CyberWire Daily The backup plan needs a backup plan.
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May 7, 2026 
Asdrúbal Pichardo, CEO of Squalify and cyber risk quantification expert advising banks on resilience, weighs in. He discusses whether banks are ready for multi-day cyber disruptions. He highlights weakest links like backups, incident response and supply-chain gaps. He also addresses how AI multiplies fraud and the need to test plans and validate backups.
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Prepare Critical Systems For Offline Survival
- CISA urges critical infrastructure to enable offline operations and rapid isolated recovery during cyberattacks.
- The guidance reflects assume-compromise thinking driven by persistent nation-state campaigns like China-linked Volt Typhoon and growing AI-enabled adversary speed.
U.S. And China Face A Shared AI Risk
- Thomas Friedman frames U.S.-China talks around a shared AI-driven security threat that lowers barriers to large-scale cyberattacks.
- He likens powerful AI models to a modern mutually-assured-destruction problem needing joint safeguards by states and firms.
Enterprise AI Risks From Poisoned Internal Data
- Researchers warn enterprise AI can be quietly corrupted by poisoned or inconsistent internal data, undermining decision-making.
- Small manipulated inputs in RAG or retrieval systems can sway models that now make procurement, finance, and security decisions.