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13 July 2026, Belgium, Brüssel: Kaja Kallas, the EU’s High Representative for Foreign Affairs, is giving an interview in the hallway of the European Council ahead of the meeting of the foreign ministers of the EU member states. They are set to discuss the situation in the Near and Middle East as well as in Ukraine this Monday in Brussels. Photo: Michael Brandt/dpa (Photo by Michael Brandt/picture alliance via Getty Images)

Europe strikes out against Russia’s Turla over espionage, ‘destructive attacks’

The EU, its members and the U.K. took action against Russian government officials and others while attributing the winter cyberattacks against Poland’s energy grid to the FSB.
Miguel Escamilla Jr., mannufacturing manager of ShayoNano, demonstrates the operation of programmable logic controller at the company’s production plant July 25, 2017, in Stafford. The Singapore-based company chose Stafford to be their U.S. headquarters. (Photo by Yi-Chin Lee/Houston Chronicle via Getty Images)

Iranian hackers launching disruptive attacks at U.S. energy, water targets, feds warn

Iranian government hackers are launching disruptive cyberattacks on American energy and water infrastructure, U.S. government agencies “urgently” warned Tuesday. The hackers are taking aim at devices and…
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Bulazel mentioned the energy sector in particular, given the potential for hackers to turn off the power in the United States. It’s a sector that relies in large measure on supervisory control and data acquisition (SCADA) systems to monitor and control industrial processes. (Image Credit: AndreyPopov via Getty Images)

Critical infrastructure security tech needs to be as good as our smartphones, top NSC cyber official says

Alexei Bulazel said that even as the Trump administration is aiming to ratchet up cyber offense, there’s still a vital role for defense.
Sean Plankey, of Pennsylvania, responds to questioning during Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs hearings to examine his nomination to be Director of the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency, of the Department of Homeland Security, in the Dirksen Senate office building, in Washington, DC, on Wednesday July 24, 2025. (Mattie Neretin/CNP/Sipa USA)

Plankey vows to boot China from U.S. supply chain, advocate for CISA budget

But Trump’s pick to lead CISA sidestepped questions about alleged past or future election manipulation claims.
Power lines for new Bitcoin mining warehouses under construction at the Whinstone U.S. Bitcoin mining facility in Rockdale, Texas, are pictured on Oct. 9, 2021. (Photo by MARK FELIX/AFP /AFP via Getty Images)

Public and private sectors must partner to address generative AI’s interdependent energy and security requirements

Collaboration across government and industry is the only way to protect energy infrastructure in the generative AI age, a former ODNI official argues.
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