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.
Government
Crime
ShinyHunters steals sensitive FBI data including director Kash Patel’s personal information
Cybercrime gang says it carried out the attack after being "offended" by an FBI warning about its tactics that advised victims not to pay a ransom.
Security
Corporate bureaucracy could give AI attackers an advantage over defenders, NCSC warns
“All offensive problems are technical problems, and all defensive problems are political problems.”
Existential Risk
The UK has no power to stop dangerous AI models being unleashed, Parliament warns
Human extinction was a hot topic in Westminster this week as British politicians grappled with their growing powerlessness in the AI age.
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."
Existential Risk
AI loss of control is already “in the rearview mirror,” says MIT professor Max Tegmark
But the AI risk expert still believes a "golden age" is ahead for humanity if we build "tools, not beings" and steer clear of superintelligence.
Security
Iranian spyware campaign uses low-tech tricks to ensnare high-value targets
"We love to romanticize nation-state operations as digital wizardry, but it’s often just convincing fake profiles and low-budget spyware payloads."
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
Shadow AI is becoming a major systemic risk. Even intelligence agencies are getting worried
The most skilled staff could be contributing to the growing risk posed by unauthorized AI usage.
Critical Systems
Nuclear cops: Legacy tech made our Microsoft Teams video call system “insecure”
Police force that protects nuclear sites admits to security failure caused by the end of Windows 10 support.
Robots
Will America’s humanoid robot crackdown help Chinese machines conquer Europe?
New FCC rules could reshape global robotics competition as Chinese manufacturers look for markets outside the United States.
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.