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In the latest edition of its threat intelligence report, AI corporation Anthropic said it had disrupted the activities of a Russian group that was using Claude to try to develop a fully autonomous swarm of FPV kamikaze drones

Rosfinmonitoring has included two hacking groups, "Cyberpartisan BY" and Silent Crow, in its list of militants and extremists, allegedly involved in attacks against Russia and the Republic of Belarus.

Trump: The only control or "guardrails" that AI needs is a STRONG AND SMART (High IQ.) PRESIDENT, and the U.S.A. has that, in spades. The Trump Administration has stopped AI "people" from doing bad, or potentially bad, "things," like Dario (Anthropic.), who is now pretending to be a "perfect little angel" - and we will continue to do so. We already have tremendous CRIMINAL and REGULATORY power over these companies. There is a SICK conspiracy going on against AI and Data Centers, and the only one that is happy about it is China. WHOEVER WINS AI, WINS. We are leading China, and all others, and will continue to do so. Conspiracy Theorists, Treasonists, Traitors, and Leakers, BEWARE

Major outage affecting SkyNet, a major internet provider in St. Petersburg, continues for approximately 14 hours.

Sen. Josh Hawley, chair of the Senate Homeland subcommittee on disaster management, is investigating OpenAI over the Hugging Face breach

OpenAI just released GPT-6 Astra and says it is the first model to cross the "Critical" cyber threshold in its Preparedness Framework. In internal testing, Astra found and used two previously unknown zero-days — OpenAI is disclosing both to maintainers. It scored 100% on ExploitBench, versus 78.5% for GPT-5.6 Sol. Without production safeguards, expert assessments found it could achieve arbitrary code execution in hardened browsers

Now also Gemini, OpenAI, Canvas, Claudflare, Google and other services. This does not only affect Grok. Claudflare, QuickBooks, etc. are also affected.

AI outage: Claude, ChatGPT, and Grok are currently down for many users

A major outage on the RuNet has been linked to a power outage in southwest Moscow. Problems accessing several internet services may be related to a power outage in Moscow's Gagarinsky District, home to a major MMTS-9 communications hub.

Users are reporting a widespread internet outage in the Russian segment. Complaints indicate that many Russian websites, services, and apps are no longer accessible.

Apple: We briefly removed Telegram from the App Store after our review found content that violates our strict guidelines prohibiting child sexual abuse material. The app was subsequently restored after the developer promptly removed the content and banned the user who posted it

Federal and state authorities are investigating coordinated cyberattacks targeting more than 30 water treatment plants across Minnesota earlier this week. Officials are examining whether Iran or Iran-linked hackers were involved - ABC News

Rosfinmonitoring added Pavel Durov to its list of terrorists and extremists.

US and UAE to establish Task Force Talon Synapse focused, which is the first bilateral task focused on accelerating the development of military artificial intelligence applications. It is scheduled to formally launch in the coming weeks, says Centcom. & the Abu Dhabi-based team will consist of approximately 20 American and Emirati personnel with expertise in AI, data, and cybersecurity

The MAX messenger is experiencing widespread outages in Russia. Users are reporting messages aren't being delivered and photos and videos aren't loading

Google Play removed VKontante application

MAX Messenger Has Disappeared from Russian Google Play – Eyewitnesses

Google, Github and Apple websites are no more accessible from Russia

Telegram messenger has started using the alternative domain telegram.me to generate internal links instead of the usual short address t.me.

The t.me domain has stopped opening in browsers worldwide. Telegram's short link has been removed from the DNS system at the .me domain registry level.

Dutch intelligence says Russian hackers compromised internet-connected security cameras (including doorbell cameras) near NATO military routes to monitor weapons shipments to Ukraine. Many cameras were reportedly easy to hack due to weak passwords and outdated software. Authorities have warned affected organizations to improve security. Source: The Telegraph

Ukrainian drones have attacked gas processing plant in Orenburg

Roskomnadzor is not restricting access to Twitch, RT reported, citing the agency.

President Trump has signed two executive orders to accelerate U.S. quantum computing development, setting an ambitious 2028 goal for a powerful system capable of advanced scientific research. The move also mandates federal agencies migrate to post-quantum cryptography by 2031 to thwart future cyber threats

Colombian President Gustavo Petro says he does not recognize the results of the Colombian election, accusing Israel of compromising Colombia's election software

UAE announces social media ban for under-15s: official news agency

Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer has announced a social media ban for under-16s

Cyber campaigns targeting the Iranian banking system disrupt a large part of banking services in Iran.

The U.S. government ordered Anthropic to block all foreign nationals from using its advanced AI models Mythos 5 and Fable 5, citing national security concerns. Anthropic said it had to disable access immediately, affecting foreign employees too, and called it a misunderstanding. Source: NYT

St. Petersburg residents have complained about internet outages. Locals reported that some mobile internet is down. Users are unable to open apps and messaging apps.