A data center in Vernon, Calif. They are groups calling for AI, and the technology it sits on, to be designated as critical infrastructure. (Getty Images)
The designation would unlock a range of federal services, tools and resources for an industry that policymakers view as increasingly tied to national and economic security.
The threat group’s remarkable success targeting open-source software was inevitable and fueled by the industry’s decision to prioritize code shipping over security.
Kevin Mandia, Morgan Adamski, and Alex Stamos tell CyberScoop that AI is finding bugs faster than anyone can fix them, exploit development is accelerating, and most organizations…
In this photo illustration, the Anthropic logo is seen on a smartphone. (Photo Illustration by Algi Febri Sugita/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images)
A new national security memo allowing the private sector to go after criminals in cyberspace leaves legal quandaries. (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)
President Donald Trump speaks during an event in the Oval Office of the White House on August 06, 2026 in Washington, DC. President Trump is expected to sign two executive orders on bringing computer chip manufacturing to the U.S. and denying birthright citizenship to children of foreign diplomats. (Photo by Alex Wong/Getty Images)
A Hudson County, New Jersey 2020 presidential mail-in election ballot is seen on September 29, 2020 in Hoboken, New Jersey. (Photo by Gary Hershorn/Getty Images)
A Delta flight departs from Harry Reid International Airport en route to Atlanta with the Luxor Hotel and Casino in the background on March 15, 2026 in Las Vegas, Nevada. The airline is investigating an in-flight WiFi issue after a passenger reportedly deployed a rogue network in-flight. (Photo by Kevin Carter/Getty Images)
This week, FTC Chair Andrew Ferguson sent letters to private-sector companies detailing how the commission intends to police compliance once enforcement begins. (Getty Images)
In a pair of blogs posted Monday, OpenAI said it was updating its Daybreak program – which provides unreleased frontier models to private organizations and governments for defensive cybersecurity work – and introducing a new model variant. (Photo by Samuel Boivin/NurPhoto via Getty Images)