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Water-system attacks widen into Michigan as OT campaign crosses state…EU AI Act transparency enforcement begins, shifting AI inventory…OpenAI–Hugging Face incident makes AI evaluation containment…Actively exploited SharePoint flaw demands compromise evidence…
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Water-system attacks widen into Michigan as OT campaign crosses state lines over the weekend

Michigan disclosed attacks affecting nine water systems on Saturday after more than 30 Minnesota systems reported malicious operational-technology activity, moving the decision from local incident response to multi-state exposure validation.

Executive consequence

Saturday’s Michigan disclosure changed the risk picture from a Minnesota cluster into a multi-state operational-technology event.

Decision today

Inventory internet-reachable PLCs, HMIs, engineering workstations and cellular modems.

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Regulatory

EU AI Act transparency enforcement begins, shifting AI inventory from programme work to evidence obligation

Why it matters

The majority of applicable EU AI Act rules entered enforcement on Sunday, including Article 50 transparency duties. Security leaders need evidence that AI systems, synthetic-content paths and machine interactions are inventoried, owned and technically capable of meeting approved disclosure controls.

Do today

Identify AI systems subject to Article 50 transparency duties.

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Evidence that changes prioritisation
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