The Dutch House of Representatives wants generative AI to be banned in primary schools. A motion by Volt calling for this was co-sponsored by CDA, D66, 50Plus, ChristenUnie, JA21, DENK, PvdD, PRO, and SP. The motion was submitted yesterday during the debate on the budget of the Ministry of Education. According to Volt MP Dassen, […]
The cabinet sees no scientific evidence that superintelligent AI can be developed at this time. This was stated by State Secretary Aerdts for Digital Economy in response to parliamentary questions from SGP member Stoffer regarding the security risks of increasingly powerful AI systems. However, the cabinet does observe a significant concentration of computing power and […]
The Public Prosecution Service (OM), the Netherlands Forensic Institute (NFI), and the police have completed their pilot with genealogical DNA databases. The result is a completely new investigative tool for the Netherlands for serious criminal cases. In two of the six selected cold cases, the pilot yielded useful leads. The method compares DNA profiles from […]
The German police are warning of a scam method via messenger services where a fake poll is used to take over accounts. The victim receives a link, often from an acquaintance, leading to a fraudulent page. There, you are asked to enter your phone number. This input starts the device linking function in the background, […]
Questions have been raised in the House of Representatives to Minister Herbert of Economic Affairs regarding a DNS-based phishing filter in the Netherlands. ChristenUnie MP Grinwis wants to know if the Minister is familiar with the Belgian approach and is willing to explore whether a similar method can be implemented here. The Belgium Anti-Phishing Shield […]
The Court of Justice of the European Union has ruled that banks must immediately reimburse customers who become victims of fraud such as phishing. This also applies when the bank believes the customer acted with gross negligence. The ruling came in the case of a Polish bank customer. The customer was offering a product on […]
In the episode ‘Human in the Machine’, VPRO Tegenlicht highlights a fundamental shift. According to the program, software is no longer written but raised through testing. Artificial neural networks are inspired by the human brain and learn complex tasks through trial and error, similar to how children learn. According to the episode, the problem with […]
Albert Heijn, Etos, and Gall & Gall have been dealing with a cybersecurity incident since Sunday afternoon, October 11. According to Albert Heijn, immediate measures were taken to protect the IT environment. Part of these measures included the preventive temporary shutdown of several systems. According to the company, recovery efforts are focused on the careful […]
According to the Danish newspaper Politiken, at least three user accounts of the Danish IT company Pays used the password “123456” at the time a hacker gained access to the Danish Civil Registration System (CPR). One of these accounts was the company’s administrator account. The incident demonstrates how a weak basic security measure can have […]
Supermarket chain Albert Heijn, along with sister companies Etos and Gall & Gall, has been grappling with a large-scale cybersecurity incident since Sunday afternoon. To optimally protect the IT environment and customer data, parent company Ahold Delhaize immediately decided to preventively shut down various internal systems. The consequences for consumers are immediately noticeable in daily […]