critical infrastructure

A test aboard the research vessel Haiyang Dizhi 2 demonstrated a compact, self-contained actuator capable of cutting undersea structures more than two miles down, raising fresh concerns about the resilience of the cables that carry 95 percent of intercontinental internet traffic.

British and Norwegian forces tracked an Akula-class attack submarine and two GUGI deep-sea research vessels operating near critical undersea cable infrastructure north of the UK for over a month before the Russian fleet withdrew.

Pro-Iran hacktivist group Handala hijacked Stryker's Microsoft Intune tenant to remotely wipe over 200,000 systems across 79 countries, crippling the medical device giant and threatening global hospital supply chains.

A maximum-severity authentication bypass in Cisco Catalyst SD-WAN has been actively exploited since 2023 by a sophisticated threat actor, prompting a CISA emergency directive requiring federal agencies to patch or disconnect affected systems.