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  <title>The Global Asymmetric Threats (Italy): FBI investigates cyber attack on New Britain’s city network systems</title>
  <pubDate>February 20, 2026</pubDate>
  <description>Vahid Behzadan, associate professor of cybersecurity, data science, and computer and electrical engineering; director of the SAIL Lab; and co-founder of the Connecticut Artificial Intelligence Alliance, comments on a cyber attack targeting the City of New Britain, saying, 'as societies rely more on cyber ecosystems, these systems become more attractive to attackers.'</description>
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  <external_link>https://www.gat.report/79303/fbi-investigates-cyber-attack-on-new-britains-city-network-systems/</external_link>
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  <author>vahid-behzadan</author>
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    <tag>month-february</tag>
    <tag>name-vahid-behzadan</tag><tag>college-engineering</tag>
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