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Humans, not rogue AI, are still the biggest cybersecurity risk to energy systems

中文摘要

相比失控的AI,人类仍是能源系统面临的最大网络安全风险,当前的能源基础设施在网络攻击面前已十分脆弱。

English Summary

Humans, not rogue AI, remain the primary cybersecurity threat to energy systems, which are already highly vulnerable to cyberattacks.

Original Excerpt

Before recent high-profile hacks raised the specter of AI possibly "killing all humans," our energy systems were already disturbingly vulnerable to cyberattack - and the risk is growing. "We were always prey. We were just kind of surviving at the appetite of our predators," Joshua Corman, executive in residence for public safety and resilience at the Institute for Security and Technology (IST), told me last year. At the time, I was preoccupied with a Department of Homeland Security warning that Iranian actors and sympathizers could target the US with cyberattacks. Last week, I called Corman up to chat about recent incidents of rogue AI a … Read the full story at The Verge.