Researchers Discover Additional Backdoors in Chinese-Made Zbtlink Routers August 28, 2026 By AJ Vicens More than a dozen models of Chinese-made Zbtlink routers ship with at least two backdoors that could allow for invasive...
China Flexes its Auto-Safety Chops With Huge Recall of Tesla, Other Cars August 28, 2026 A huge recall in China last week aims to address a long-standing fear of EV owners: potentially being trapped in...
People Moves: Marsh Promotes Ward as CEO of Pacific, Guy Carpenter; QBE Names Thompson as Global Director of Data Centres in Newly Created Role August 27, 2026 This edition of International People Moves details appointments at Guy Carpenter and QBE. A summary of these new hires follows...
Europe’s Credit Markets Shrug Off Climate Risks Despite Devastating Droughts August 27, 2026 By Selina Chen and Kat Hidalgo Severe droughts across Europe this summer led to huge wildfires, disrupted transport on critical routes, threatened power plants and hit...
Russian-Speaking Cybercriminals Used SpaceX’s Cursor AI Tool to Hack Seven Firms August 27, 2026 By Raphael Satter Russian-speaking hackers used SpaceX’s coding assistant, Cursor, to help break in to a Belgian chemical company and at least six...
Glacier Collapse Behind Nepal Flood Shows Region’s Climate Risk August 27, 2026 By Lili Pike and Laura Millan Scientists are pointing to a glacier collapse and rock landslide as the cause of a devastating flash flood that killed...
Insurers Want a Bigger Slice of the Bank Risk Transfer Boom August 27, 2026 By Esteban Duarte Insurers are aiming for a bigger slice of the market for significant risk transfers this year as banks step up...
Top Container Line Halts Russian Black Sea Service Due to Drones August 26, 2026 By Pyotr Kozlov The world’s top container shipper MSC Mediterranean Shipping Co. has suspended new bookings to and from Russia’s Novorossiysk port with...
Update: Iran, Oman Agree to Share Strait of Hormuz Revenue August 26, 2026 By Arsalan Shahla and Patrick Sykes Iran’s military said it reached a revenue-sharing agreement with Oman on the Strait of Hormuz, as Tehran and Washington’s standoff...
PwC International Can’t Exit Evergrande Case, HK Court Rules August 26, 2026 By Pearl Liu and Trista Xinyi Luo A Hong Kong court declined to remove PricewaterhouseCoopers International Ltd. from a multibillion-dollar lawsuit brought by China Evergrande liquidators against...