Systemic Risk
French fridge hacks expose cold truth about a growing systemic risk to global supply chains
Threat actors remotely raise refrigerator temperatures so high that fires break out inside supermarkets.
Critical Infrastructure
Critical Infrastructure
Ancient UK water systems face a modern security threat that's worrying business leaders
A perfect storm of decaying physical infrastructure and vulnerable operational technology is putting supply resilience at risk.
Cyberwar
Five Eyes exposes Chinese hacking network as researchers warn of AI cyberwar arms race
"We will continue to call out malicious actors and the malevolent ecosystem they operate in," GCHQ's cybersecurity wing vows.
Critical Infrastructure
TalkTalk collapse could pose a "genuine risk to life", Westminster warns
UK government invokes rarely used intervention powers after warning that broadband provider's failure could disrupt critical infrastructure.
Critical Infrastructure
Critical UK subsea power cables suffer "multiple exposures", National Grid reveals
Underwater cables connect Britain’s electricity grid to the world, but also create points of fragility that need protection.
Critical Infrastructure
“Extreme heat hits every system at once”: WEF warns of emerging critical infrastructure threat
"The infrastructure people and economies rely on was designed for a climate that no longer exists."
Critical Systems
NHS warns of “significant” robotics dependency risk as it sets new tech buying rules
Officials fear the UK healthcare system will become addicted to tech supplied by a small number of increasingly powerful dealers.
AI
Rogue OpenAI agents hijacked a wiki. Humans attacked the power grid
Whilst the world worries about an agentic apocalypse, saboteurs demonstrated the very real dangers of low-tech threats.
Critical Infrastructure
China-linked "Fire Ant" hackers nest inside telecoms routers to swarm critical infrastructure
Threat actors deploy a "target behind the target" strategy to stealthily tunnel into high-value environments.
Critical Infrastructure
FBI smashes "Chinese state-linked botnet platform" targeting US critical infrastructure
"We’re looking at a persistent, organized, and sustained effort to get inside the institutions that keep the country running."
Government
UK builds experimental AI surveillance system using buried fibre-optic cables
Underground listening network will be used to protect military bases from both protesters and "hostile actors trying to gain intelligence".
Critical Infrastructure
"Iranian hackers" shut down a UK power station. The next incident could be much worse
Cyberattack that forced a small generator offline sparks fears about the vulnerability of critical infrastructure.