{
  "id": 2360726,
  "title": "Cybercriminals perfect 'social engineering': 'Each hack feeds the chances of the next one succeeding",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/21/cybercriminals-perfect-social-engineering-each-hack-feeds-the-chances",
  "topic": "tech",
  "section": "Tech",
  "published": "2026-08-21T10:04:07.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "France 24",
    "slug": "france-24",
    "url": "https://www.france24.com/en/video/20260821-cybercriminals-perfect-social-engineering-each-hack-feeds-the-chances-of-the-next-one-succeeding"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Peter O'Brien is pleased to welcome Simon McGarr, Lawyer with McGarr Solicitors in Dublin, and Managing Director of Data Compliance Europe. Cybersecurity is no longer simply a question of whether governments possess adequate technical defences, explains McGarr. AI is altering those risks at extraordinary speed, placing capabilities once associated with states or sophisticated criminal…",
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  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
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  },
  "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."
}