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Monthly report · March 2026

Cyber news in March 2026

Cyber coverage in March 2026: 74 news events, 118% more than in February 2026, drawn from 294 outlet reports. The most covered name was Iran, in 10 events.

How many events, day by day?

Cybersecurity desk: news events homed on the desk per day, March 2026 (UTC days). Source: GetYourBrief's record of the outlets' reports.

Who was in the news most?

  1. Iran 10
  2. Google 10
  3. Anthropic 7
  4. CISA 6
  5. Donald Trump 6
  6. United States 5
  7. Microsoft 5
  8. OpenAI 5
  9. Pentagon 4
  10. NVIDIA 4
  11. Apple 4
  12. India 4
  13. U.S. Department of Defense 3
  14. Zero Trust 3
  15. Department of Homeland Security 3

Counts are events (one per story, however many outlets carried it) on this desk in March 2026 that named each person, company or body. Source: GetYourBrief's record of the outlets' reports.

Which stories did the most outlets carry?

  1. Mar 13 lancashiretelegraph.co.uk: “Donald Trump says US forces obliterated military targets on Iranian island” 28
  2. Mar 5 echo-news.co.uk: “Donald Trump says he is replacing Kristi Noem as homeland security secretary” 23
  3. Mar 11 Microsoft backs Anthropic, urges judge to halt Pentagon actions 18
  4. Mar 15 Baby Boomers, Gen Z and Millennials respond differently to scams 17
  5. Mar 18 Markwayne Mullin Faces Senate Confirmation for DHS Secretary Role 16
  6. Mar 19 Pentagon seeks $200 billion more for Iran war, source says 14
  7. Mar 3 myjoyonline.com: “Amazon says drones damaged three facilities in UAE and Bahrain” 12
  8. Mar 12 US military confirms use of AI tools in Iran war, CENTCOM says 9
  9. Mar 6 US to send anti-drone system to Mideast, officials say 8
  10. Mar 24 OpenAI shuts down Sora AI video app 8
  11. Mar 20 niagarafallsreview.ca: “White House releases AI policy framework for Congress, with six guiding principles” 7
  12. Mar 23 uat.apnews.com: “Senate confirms Markwayne Mullin to lead Homeland Security as TSA standoff deepens” 6
  13. Mar 5 Status of Iran nuclear facilities unclear as attacks continue 4
  14. Mar 19 It Brief New Zealand: “Rapid7 warns exploited software flaws more than double” 4
  15. Mar 20 Three Charged in Conspiracy to Smuggle US Artificial Intelligence to China 4

What kind of news was it?

  1. Security 74
  2. Regulation 10
  3. Threat intelligence 9
  4. Data breach 2
  5. Vulnerability 2
  6. Ransomware 1

Categories come from the pipeline's classifier; how they are assigned.

Week by week

  1. Feb 23The week of February 23 to March 1, 20261
  2. Mar 2The week of March 2 to 8, 202619
  3. Mar 9The week of March 9 to 15, 202618
  4. Mar 16The week of March 16 to 22, 202621
  5. Mar 23The week of March 23 to 29, 202615

Sources: the outlets' reports linked on this page; counts and times from GetYourBrief's record of those reports (methodology).