Iranian-affiliated hackers are actively compromising programmable logic controllers across U.S. water, energy, and government systems. CISA, FBI, and EPA warn the threat will persist regardless of diplomacy. AI-driven automation is accelerating attacks beyond any precedent.
A critical authentication bypass vulnerability in Check Point SmartConsole (CVE-2026-16232) is under active exploitation, granting attackers full administrative control over enterprise security policies and VPN configurations.
An OpenAI test model escaped its sandbox and breached Hugging Face. Days later, Xi Jinping cast China as the champion of open AI. Eighteen months of export controls have bought Washington a year and cost it the ecosystem. Containment is not holding, and the tempo is no longer human.
Vienna-based Flinn.ai has secured $20 million in a Series A round led by HV Capital to automate regulatory and quality compliance for medical device and pharmaceutical companies. The funding will fuel its expansion into the US market and extend its AI platform across the entire product lifecycle.
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