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Topic 1: South Staffordshire Water — 22 Months Undetected

* ICO enforcement notice

* The Record

* BleepingComputer

* Help Net Security

* Computer Weekly

Topic 2: BlackFile — Vishing and Real-Time AitM

* Google Threat Intelligence Group (GTIG)

* Push Security

Topic 3: Mini Shai-Hulud — npm Supply Chain Worm

* TanStack postmortem

* OpenAI disclosure

* StepSecurity (TanStack)

* Socket (TanStack)

* StepSecurity (node-ipc)

* The Record

* The Hacker News (TanStack)

* The Hacker News (node-ipc)

Honourable Mentions

* Cisco Security Advisory CVE-2026-20182

* Rapid7 (Cisco SD-WAN)

* Cisco Talos (SD-WAN exploitation)

* Microsoft Security — Kazuar/Secret Blizzard

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