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An engineer climbs up from the cartridge filter hold where suspended material is filtered out of water before purification at the Pembroke reverse osmosis plant in Pembroke, Malta on May 28, 2018.
An engineer climbs up from the cartridge filter hold where suspended material is filtered out of water before purification at the Pembroke reverse osmosis plant in Pembroke, Malta on May 28, 2018. Darrin Zammit Lupi/Reuters

Cyber Week in Review: December 1, 2023

UK, South Korea warn of North Korean hacking; UK, U.S. release AI guidelines; Google DeepMind publishes materials design paper; Okta says October breach larger than previously known; CISA warns of attacks on water utilities. Read More

Technology and Innovation
Cyber Week in Review: November 17, 2023
Nvidia tests new chips for Chinese market; DoD and OECD release AI toolkits; ByteDance and Meta appeal DSA designations; Kemba Walden as acting NCD; Ransomware attack hits Chinese bank.
Cybersecurity
Cyber Week in Review: November 9, 2023
U.S., Japan, and South Korea launch effort to combat North Korean cyberattacks; Baidu ordering chips from Huawei; Senators push new AI bill; Meta to require disclosure of use of generative AI in ads; Mozi botnet shut down.
Robots and Artificial Intelligence
Cyber Week in Review: November 3, 2023
Biden signs executive order on AI; SEC sues SolarWinds over 2020 hack; UK hosts AI Safety Summit; Forty nine countries pledge to not pay ransomware gangs; Indian opposition members targeted with spyware.
  • Technology and Innovation
    Cyber Week in Review: October 27, 2023
    U.S. withdraws digital trade proposals; EU lawmakers make progress on AI Act; Weibo says users with large following must use real name; Okta compromised by threat actors; U.S. states sue Meta.
  • Technology and Innovation
    Governing Artificial Intelligence: A Conversation with Rumman Chowdhury
    Artificial intelligence, and its risks and benefits, has rapidly entered the popular consciousness in the past year. Kat Duffy and Dr. Rumman Chowdhury discuss how society can mitigate problems and ensure AI is an asset.
  • Cybersecurity
    The Importance of the Internet Governance Forum
    The UN has put its weight behind the multilateral Global Digital Compact as a new process to govern the internet. However, the world would be far better off supporting the long-running, multistakeholder Internet Governance Forum.
  • Robots and Artificial Intelligence
    Cyber Week in Review: October 20, 2023
    China unveils Global AI Governance Initiative; U.S. expands microchip controls; X tests charging Twitter users; Five Eyes warns of Chinese espionage; FBI seizes North Korean IT domains.
  • Cybersecurity
    Cyber Week in Review: October 13, 2023
    Social media flooded with bad information on Israel-Hamas conflict; Google mitigated largest DDoS attack ever; Chinese programmer fined for VPN use; Vietnam used Predator spyware against U.S.; IGF meets in Japan.
  • Cybersecurity
    New Entries in the CFR Cyber Operations Tracker: Q3 2023
    An update of the Council on Foreign Relations' Cyber Operations Tracker for the period between July and September 2023.
  • Cybersecurity
    Cyber Week in Review: October 6, 2023
    NSA to launch AI security center; Freedom on the Net 2023 released; State Department releases report on Chinese disinformation; Red Cross releases advisory on hacktivists; Fifth Circuit changes Missouri v. Biden ruling.