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  1. China Exploits US Infrastructure in Widespread Hacking Campaign

    The US Department of Justice has taken a major stand against China's widespread hacking campaign, disabling malicious software and seizing two key hacking platforms, QScan and QTRouter, to protect America's critical infrastructure. This decisive action is a significant blow to state-sponsored hackers preying on the US, with the…

    osintsights.com/china-exploits

    #China #NationState #SupplyChain #CriticalInfrastructure #EmergingThreats

  2. #CISA confirms hackers targeted over 100 #US #water systems during July
    US officials have warned in recent years that hackers working for #China have been planting destructive malware on #criticalinfrastructure ready to activate as a distraction in event of an anticipated Chinese invasion of #Taiwan. #Russia has also been linked to several cyberattacks on water providers, and power and energy grids, across Europe as part of a growing campaign seen as aimed at testing NATO
    techcrunch.com/2026/08/26/cisa

  3. The BBC notes Iran-linked activity has been anticipated but sparse. Sparse, not zero.

    Operators of distributed energy infrastructure: audit your incident detection and response procedures now, before the next four-day gap in the logs explains itself.

    Reward: You've received a Warm Candle. It is not ironic. The grid is fine. Probably.

    #CyberSecurity #CriticalInfrastructure #Iran #PowerGrid #APT #SystemDown (2/2)

  4. 🤖 What does operational resilience look like in the age of AI?

    As #AI becomes more embedded in #cybersecurity and CPS protection, security teams have an opportunity to rethink how they detect, investigate, and respond to threats.

    💡 On Nexus, AJ Eserjose, Regional Director at OT-ISAC, explores why alerts need more than technical context. Understanding the operational and business impact of an incident is critical to making faster, smarter decisions.

    Find out how AI can help connect the dots at machine speed, correlating security events with operational processes and expected business outcomes, and more. 🔖 Read here: nexusconnect.io/articles/opera

    #OperationalResilience #CPSsecurity #OTSecurity #CriticalInfrastructure #CyberResilience

  5. CISA Red Team Tests Expose Organizational Vulnerabilities

    CISA's red team tests revealed some eye-opening vulnerabilities, with the team slipping past security operations centers undetected, gaining access to workstations, escalating privileges, and moving freely between systems. This simulated cyber attack exposed weaknesses in critical infrastructure organizations, highlighting…

    osintsights.com/cisa-red-team-

    #Cisa #RedTeam #CriticalInfrastructure #VulnerabilityAssessment #PenetrationTesting

  6. CISA Red Team Exposes Gaps in Critical Infrastructure Defenses

    The CISA red team uncovered alarming gaps in critical infrastructure defenses, revealing that even with detection tools in place, the real vulnerability lies in the people, processes, and procedures supporting them. In a striking example, a recent red-team exercise showed that detection tools can be ineffective if not…

    osintsights.com/cisa-red-team-

    #Cisa #CriticalInfrastructure #RedTeam #GovernmentServices #WaterAndWastewaterSystems

  7. Iran-Linked Hackers Shut Down UK Power Plant for Four Days

    Suspected Iran-linked hackers forced a small UK peaker plant offline for four days, prompting government briefings on energy sector cyber risk.

    pulseofnations.lol/iran-linked

    #CriticalInfrastructure #Cyberattack #Iran #Ncsc #OtSecurity #PowerGrid #StateHacking #Uk

  8. 🚨 SIGINT // Cybersecurity Watch — 2026-08-25
    Iran-linked hackers shut down a UK power plant for four days, exposing critical infrastructure to nation-state cyber threats.
    securityweek.com/iran-linked-h

  9. US Warns of AI-Powered Attacks on Siemens PLCs

    The US government has issued a stark warning: hackers are harnessing the power of artificial intelligence to launch targeted attacks on vulnerable Siemens PLCs, critical infrastructure devices used in water, energy, and manufacturing sectors. This is no hypothetical threat - it's a very real and active danger.

    osintsights.com/us-warns-of-ai

    #AipoweredAttacks #IndustrialControlSystems #Siemens #ProgrammableLogicControllers #CriticalInfrastructure

  10. KNOWN ISSUE: nobody's saying how they got in, and the National Cyber Security Centre was notified but the lights stayed on everywhere else, so we're calling this a "minor inconvenience" and moving on.

    Operators: assess your critical energy systems' defensive posture now and loop in NCSC before the next changelog entry writes itself.

    Reward: You've unlocked the Lukewarm Candle — for when the grid holds but your confidence doesn't.

    #CriticalInfrastructure #CyberAttack #Iran #PowerGrid (2/2)

  11. A small UK power facility was taken offline for four consecutive days in July in an attack officials consider the country’s first successful incident of its kind.

    The national electricity grid was not affected.

    Security analysts link the attackers to Iran, but the UK’s National Cyber Security Centre has not publicly confirmed the details or identified the facility.

    en.hacks.gr/vretaniki-monada-e

    #Cybersecurity #CriticalInfrastructure #EnergyInfrastructure #Iran #CyberDisruption

  12. Iran-Linked Hackers Disabled UK Power Plant for Four Days

    Iran-linked hackers shut down a British power plant for four days in the first confirmed attack of its kind against UK energy infrastructure, coinciding with US water system breaches.

    pulseofnations.lol/iran-linked

    #CriticalInfrastructure #Cyberattack #Hackers #Iran #Ncsc #StateSponsored #Uk

  13. Reward: You've received the Binding Terms of Catastrophe Scroll — non-transferable, non-refundable, actively exploited.

    #CyberSecurity #CriticalInfrastructure #Iran #CISA #Siemens #BossRaidAlert (3/3)

  14. Could Iranian hackers have targeted UK power infrastructure? Azhar Sukri reports that a small UK power plant was shut down for four days in July following a cyberattack linked to Iran. While officials confirmed the incident only affected a localized generator, it underscores the increasing risks state-linked threats pose to critical infrastructure during geopolitical instability. Strengthening cybersecurity and international cooperation remains essential for protecting public resources. Read more about these growing vulnerabilities at the link below. Azhar Sukri did an excellent job with this timely report.

    cnbc.com/2026/08/23/small-uk-p #CyberSecurity #CriticalInfrastructure #Iran #UKenergy

  15. Your chlorine tanks and clarifiers have been enrolled in an active incident, posthumously.

    Legacy SCADA souls, kindly proceed to the exit — or the intake valve, whichever responds.

    Reward: You've received a complimentary Do-Not-Drink Advisory and one tarnished Boil Water Notice Badge.

    #CyberSecurity #CriticalInfrastructure #WaterSystems #AIThreats #BlackHat #AchievementUnlocked (2/2)

  16. 🚨🛡️ SIGINT // Cybersecurity Watch — 2026-08-22
    CISA, NSA & FBI warn of active AI-assisted exploitation of Siemens S7 PLCs threatening critical US infrastructure.
    cisa.gov/news-events/cybersecu

  17. 🚨🛡️ SIGINT // Cybersecurity Watch — 2026-08-21
    CISA & FBI warn of an AI-powered campaign actively targeting Siemens S7 PLCs across critical US infrastructure sectors.
    securityweek.com/hackers-using

  18. New CNTR Fact Sheet: Strenghtening Space Resilience, Creating Dependencies
    Sarah McKee ( @PRIF ) explains how space resilience might be achieved & discusses space systems as critical infrastructure. Read in #openaccess ⬇️
    cntrarmscontrol.org/publicatio

    #space #satellite #criticalinfrastructure #resilience

  19. "However, AI systems allow attackers to cash in on tech debt, and they don't need access to frontier models to do it. Free, open-weight models also excel at finding bugs in software and configurations, chaining these together, and abusing them to break software and systems."
    theregister.com/security/2026/
    #cybersecurity #criticalinfrastructure #PLCs #technicaldebt