{
  "id": 16920536,
  "title": "UK to look at making software companies liable for cyber breaches",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/28/uk-to-look-at-making-software-companies-liable-for-cyber-breaches",
  "topic": "tech",
  "section": "Tech",
  "published": "2026-10-28T15:37:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The Record",
    "slug": "the-record",
    "url": "https://therecord.media/uk-budget-proposal-software-companies-liable-cyber-breaches"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "The new U.K. budget says the government will \"consider where liability for cyber breaches should sit,\" potentially a landmark shift for a country that has relied on voluntary codes to encourage software vendors to improve security.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
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    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}