Hybrid Threats: New Considerations for Private Sector Resilience Recent Cyber Attack on Minnesota’s Water Infrastructure In late July 2026, water utility operators in Minnesota began troubleshooting a problem that initially presented as equipment failure. But the continued surge of unexplained pressure drops, flooding, and loss of system functionality called for a formal investigation. The FBI confirmed that malicious actors had gained remote access to the internet-facing pro

Threat actors have increased their deployment of fraudulent, online based investment scams- by creating artificial intelligence (AI)-generated social media impersonations of high-profile investment professionals and successful executives. This type of impersonation fraud has a multi-pronged approach. Using the Meta-based environment of Instagram, Facebook and most commonly WhatsApp, threat actors create impersonating accounts of well known, high-net worth and successful inves