Latest cybersecurity reporting from selected sources.

Vital Service Providers Need a Plan to Work Through Internet Outages, CISA SaysCritical U.S. infrastructure like water, power and even banking systems will be successfully hacked by enemy cyber warriors in the event of a military confrontation with a peer adversary like Russia or China, officials from the nation's civilian cyber defense agency said.

AI, Robotics Leaders Warn Chinese Robots Could Disrupt Sensitive OperationsWitnesses told a U.S. House Homeland Security panel that Chinese-developed AI robotics platforms could give Beijing new avenues for surveillance, disruption and physical harm across critical sectors, and urged restrictions on federal use as China expands its industrial dominance.

Also, Colt Services Outage Persists, Finland Charges Americans in Vastaamo HackThis week, Microsoft hit RaccoonO365, Colt Technology Services, Finland charged a U.S. citizen in Vastaamo hack. RevengeHotels hackers used AI, Meta can't overturn a privacy case verdict. Chinese hackers unleashed spear phishing emails. Prosper confirmed a data breach, as did Kering fashion houses.

UK GCHQ Director Calls Chinese Hacking a 'Top Priority'Chinese-backed espionage and cyber disruption pose a major threat to global critical infrastructure as Beijing races for global edge, British and U.S. cyber officials warned Tuesday. Responding to the scale and complexity of Chinese hacking is a top British priority.

Chance of AI-Generated Content Affecting Results Appears to Remain Low - for NowChina-backed attackers are continuing to refine their use of content generated using artificial intelligence tools, including audio deepfakes and video news anchors, to sow disruption and influence elections in the U.S., Taiwan, India and beyond, security researchers at Microsoft warn.