UNITED STATES – APRIL 14: Federal Trade Commission Chairman Andrew Ferguson, left, and Commissioner Mark Meador, testify during the Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee hearing titled titled “Oversight of the Federal Trade Commission,” in Russell building on Wednesday, April 15, 2026. (Tom Williams/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images)
The commission is preparing to enforce key parts of a new law against sexual deepfakes and searching for ways to block AI-driven scamming using voice clones.
Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation of the United States Kash Patel is seen in the Capitol near a meeting on the administration’s use of FISA authority on March 18, 2026. (Photo by Alex Kent/The Washington Post via Getty Images)
Congress overhauled Section 702 in 2024 with 56 changes. Now, as the law nears expiration, supporters and critics can’t even agree on what the numbers show.
Europol, the European Union’s law enforcement agency, is pictured at its headquarters building on June 24, 2020 in The Hague, Netherlands. (Photo by Yuriko Nakao/Getty Images)
Operation PowerOFF’s latest globally coordinated action identified more than 75,000 alleged cybercriminals. Officials warned each of them to stop jamming up traffic.
The move adds to mounting pressure on a scholarship program already strained by hiring freezes, proposed budget cuts and a growing backlog of unplaced graduates.
The acting CISO said that AI is reshaping how the service measures and tracks cyber compliance, moving it from a box-checking exercise to something nimbler and more…
Sean Plankey, of Pennsylvania, responds to questioning during Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs hearings to examine his nomination to be Director of the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency, of the Department of Homeland Security, in the Dirksen Senate office building, in Washington, DC, on Wednesday July 24, 2025. (Mattie Neretin/CNP/Sipa USA)
(L-R) U.S. President Donald Trump and Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick look on as White House artificial intelligence (AI) and crypto czar David Sacks speaks in the Oval Office of the White House on December 11, 2025 in Washington, DC. Trump signed an executive order that curbs states’ ability to regulate AI. (Photo by Alex Wong/Getty Images)
The department is looking to create a “menu of priority AI export packages that the U.S. Government will promote to allies and partners around the world.”
Censys researchers warned that thousands of devices are exposed to the Iranian government’s campaign targeting energy, water, and U.S. government services and facilities.