How Switzerland is caught up in Russia’s propaganda machine
How Russian propaganda challenges Switzerland's neutrality, using disinformation to sway public opinion in the Ukraine war.
Swiss cities targeted by Russian hackers during WEF
Russian hackers have targeted canton Schaffhausen and the cities of Geneva and Sierre, paralysing their websites on Wednesday morning.
EPFL: des failles de sécurité dans les modèles d'IA
Les modèles d'intelligence artificielle (IA) peuvent être manipulés malgré les mesures de protection existantes. Avec des attaques ciblées, des scientifiques lausannois ont pu amener ces systèmes à générer des contenus dangereux ou éthiquement douteux.
Swiss identified in Austrian bomb threat investigation
Austrian security authorities have identified a Swiss man as the suspect in a series of emails containing bomb threats.
Swiss found to be gullible regarding fake news
The Swiss do not seem to be particularly good at separating truth from lies, according to a study by the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD). The Truth Quest Survey involved 40,765 participants in 21 countries. The 1,531 participants from Switzerland came third from last. Only Colombia and Brazil did worse. The US and France were also in the bottom third of the international comparison. By contrast, the best results were achieved by participants from Finland, the UK and Norway.
Quarante pourcents de la population se tourne vers l'IA
Environ 40% de la population suisse se sert d'outils d'intelligence artificielle tels que ChatGPT. Chez les jeunes, leur utilisation est très répandue, alors que les plus âgés y ont moins recours. La TV et l'audio, en revanche, sont appréciés de toutes les générations.
Swiss stock exchange halts trading due to technolgy issues
The stock exchange was forced to halt equity trading for several hours on Wednesday due to persistent technical snags.
How scam networks use fake celebrity ads to lure online investors
Investor beware: online promises of quick profits are not always as legitimate as they look. Swiss public broadcaster, SRF, looked into a Cyprus-based network of scam websites.
Hackers steal Swiss police and customs data
Hackers have published data from the federal police and customs offices on the Darknet, after an attack on the servers of the host company.
Hundreds of Swiss students and teachers have data stolen
A total 761 people had sensitive personal data hacked during a cyberattack on the education department of the Swiss city of Basel.