Podcast: AI-powered threats put Europe's power system on high alert
Featuring: Alberic Mongrenier
As a new kind of low-intensity warfare spreads across Europe, ranging from grid sabotage and drone incursions to AI-enabled cyberattacks by state and non-state actors, Europe must move faster to protect its energy system. That starts with control over what goes into the grid: a European framework to vet suppliers of critical equipment such as turbines, substations and subsea cables on security grounds, and to exclude them where necessary, especially where connected components can collect data and map Europe's energy system.
Europe also needs stockpiles of critical components and the repair capacity to restore operations quickly after an attack, built up at home and backed by tighter coordination between operators and governments across borders. And without stronger AI defences, Europe's technological edge over attackers remains "far from certain."
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