Mandating ‘kill switches’ for AI agents would threaten the security of America’s critical infrastructure and undercut U.S. AI leadership. Congress must reject the AI Kill Switch Act.

NEA partner Aaron Jacobson

The communications product company disclosed 22 total Wednesday, all but one of which was rated “critical” at 9.0 or higher.

Agency red-teamers got initial access to both organizations they tested, but one quickly isolated and shut down the attempts from going further.

Christopher Bloor, Defense Director at the SANS Institute

The designation would unlock a range of federal services, tools and resources for an industry that policymakers view as increasingly tied to national and economic security.

The agencies said the hackers are taking aim at Siemens S7 Series programmable logic controllers in what could be a first.

The data theft extortion group likely compromised a critical vulnerability affecting PTC’s product lifecycle management software in June, a month before it sent threatening emails to victims.

The updated warning from the FBI, CISA and HHS draws on a year’s worth of investigations to detail how the group gains initial access and what it…

Kat Sommer, head of government affairs at NCC Group