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DAILY ISSUE · 2026-06-25

Thursday 25 June 2026

7 dispatches · every item carries a primary source and independent corroboration.

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MARKETS · rates central banks · 2026-06-25SCOOP 60

Retail Payments Infrastructure Board Launches Consultation on Next-Generation UK Payments Infrastructure

The Bank of England said on June 25 that the Retail Payments Infrastructure Board (RPIB) launched a consultation on the future design of the UK's next-generation retail payments infrastructure. The release calls the launch a major milestone in the modernisation of the UK's payments landscape.

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Announcement of Auction — Reopening 7-Year Federal Bond
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MARKETS · rates central banks · 2026-06-25SCOOP 58

Announcement of Auction — Reopening 7-Year Federal Bond

The Deutsche Bundesbank published an auction announcement on June 25 for the reopening of a 7-year Federal bond via its federal-securities press release page. Terms were issued as an accompanying PDF notice; the feed carried no volume or date detail.

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CYBER · ransomware threat groups · 2026-06-25SCOOP 69

SSRF in OHIF DICOM Web Viewer Framework (CVE-2026-12473, CVSS 8.2)

Per CISA's June 25 medical advisory, the OHIF Viewers DICOM Web Viewer Framework from the Open Health Imaging Foundation carries a server-side request forgery flaw, CVE-2026-12473, rated CVSS v3 8.2. Two data sources shipped in the default configuration, DICOMWebProxy and DICOMJSON, are implicated, and successful exploitation in a custom integration version could let an attacke

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CYBER · ransomware threat groups · 2026-06-25SCOOP 69

Path Traversal in pynetdicom Allows Unauthenticated Arbitrary File Write (CVE-2026-56445, CVSS 9.1)

CISA's June 25 medical advisory flags CVE-2026-56445, a path traversal flaw in the pydicom project's pynetdicom library (versions 1.0.0 and later) rated CVSS v3 9.1. Per the advisory, the qrscp application's C-STORE handler uses values from attacker-supplied DICOM datasets directly in file paths, allowing an unauthenticated attacker to write to arbitrary file paths. The library

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MEMOS · sec filings · 2026-06-25SCOOP 60

Rule of Law (Enforcement by Public Authorities) Bill Introduced in UK Parliament

A bill before the UK Parliament would require public authorities to exercise their statutory powers to investigate and take enforcement action for breaches of the law, and would make provision for sanctions against authorities that fail to act, per the bill's long title as listed by Parliament on June 25, 2026.

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Comptroller Gould Issues Statement on FDIC Board Votes on Resolution Planning, A
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MEMOS · sec filings · 2026-06-25SCOOP 56

Comptroller Gould Issues Statement on FDIC Board Votes on Resolution Planning, Assessments and Supervisory Disclosure

Comptroller of the Currency Jonathan V. Gould issued a statement on his Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation board votes concerning resolution planning, assessments, and the disclosure of confidential supervisory information, per the OCC's June 25 news release.

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MODELS · frontier releases · 2026-06-25SCOOP 55

OpenAI Publishes Research Paper on How Agents Are Transforming Work

OpenAI published a research paper on June 25, per its blog, arguing that AI agents are transforming work by enabling longer, more complex tasks and expanding productivity across roles. Methodology, datasets and specific figures were not included in the material reviewed; the paper is company-authored rather than independent research.

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