Sen. Blumenthal wants FCC to get busy on telecom wiretap security rules
The subcommittee chair said the FCC has the ability to act now in response to Salt Typhoon targeting the 2024 presidential campaigns.
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Sen. Richard Blumenthal speaks on July 11 in Washington, D.C. (Photo by Bonnie Cash/Getty Images) Cybersecurity -
The White House in Washington, D.C. (Getty Images) Commentary 5 cyber issues the next presidential administration needs to prioritize immediately
The next administration must do better on cyber than previous ones, two experts behind a new McCrary Institute and Cyberspace Solarium Commission 2.0 report argue.
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Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency Director Jen Easterly testified before a House Homeland Security Subcommittee, at the Rayburn House Office Building on April 28, 2022. (Photo by Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images) Government CISA advisory committee approves four draft reports on critical infrastructure resilience
Each report includes recommendations for the cyber agency to tackle, with the overarching goal of combating threats from China.
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WASHINGTON, DC – SEPTEMBER 11: Michigan Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson looks on as Arizona Secretary of State Adrian Fontes speaks during a House Administration Committee hearing in the Longworth House Office Building at the U.S. Capitol on September 11, 2024 in Washington, DC. The hearing examined “American Confidence in Elections” while looking forward to the 2024 Presidential Election in just under two months. (Photo by Bonnie Cash/Getty Images) Election Security Cybersecurity, disinformation dominates hearing on elections
Once a side issue, nearly every topic brought up during a House hearing on elections related to cybersecurity or false claims around election fraud.
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Protesters call for a “forensic audit” of the 2020 presidential election, during a demonstration by a group called Election Integrity Fund and Force, outside of the Michigan State Capitol in Lansing on Oct. 12, 2021. (Photo by JEFF KOWALSKY/AFP via Getty Images) Workforce Picketed at work, confronted at church: Why election workers have left the job
Election workers facing unprecedented harassment are retiring in huge numbers, posing a threat to the U.S. voting system.
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A voter leaves a voting booth at The Barn at Bull Meadow in Concord, New Hampshire, during voting for the New Hampshire Primary on January 23, 2024. (Photo by TIMOTHY A. CLARY / AFP) Government House Republicans propose eliminating funding for election security
In a party-line vote, House appropriators voted to slash funding for the Election Assistance Commission and scrap federal election security grants.
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U.S. Sen. Mark Warner (D-VA), Senate Majority Leader Charles Schumer (D-NY), Senate Rules Committee Chair Amy Klobuchar (D-MN), Ranking Member Sen. Deb Fischer (R-NE) and Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) participate in a Rules Committee hearing. (Photo by Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images) Government Three bills governing AI in elections pass Senate committee
The bills are aimed at protecting election integrity from the misuse of generative artificial intelligence.
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Rep. Chrissy Houlahan (D-Pa.) speaks during a press conference on new legislation at the U.S. Capitol Building on Jan. 27, 2023 in Washington, D.C. (Photo by Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images) AI Bipartisan House bill aims to prepare election workers for AI
The Preparing Election Administrators for AI Act is a companion bill to Senate legislation that will be marked up Wednesday.
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Four main components on the Roscosmos segment of the International Space Station are pictured as the orbital outpost soared 261 miles above the north Atlantic Ocean. (NASA) Government Space is essential for infrastructure. Why isn’t it considered critical?
There are 16 critical infrastructure sectors, and experts are deeply divided on whether space systems should be the 17th.
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U.S. President Joe Biden talks on a cell phone during a Rose Garden event at the White House to mark National Small Business Week on May 1, 2023 in Washington, DC. (Photo by Alex Wong/Getty Images) Government New Hampshire authorities trace Biden AI robocall to Texas-based telecom
An investigation identified Life Corporation and Lingo Telecom as allegedly behind the operation that impersonated President Joe Biden.