CyberScoop spoke with members of Congress, former federal law enforcement officials, cybersecurity attorneys and other experts about which laws, regulations or policies might apply to agentic hacks carried out by models at Anthropic, OpenAI, Meta, Google and other companies. (Image via Getty)
Experts and policymakers want AI companies to face consequences for agentic hacks. There may not be a clear-cut answer under existing laws and regulations.
Mandiant researchers said dozens of organizations have been impacted by attacks attributed to advanced and suspected state-sponsored threat groups. They expect more attacks to come.
The arrest of a 24-year-old man in Amsterdam, which occurred a week before ShinyHunters hacked the FBI, marks a major turning point for law enforcement’s push to…
SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA – SEPTEMBER – 15: Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang speaks during the keynote address at Salesforce’s Dreamforce conference at the Moscone Center on September 15, 2026 in San Francisco, California. Dreamforce is an annual event that highlights the company’s technologies and encourages professional networking. (Photo by Benjamin Fanjoy/Getty Images)
One expert told CyberScoop that the announcement reflects industry recognition that after years of training models to behave safely or ethically, more outside controls are needed.
Federal law enforcement agents from Homeland Security Investigations and FBI guard a high school football game at Cardozo Education Campus in Washington, D.C., September 12, 2025. A cybercriminal group known as ShinyHunters is claiming to have stolen data on every FBI agent. (Photo by Astrid Riecken For The Washington Post via Getty Images)
Cybercrime experts are stunned as ShinyHunters risks agent safety and intense federal heat in a bizarre attempt to force the retraction of an agency advisory.
Light trails from a passing vehicle are seen in front of the Department of Justice building in Washington on November 21, 2021. (Stefani Reynolds for The Washington Post via Getty Images)
The ‘Authority of Law’ statue outside the entrance to the U.S. Supreme Court building in Washington, D.C., US. Photographer: Al Drago/Bloomberg, Getty Images
Three justices wrote in a dissent that longstanding privacy laws protecting sensitive personal data held by the government should prevent the use of the database.