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Over 850,000 teachers in France return to school on August 31, 2026, with the start of the academic year disrupted in some academies by a cyberattack that occurred in the summer. The attack compromised personal data of tens of thousands of teachers and students, and digital tools remain suspended in the academies of Nantes and Toulouse.
The average surface temperature of the world's oceans outside polar regions reached a record 21.1°C on August 23, 2026, according to the Copernicus Climate Change Service, surpassing the previous record of 21.09°C set in March 2024. Scientists attribute the record to human-caused climate change and the strengthening El Niño, which is expected to peak around Christmas and could be the strongest in centuries.
A US federal judge ruled that the Department of Defense unlawfully designated AI startup Anthropic as a supply chain risk, calling the move illegal and baseless retaliation for the company's refusal to allow military use of its AI models.
Microsoft Threat Intelligence observed attacks targeting exposed AI infrastructure, including LiteLLM gateway, RAGFlow, and Kestra, with attackers stealing credentials, establishing persistence, and deploying cryptominers.
Microsoft Threat Intelligence reports a ClickFix variant campaign, TerminalFix, using fake CAPTCHA prompts and DLL sideloading to deploy a reverse tunnel for persistent network access.
Senior officials from Turkey, Saudi Arabia, and Pakistan met in Istanbul for the first time to establish a permanent mechanism for military, political, and industrial coordination. The leaders signed an agreement stipulating that an attack on one will be considered an attack on all.
CISA published an advisory for an authenticated OS command injection vulnerability (CVE-2026-76060) in ZoneMinder versions 1.37.48 and 1.38.3, which could allow remote code execution as the web server user. The vendor recommends upgrading to 1.38.3 or later.
An investigation by European broadcasters found that a WhatsApp group chat with 532 members was used to launder hundreds of millions of euros via the hawala system, funding organized crime and extremism, including payments to Islamic State in Syria.
A 55-year-old bricklayer died instantly when a concrete slab collapsed and crushed him at a construction site in Origgio, in the province of Varese, Italy.
Israeli police arrested a sitting council head in southern Israel along with family members and senior officials on suspicion of bribery, bid rigging, and fictitious employment to embezzle funds. Seven suspects were arrested and six detained for questioning.