Ecology

An AI agent hacked an Australian government website – it's happened again

An AI agent hacked an Australian government website – it’s happened again

An AI agent by OpenAI bypassed some security systems and had access to files that were public and not on an Australian Government portal dedicated to health statistics. The episode dates back to June, but OpenAI informed the Australian authorities only in September, 84 days after the incident. The portal involved is the Medicare Statistics Reporting Serviceused primarily by researchers ...

"Plastic corals" discovered on the beaches of Japan: why these strange debris threaten nature

“Plastic corals” discovered on the beaches of Japan: why these strange debris threaten nature

Plastic coral collected on Sosu beach, Okinawa. Credit: OIST (Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology) On some beaches of Okinawain Japan, researchers found fragments of a dead coral mixed with melted plastic. A structure so particular that it coined a new name: plastic corals, plasticorals in English. It has been described as a hybrid material in which the artificial polymers ...

In Italy, reports of accidents and illnesses at work are increasing, deaths are decreasing, 1,198: Inail data 2025

In Italy, reports of accidents and illnesses at work are increasing, deaths are decreasing, 1,198: Inail data 2025

Yesterday the new INAIL report (National Institute for Insurance against Accidents at Work): la annual report 2025 on the state of workplace safety in Italy, illustrated yesterday in the Chamber of Deputies, reports a drop in deaths. In fact, in 2025 the number of victims decreased compared to 2024 (1,198 deaths compared to 1,239 the previous year, but this is ...

2.5 billion pieces of data ended up on the Dark Web in 2026: Italy among the countries most affected by phishing

2.5 billion pieces of data ended up on the Dark Web in 2026: Italy among the countries most affected by phishing

Credits: CRIF. From January to June this year something like 2.5 billion unique data have circulated on the Dark Web. It is a huge wealth of information that cybercriminals can use to learn more about their victims. By cross-referencing emails, passwords, telephone numbers, names and other personal data, in fact, it becomes possible to build increasingly detailed profiles and make ...

The largest recent crater on the Moon: 222m wide and created by a fragment of an asteroid or comet

The largest recent crater on the Moon: 222m wide and created by a fragment of an asteroid or comet

Image obtained from NASA’s Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter showing the McGetchin impact crater with a diameter of approximately 222 meters. Credits: NASA Goddard/Intuitive Machines/Robert Wagner. NASA has discovered a on the Moon new impact crater 222 meters wide and approximately 43 meters deepdimensions larger than those of the Colosseum in Rome. He was called McGetchinin honor of lunar pioneer Thomas McGetchin, ...

Stop spam calls on iPhone in Italy, how to activate the function to question strangers

Stop spam calls on iPhone in Italy, how to activate the function to question strangers

With iOS 27.2 one finally arrives in Italy too function for iPhone that allows you to filter spam calls and to do it quite intelligently. We are talking about the called function “Ask the reason for the call”presented by Apple at WWDC 2025 together with iOS 26, but initially not available in all countries and all languages. Only now, with ...