If confirmed by the Senate, he would become just the third permanent leader of the Office of the National Cyber Director.

The moves happened Thursday and Friday last week, per a source.

Both the task force and FARA were used by the bureau to investigate, charge and disrupt foreign and domestic actors accused of working to influence American policy…

House members say Musk’s organization is “running roughshod” over security and privacy standards, and senators worry about access to classified information.

Elon Musk’s takeover of key systems across the federal government is ignoring decades of laws, regulations and procedures, experts told CyberScoop. 

Reps. Nancy Mace and Shontel Brown reintroduced VDP legislation after the 2024 bipartisan, bicameral bill didn’t get a full Senate vote.

Cyber otherwise wasn’t a big focus during the Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on Patel’s nomination to lead the bureau.

President Trump’s nominee to lead ODNI substantially revised her previous positions on the former NSA contractor and Section 702 spying authorities.

The bipartisan legislation would direct the Treasury secretary to deliver a report on public-private coordination to combat attacks on the financial sector.

The agency’s Red-C program seeks to build new defenses into bus-based computer systems.