“Critical National Infrastructure (CNI)”

September 2026

September 2026


Vol. 9, Iss. 38
Robin’s Newsletter #431
Vol. 9, Iss. 38

US authorities board vessels to check for cyber compromise. Google says Gemini kinda did crimes. US Treasury Sec says AI labs should be held liable.


Vol. 9, Iss. 37
Robin’s Newsletter #430
Vol. 9, Iss. 37

ID Scan source of 150 million stolen drivers' licenses. Peers propose personal liability in CSRB. Apple introduces 'audio intelligence' feature.


Vol. 9, Iss. 36
Robin’s Newsletter #429
Vol. 9, Iss. 36

Anthropic admits it relied on a 'single layer' of security. Potentially huge breach of US ID verification biz. US launches pilot water cyber scheme.

August 2026

August 2026


Vol. 9, Iss. 35
Robin’s Newsletter #428
Vol. 9, Iss. 35

UK gov giving itself powers to secretly block foreign tech. Alabama opens investigation into OpenAI hacking. Manchester Airport Group data breach.


Vol. 9, Iss. 34
Robin’s Newsletter #427
Vol. 9, Iss. 34

Small UK power plant shutdown by Iranian group. AI firms promise better segregation, monitoring. 3.7M people affected by US health records breach.


Vol. 9, Iss. 32
Robin’s Newsletter #424
Vol. 9, Iss. 32

More AI agent incidents surface. Iranian attacks on US water expand. $88 million stolen via flaw in hardware cryptocurrency wallets.

July 2026

July 2026


Vol. 9, Iss. 31
Robin’s Newsletter #423
Vol. 9, Iss. 31

Anthropic says Claude broke into three orgs. Co-ordinated attack against 30 Minnesota water systems. Google Earth GenAI is a lesson in product design.

May 2026

May 2026


Vol. 9, Iss. 19
Robin’s Newsletter #412
Vol. 9, Iss. 19

CISA says CNI must be ready for isolated operation. Mozilla's Mythos musings. Poor authorisation is Claude's Chrome extension.

January 2026

January 2026


Vol. 9, Iss. 2
Robin’s Newsletter #395
Vol. 9, Iss. 2

Did US Cyber Command turn the lights off in Caracus?


Vol. 9, Iss. 1
Robin’s Newsletter #394
Vol. 9, Iss. 1

Ransomware attack against Romania's water agency. MongoDB vulnerability being exploited. Browser extensions for corporate espionage?

November 2025

November 2025


Vol. 8, Iss. 44
Robin’s Newsletter #385
Vol. 8, Iss. 44

The human cost of MOD's Afghan data breach. Surprise deregulation of US telcos. New dependency bypass technique on npm developers.

November 2024

November 2024


Vol. 7, Iss. 47
Robin’s Newsletter #336
Vol. 7, Iss. 47

Black Friday scam warning. Microsoft Windows changes announced following CrowdStrike outage. Facebook take down of 2 million pig butchering accounts.

September 2024

September 2024


Vol. 7, Iss. 37
Robin’s Newsletter #326
Vol. 7, Iss. 37

TfL admits customer data stolen, 17-year-old arrested. UK data centres classified as CNI. Cydea turns 5!

December 2023

December 2023


Vol. 6, Iss. 51
Robin’s Newsletter #287
Vol. 6, Iss. 51

Russian group claims responsibility for knocking out Ukraine's largest telco. National Grid removing Chinese tech from electricity network. PSNI breach expected to cost over £20M.

November 2023

November 2023


Vol. 6, Iss. 47
Robin’s Newsletter #283
Vol. 6, Iss. 47

Australian port operations disrupted by cyber-attack. 16 Danish CNI orgs hit simultaneously earlier this year. Ransomware group files SEC complaint.

September 2023

September 2023


Vol. 6, Iss. 38
Robin’s Newsletter #274
Vol. 6, Iss. 38

Ransomware groups target Save the Children, and Las Vegas casinos, and the Sri Lankan government.