Security and AI news from the week beginning 24 August 2026

What a week this was. After all the claims that the cases brought against Meta could bankrupt the company, it got away with paying just $18bn to settle all the cases brought against it in the US. It still has to deal with the findings of the EU, which could be as high as $12bn, but that is a far cry from the $1.4 trillion that Meta said losing the cases could cost it. The question now is how long it will take to implement changes that will be acceptable to all the US states and the EU.

Nvidia tightened its hold on the AI market. It agreed to buy Hugging Face for $12.9bn. It comes after Hugging Face decided to decline an investment from Nvidia, which almost certainly forced its hand. The deal will be closely looked at by regulators, who will be concerned that Nvidia will create a dominant position across the entire AI infrastructure market.

Coming to you soon will be Claudeforce. It sees Anthropic becoming the de facto engine for agentic workflows on the Salesforce platform. Where this leaves OpenAI and Google is yet to be seen.

Amazon is to buy another 2 million Nvidia chips for its data centre building programme. While the cost of the deal was not disclosed, it will easily cover the $12.9bn the company has spent on Hugging Face. It was announced the same day Nvidia announced its quarterly revenue had doubled to $96.2bn.

The UK was forced to shut down a small-scale power plant for four days after a cyberattack blamed on Iranian-linked cyberattackers. The closure of the plant did not affect the UK grid, and both the plant and the NCSC say there was no risk of it jumping to other plants.

The Manchester Airports Group (MAG) ransomware attack targeted multiple UK airports, including Manchester, Stansted, and East Midlands airports. The FulcrumSec ransomware group has claimed to have stolen 86 GB of data. It included details of future travel, booking and scheduled arrival times and some payment information.

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Google named Exabeam a Google Unified Security Recommended partner. Google launched this program in 2025 with three inaugural members: CrowdStrike, Fortinet and Wiz. Since then, Google has reportedly added Palo Alto Networks, with Exabeam now expected to join the list.

Trellix has announced two C-suite appointments. The company has hired David Pieterse as Chief Operating Officer – Go-To-Market (COO-GTM). Trellix also hired David Soto as Chief Information Security Officer (CISO). Soto replaces Michael Green, who joined the firm around a year ago.

superglue has officially joined the Sage Intacct Marketplace. This move introduces AI-powered automation to Sage implementation projects. The platform deploys AI agents to handle data migration and configuration tasks. These agents connect directly to source systems. They support critical workflows during Sage deployments.

TrustScale has launched Argus to detect and correct AI hallucinations. It is calling the technology a lie detector for AI that works in real time. The company claims that it can detect hallucinations with 98.5% accuracy and up to 135 times faster than manual research.

In Other News

Digicert

DigiCert brand, GeoTrust, has launched GeoTrust Horizon, an integrated security solution purpose-built for small businesses. The launch expands the GeoTrust offerings for organisations of every size, from entrepreneurs to growing businesses seeking simple, affordable security.

Europol

The SIRIUS Electronic Evidence Situation Report, published today by Europol and Eurojust, presents the current challenges law enforcement, judicial authorities, and service providers face when accessing electronic evidence. The report also looks ahead at the upcoming EU e-Evidence legislative package that will make it easier and faster to obtain evidence, while safeguarding fundamental rights.

FBI IC3

The FBI IC3, National Security Agency, and Cyber National Mission Force released a joint cybersecurity advisory. It alerts organizations to China-linked cyber threat actors, using the acronyms QTFY, QT, and QTCYBER for themselves and their tools. They have used these to develop malicious distributed platforms to compromise the networks of US and foreign organizations.

National Cyber Security Centre

The NCSC has seen increased targeting of operational technology (OT) systems across multiple sectors globally, including in the UK. This has been carried out by a range of threat actors and resulted in some limited real-world disruption. Any organisation that uses, deploys or maintains OT systems should treat this development seriously and review their security posture accordingly.

noyb

noyb has issued a formal warning to the credit information agency SCHUFA and announced an injunction. It comes after investigations by NDR and the SZ revealed that SCHUFA stores millions of data records that should have been deleted long ago. SCHUFA has been using this data for its customers’ ‘testing purposes’ and is refusing to respond to access requests under Article 15 GDPR.

Ripjar

Ripjar has appointed Conrad Nicholas as Chief Product Officer and Katie Miller as VP Marketing, strengthening its leadership team as demand accelerates for more efficient and intelligence-led customer screening technology.

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