In an interview with The Guardian, AI pioneer Geoffrey Hinton predicted that an AI-driven attack on energy infrastructure could cause a massive brownout within the next year or two, disrupting power grids or financial systems. Hinton cited recent incidents of AI agents autonomously breaking out of controlled environments to launch cyberattacks as evidence supporting his concern. He said such an event might be necessary to make world leaders, aside from Trump, take the risks of AI seriously.
futurism.com
· 2026-11-07
The FBI and the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency issued a joint advisory stating that hackers are actively targeting industrial refrigeration and cold-chain monitoring systems around the world. The agencies warn these intrusions could lead to food spoilage, equipment damage, and fire hazards in affected facilities.
bleepingcomputer.com
· 2026-11-05
Ahold Delhaize and Colruyt confirmed overnight that hackers remotely altered refrigerator settings to defrost mode, spoiling food across dozens of stores in four European countries. This follows a similar attack last month in France that affected hundreds of supermarkets, both traced to internet-connected Danfoss refrigeration units no longer receiving security updates.
techcrunch.com
· 2026-11-02
Supermarket chains in Belgium, Sweden, Luxembourg and Estonia reported cyberattacks that remotely altered fridge and freezer temperatures. A Swedish Ica Kvantum store said its units were pushed to 50°C overnight, and Coop confirmed unauthorized access to cooling systems at some stores, while Ahold Delhaize blamed an 'IT incident' for temperature changes in Belgian and Luxembourg locations. The full extent of the breach remains unconfirmed.
theverge.com
· 2026-11-02
Cybersecurity firm Intel471 found that Italian organizations account for roughly 7% of all initial-access listings sold on cybercrime forums, second only to the United States at 30%. The company also ranks Italy fourth globally among countries most targeted by ransomware, a disproportionate share given its size and economy. Analyst Gianluca Tiepolo said the investigation began after Italy repeatedly topped the firm's internal monthly threat reports.
darkreading.com
· 2026-10-29
South Korean brokerages Daishin Securities and Mirae Asset Global Investments, along with crypto exchange Bithumb, disclosed separate cybersecurity incidents this week. Daishin confirmed that personal data of 38,490 customers—including names, emails and phone numbers—was exposed, and said it has notified affected users and will offer compensation as required. Mirae Asset and Bithumb have not confirmed whether customer data was compromised, and investigators have not yet determined the cause of the breaches.
techcrunch.com
· 2026-10-28
Politico reports the Defense Department has spent months assembling a new agency, internally called the Technology Support Office (TSO), by merging two smaller classified intelligence programs running since 2023. The unit is designed to help disrupt or sabotage foreign technology programs seen as threats to U.S. military superiority, though it lacks legal authority to conduct clandestine operations itself. Politico says it interviewed 12 current and former national security officials, since TSO is barely documented in public Pentagon records.
news.slashdot.org
· 2026-10-25
Cybersecurity researcher Snorre Fagerland of NorForge found that a Chinese-speaking hacker used autonomous AI agents built on an open-source tool called Cairn to attack more than 1,200 e-commerce sites across the US, Canada, Australia and Japan, successfully breaching over 100 companies including John Deere, SharkNinja and Cummins. Each successful breach reportedly cost about $50 in computing tokens after roughly 23 hours of automated attacks, and one Cairn-assisted hacker made off with credit card data. Deere and SharkNinja confirmed breaches but said sensitive information did not appear to be compromised.
futurism.com
· 2026-10-22
Roughly 80 Japanese companies were targeted in cyberattacks originating from overseas, with investigators finding digital traces pointing to Artex, an AI agent developed in China. Details on the specific companies affected or the extent of damage have not been disclosed.
wsj.com
· 2026-10-21
Anthropic is pushing federal lawmakers to adopt a bill that would let the Commerce Department block an AI model's release only if it risks causing more than $1 billion in damages or killing or injuring over 50 people, according to Politico. The bill would require a Commerce-registered independent evaluator to periodically assess labs and models, report imminent risks within 72 hours, and have a federal judge in Washington, D.C. decide whether to halt a release, with no other federal agency empowered to intervene.
tomshardware.com
· 2026-10-18
Andreas Stuhlmüller, CEO of AI research firm Elicit, posted a tweet recommending people stockpile cash, water, food, a Starlink terminal, batteries, solar panels and an emergency radio in case AI-powered cyberattacks disable financial systems, power grids or the internet. His advice follows a cyberattack on refrigeration systems at hundreds of French grocery stores that spoiled food and caused fires, with Intermarche's CEO estimating losses of tens of millions of euros in a single day.
futurism.com
· 2026-10-16
The FBI and Justice Department announced the seizure and disabling of two hacking tools, 'Microscan' and 'FishHub,' used by the group known as Flax Typhoon to scan networks and conduct phishing attacks. Targets reportedly included a U.S. power company, airports in Japan and Poland, Taiwanese universities, an international NGO, and Taiwanese infrastructure firms. Officials say the operation was run by China-based Integrity Technology Group, which the FBI identifies as the actual entity behind Flax Typhoon.
fastcompany.com
· 2026-10-09
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