‘This is not a theoretical risk—it is an active threat’: The NSA, FBI, CISA and more warn of AI-assisted hacks against critical US infrastructure and facilities

A cybersecurity advisory jointly authored by multiple US agencies, including the NSA, CISA, FBI, DOE, and EPA, warns the owners and operators of industrial facilities of an “active cyber threat” to Siemens S7 programmable logic controllers. “The threat actors are conducting reconnaissance and capability development against US-based Siemens PLC installations using AI-generated exploitation scripts disguised…

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Redfall developers begged Microsoft to come back and finish its last patch: ‘I know we don’t work here anymore, but can we please release this?’

Redfall is one of the biggest industry disasters in recent memory—coming from Arkane Austin, a studio known for an all-time classic in Prey, the game was panned both critically and commercially. Even we, at PC Gamer, dubbed it the “first Arkane game we don’t like“. It also served as the death knell for the studio…

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Two Classic Macintosh Platforming Games Just Got A Surprise Steam Release, With An All-New Sequel Being Teased

Dark Castle series returns, just in time for its 40th anniversary. Two classic Macintosh platforming games, 1986’s Dark Castle and its 1987 sequel Beyond the Dark Castle, have made a surprising return on Steam. Built as a “living interactive animation” by a team that included Mark Pierce, Eric Zocher, and Jonathan Gay, Dark Castle was…

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Will the next Mass Effect actually release under EA’s new owners? ‘I’ll believe it when I see it,’ says former EA manager turned Newzoo analyst

This month, the biggest leveraged buyout in the history of private equity went through and now EA is owned by a consortium made up of Saudi Arabia’s Public Investment Fund and the investment firms Silver Lake and Affinity Partners. We don’t know what EA will be like under its new owners, but Employees are bracing…

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