Weekly Update 523: Live From a Norwegian Fjord
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Troy Hunt's weekly update from a Norwegian fjord covers ShinyHunters' trajectory targeting Cl0p and the FBI, and introduces Origin as a sponsor for AI agent monitoring tooling.
<img src="https://storage.ghost.io/c/fb/33/fb3391dc-723d-4e74-b95a-d641b5feb38e/content/images/2026/09/maxresdefault.jpg" alt="Weekly Update 523: Live From a Norwegian Fjord"><p>How's that view?! With NDC Oslo now done, it's a little bit of sightseeing before heading to Denmark for GOTO in Copenhagen for Scott's and my "Cyber-broken" talk. In the meantime, this week is mostly about the ShinyHunters trajectory targeting both Cl0p and the FBI, which does feel a little like a crescendo in their activities. Time will tell, but poking the feds in this way doesn't seem great for your longevity.</p><p>In my disorganised travel state, I also forgot to touch on a brand new sponsor for this week and the weeks to come: <a href="https://www.originhq.com/webinar/next-layer-of-endpoint-security?utm_source=troyhunt&utm_medium=site&utm_campaign=direct-buys&utm_content=week-0927" rel="noreferrer">Origin</a>. They build tooling to monitor what your AI agents are doing, which is obviously pretty timely given the current climate. <a href="https://www.originhq.com/webinar/next-layer-of-endpoint-security?utm_source=troyhunt&utm_medium=site&utm_campaign=direct-buys&utm_content=week-0927" rel="noreferrer">They're running a free CISO briefing on 1 Oct</a>, so go check that out if you think maybe your agents might need some oversight.</p>
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# Weekly Update 523: Live From a Norwegian Fjord
Source: [https://www.troyhunt.com/weekly-update-523/](https://www.troyhunt.com/weekly-update-523/)
How's that view?\! With NDC Oslo now done, it's a little bit of sightseeing before heading to Denmark for GOTO in Copenhagen for Scott's and my "Cyber\-broken" talk\. In the meantime, this week is mostly about the ShinyHunters trajectory targeting both Cl0p and the FBI, which does feel a little like a crescendo in their activities\. Time will tell, but poking the feds in this way doesn't seem great for your longevity\.
In my disorganised travel state, I also forgot to touch on a brand new sponsor for this week and the weeks to come:[Origin](https://www.originhq.com/webinar/next-layer-of-endpoint-security?utm_source=troyhunt&utm_medium=site&utm_campaign=direct-buys&utm_content=week-0927)\. They build tooling to monitor what your AI agents are doing, which is obviously pretty timely given the current climate\.[They're running a free CISO briefing on 1 Oct](https://www.originhq.com/webinar/next-layer-of-endpoint-security?utm_source=troyhunt&utm_medium=site&utm_campaign=direct-buys&utm_content=week-0927), so go check that out if you think maybe your agents might need some oversight\.
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