Ballots, bots, and backlash.

Election Day brings typical cyber threats, technical glitches, and misinformation. Hackers tamper with European refrigeration systems. OpenAI faces questions over years of security warnings. Nvidia reportedly restricts business with Chinese data center customers. Binance details a six-billion-dollar heist attributed to North Korea. Barracuda patches critical security flaws. Gartner predicts an engineering-heavy future for security operations. Canadians face charges for hacking U.S. universities. Our guest is Heather Ceylan, CISO at Box, discussing Enterprise AI in 2026: what security leaders learned — and what comes next. AI takes the pitch, misses the point. 

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CyberWire Guest

On today’s Industry Voices segment, we are joined by Heather Ceylan, CISO at Box, discussing Enterprise AI in 2026: what security leaders learned — and what comes next. If you enjoyed this conversation, be sure to check out the full conversation here.

Selected Reading

Ballot scanner malfunctions, flurry of federal legal actions test election officials on final day of voting (CyberScoop)

Voters deliver "AI earthquake," rebuking tech and billionaires (Axios)

Election office reports failed attempts to hack its online services (Nextgov)

Hackers Hijacked French Blood Plasma Freezers, Changing Temperature Settings From −30°C to 110°C (Cyber Security News)

Hackers Alter Refrigeration Settings, Forcing European Stores to Discard Food (Hackread)

OpenAI employees warned about operational security lapses for years, sources say (Reuters)