United Kingdom: Cybersecurity

Last month on March 23rd, The Economist declared “America tells private firms to ‘hack back’”. This is how that magazine interpreted the new White House Cyber Strategy released on March 6, 2026. The media has been questioning what the new strategy authorizes. “Hack back” is not a new idea, as it emerges every few years, along with references to “taking the gloves off” in cyberspace. Yet, the new US strategy signals a more permissive legal framework for the private sector. But, what are the guardrails?

The European Data Protection Board has released a unified DPIA template for public consultation, marking a significant shift from fragmented national practices to coordinatead EU-wide compliance. This standardization effort aims to transform data protection impact assessments from procedural documents into substantive design accountability tools, requiring organizations to demonstrate not just that they conducted assessments, but that their processing activities can withstand rigorous evaluation.

AI agents fixing prices, colluding with each other, stealing credentials from other users, fabricating e-mails, and even hiding messages within ordinary text without users knowing.