabs or pickpocketing. The first of the new features makes use of location data to detect when a device is in an unfamiliar location and automatically adds a layer of biometric authentication…
