DeepSeek had more than 355 million users as of February. Photo: Xinhua

    DeepSeek 12-hour outage leaves millions cut off, sparks complaints as rivals gain ground

    Chinese artificial intelligence start-up DeepSeek suffered a prolonged outage overnight that extended into early Monday morning, disrupting service for hundreds of millions of users, according to a company notice and user feedback. The Hangzhou-based AI lab’s namesake chatbot website and app were offline from Sunday evening, with the company continuing to investigate while issuing fixes…

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    UK NCSC urges critical infrastructure and local authorities to reinforce DoS defences amid pro-Russia hacktivist surge

    UK NCSC urges critical infrastructure and local authorities to reinforce DoS defences amid pro-Russia hacktivist surge

    The U.K. National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) issued fresh guidance calling on local government and critical infrastructure operators to harden denial-of-service (DoS) defences following a rise in pro-Russia hacktivist activity targeting organisations. The hackers attempt to disrupt operations, take websites offline, and disable services.  “In particular, the group NoName057(16) has been active since March 2022,…

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