cyberattack

National Cyber Directorate head Yossi Karadi convened senior Israeli cybersecurity leaders amid advances that enable AI to carry out autonomous attacks. “The technological shift also requires a change in how defense agencies operate.”

The U.S. says it disrupted a Chinese cyber operation that targeted a range of government agencies and sensitive institutions, including NASA and the Senate. The Justice Department seized domains used by two attack platforms that had reportedly been active since at least 2018.

Hackers linked to the Iranian regime reportedly shut down a British power station for four days, the first known case of Tehran-linked actors causing a prolonged outage at a facility of this kind in the UK.

The United States has filed expanded charges against 17 Iranians linked to the Mabna Institute, which prosecutors say worked on behalf of Iran’s Revolutionary Guards. The network allegedly hacked thousands of university accounts and stole an enormous amount of research and intellectual property.

An Ashkelon resident was arrested by Israel Police’s Lahav 443 unit. He is suspected of planting malicious software in dozens of Israeli businesses and collecting computer files and sensitive information.

A large-scale cyberattack disrupted water and sewage facilities across the United States, forcing operators to switch to manual controls. In Israel, officials are closely monitoring the situation and strengthening protections for the country’s water infrastructure.