Jari Pirhonen
japi.bsky.social
Jari Pirhonen
@japi.bsky.social
Security leader, risk professional, business enabler, lifelong learner.
Unauthorized hacking is a crime, but liability generally requires intent - a state of mind that no court has yet ruled #AI agents can possess.

www.technologyreview.com/2026/09/28/1... #cybersecurity
Who’s liable when AI agents go rogue?
Recent hacks have shown that the law is lagging when it comes to holding companies accountable.
www.technologyreview.com
September 28, 2026 at 6:21 PM
"Nvidia on Monday unveiled a new security platform that the chipmaker said can stop artificial intelligence agents from going rogue."

apnews.com/article/nvid... #AI #cybersecurity
https://apnews.com/article/nvidia-ai-agent-artificial-intelligence-safety-3c4d7c1cfde82851c0577d1fa29b8621
apnews.com
September 28, 2026 at 6:11 PM
"AI (Artificial Intelligence) accelerates and amplifies the threat of cyberattacks against our government and society. #AI will increase the number, scale and complexity of cyberattacks. It is therefore vital to act now."

www.ncsc.nl/en/nieuws/ai... #cybersecurity
AI is accelerating and amplifying threats: immediate action is necessary | NCSC-NL
AI (Artificial Intelligence) accelerates and amplifies the threat of cyberattacks against our government and society. AI will increase the number, scale and complexity of cyberattacks. It is…
www.ncsc.nl
September 24, 2026 at 5:57 PM
"The Defense Intelligence Service of Denmark estimates that in the coming months Russia will further escalate its hybrid war against NATO and the West."

(English version of the threat assessment on the site)

www.fe-ddis.dk/da/nyheder/2... #security #safety
Vurdering af truslen fra Rusland
Forsvarets Efterretningstjeneste (FE) har udarbejdet en ikke-klassificeret vurdering af truslen fra Rusland.
www.fe-ddis.dk
September 24, 2026 at 3:20 PM
A high profile hacking group claims it has breached multiple FBI-related services and stolen data “on all FBI employees and applicants.”

www.404media.co/we-hacked-th...
‘We Hacked the FBI:’ Hackers Say They Have Data on All FBI Employees
A sample of 5,000 alleged agents seen by 404 Media includes names, addresses, phone numbers, and details on FBI employees' spouses.
www.404media.co
September 23, 2026 at 4:51 PM
"Finnish President Alexander Stubb tells POLITICO he aims to create an international #AI institution and hopes to get the U.S. and China on board."

www.politico.eu/article/20-c...
22 countries back call to keep AI ‘under human control’
Finnish President Alexander Stubb tells POLITICO he aims to create an international AI institution and hopes to get the U.S. and China on board.
www.politico.eu
September 22, 2026 at 4:46 PM

McKinsey Technology Trends Outlook 2026
September 22, 2026 at 4:41 PM
"ENISA assess artificial intelligence will highly likely increasingly support malicious operations, and its use will likely expand beyond the increased speed, scale and adaptability of cyber operations."

www.enisa.europa.eu/publications... #AI #cybersecurity
ENISA Threat Landscape 2026 | ENISA
ENISA is the EU agency dedicated to enhancing cybersecurity in Europe. They offer guidance, tools, and resources to safeguard citizens and businesses from cyber threats.
www.enisa.europa.eu
September 22, 2026 at 4:34 PM
"The findings suggest that while #sovereignty has become a priority for Nordic organizations, strategy and execution have not kept pace."

www.vivicta.com/en/newsroom/...
Nordic digital sovereignty study 2026: Key findings | Vivicta
Key findings from the 2026 Nordic digital sovereignty study. Only 29% feel in control of critical data, while 70% plan to increase investments. Read the news.
www.vivicta.com
September 22, 2026 at 4:23 PM
"The episode with the Chinese ship underscores a different, and more immediate risk: human beings making disastrous decisions based on inaccurate or misleading information generated by #AI or other automated systems."

edition.cnn.com/2026/09/18/p...
September 20, 2026 at 4:42 PM
"This is a disaster all around: the #AI companies are locked in a Red Queen's race, a fatal beggar-thy-neighbor doom-loop. The only way they could escape that trap is by signing a non-aggression pact among themselves promising not to compete any more."

www.thenerve.news/p/cory-docto...
Cory Doctorow: AI’s big beasts aren’t really scared of their products. They’re scared of their competition
The US giants would love to stop battling each other and be protected from China – and they might have hit on just the narrative to make that possible, writes our tech columnist
www.thenerve.news
September 20, 2026 at 4:21 PM
”Users are meant to do their business, then get a move on within 10 minutes—or face the consequences.”

www.fastcompany.com/91608953/nyc...
September 20, 2026 at 4:16 PM
"#AI systems are neither inherently unsecurable nor self-defending. They are complex, highly integrated software architectures that demand rigorous identity boundaries, continuous runtime observability, and rapid containment mechanisms."

cloud.google.com/security/res... #cybersecurity
Mandiant AI Risk and Resilience Report 2026
Read Mandiant's 2026 AI Risk and Resilience report to explore adversarial AI tactics, frontline red teaming insights, and modern defense architecture.
cloud.google.com
September 17, 2026 at 7:32 PM
"How do you spread propaganda in a country as resilient to disinformation as Finland? Russian propagandists have been grappling with this question for years and have found ways to adapt."

united24media.com/world/how-ru...
How Russian Propaganda Learned to Look Finnish
How Kremlin narratives are translated, repackaged, and spread through Finland’s network of pro-Russian websites and alternative media.
united24media.com
September 17, 2026 at 7:20 PM
"We are sharing a new framework for tracking, investigating, and disclosing instances of model misalignment at OpenAI, along with six reports on unexpected or concerning model behavior we’ve observed in the last six months."

openai.com/index/model-... #AI #cybersecurity
Our framework for reporting model misalignment
OpenAI shares a framework for tracking, investigating, and disclosing model misalignment, alongside six reports of unexpected or concerning model behavior.
openai.com
September 17, 2026 at 5:54 AM
"Americans must ask: Is it consistent with a self-governing democracy to have systems that watch everyone everywhere?"

www.lawfaremedia.org/article/25-y... #surveillance #privacy
25 Years of Mass Surveillance Is Enough
Twenty-five years since 9/11, tech and political shifts have increasingly pitted mass surveillance against constitutional rights.
www.lawfaremedia.org
September 16, 2026 at 3:39 PM
OpenAI told 404 Media users’ chats won’t be used to improve the company’s models if they turn off the “improve the model for everyone” setting. This is turned on by default for free, Plus, and Pro plans.

www.404media.co/inside-proje... #ChatGPT #AI
Inside ‘Project Lily’: The Humans Reading Your ChatGPT Chats
Humans are reading ChatGPT users’ prompts to improve OpenAI’s models, and those chats can include sensitive, personal information, according to leaked internal documents and real prompts seen by 404…
www.404media.co
September 15, 2026 at 7:47 PM
Reposted by Jari Pirhonen
Oulujoen datakeskukset. Turun Sanomat, 11.9.2026.
September 13, 2026 at 8:10 PM
"Security through obscurity was never a sound strategy, but now it's obsolete."

www.theregister.com/security/202... #cybersecurity #AI
September 14, 2026 at 6:52 PM
"This was the week that panic about the existential threat of #AI appeared to leap from the confines of internet debates and Silicon Valley circles and spread across mainstream America"

www.msn.com/en-us/news/o...
September 13, 2026 at 4:27 PM
"Given the accelerating rate of #AI capability development, it’s my worry that in 6–12 months such a swarm could be capable of taking over the entire internet with a persistent botnet (potentially causing hundreds of billions of dollars in damage)."

darioamodei.com/post/we-must...
Dario Amodei — We Must Pace the Frontier
I have worked on AI for the last twelve years because I believe it could dramatically raise the quality of human life. I’ve written often about these incredible benefits: I believe that AI could cure…
darioamodei.com
September 13, 2026 at 1:29 PM
Regime Change (Maggie Haberman, Jonathan Swan): "It was just the latest exercise of a guiding principle Trump shared with his mentor Roy Cohn, and with Roger Stone: Never admit to making a mistake." #book #quote
September 12, 2026 at 5:12 PM
"As models become increasingly capable, their risks will increase, unless #AI developers and society’s defenders act to make them safer."

www.anthropic.com/threat-intel... #cybersecurity
Countering misuse of AI: September 2026 / Anthropic
Case studies from threat actors disrupted between December 2025 and August 2026 across seven areas of harm, from cyber operations to biological misuse.
www.anthropic.com
September 12, 2026 at 1:59 PM