All hostages in a bank standoff at a Bank of America branch in Exeter, CA were confirmed to be released early on Thursday, and the gunman was taken into custody.An article on MSNBC reports that during an early morning delivery of cigarettes, requested by the gunman, the police were able to extract the last hostage and arrest Jesse Martinez.The standoff began late on Wednesday afternoon when Martinez reportedly held up the bank at gunpoint. Other reports say that hostages were taken when the situation did not go as Martinez planned. He entered carrying a suitcase and quietly gave a note to one of the employees.Some of the hostages said they did not see a gun and they were allowed to call their family members during the course of the standoff. Read more. By Paul Kerstein Related content brandpost How an integrated platform approach improves OT security By Richard Springer Sep 26, 2023 5 mins Security news Teachers urged to enter schoolgirls into UK’s flagship cybersecurity contest CyberFirst Girls aims to introduce girls to cybersecurity, increase diversity, and address the much-maligned skills shortage in the sector. By Michael Hill Sep 26, 2023 4 mins Back to School Education Industry IT Training news CREST, IASME to deliver UK NCSC’s Cyber Incident Exercising scheme CIE scheme aims to help organisations find quality service providers that can advise and support them in practising cyber incident response plans. By Michael Hill Sep 26, 2023 3 mins IT Governance Frameworks Incident Response Data and Information Security news Baffle releases encryption solution to secure data for generative AI Solution uses the advanced encryption standard algorithm to encrypt sensitive data throughout the generative AI pipeline. By Michael Hill Sep 26, 2023 3 mins Encryption Generative AI Data and Information Security Podcasts Videos Resources Events SUBSCRIBE TO OUR NEWSLETTER From our editors straight to your inbox Get started by entering your email address below. Please enter a valid email address Subscribe