U.S. Senator Ben Ray Lujan, D-N.M., leaves the Senate floor following a vote on Jan. 23. (Photo by Samuel Corum/Getty Images) ***Local Caption *** Ben Ray Lujan Senators, witnesses: $3B for ‘rip and replace’ a good start to preventing Salt Typhoon-style breaches The annual defense spending bill contains money the FCC has sought to use to reimburse telecommunications carriers for removing Chinese equipment. 4 days ago By Tim Starks
(Getty Images) Proposed data broker regulations draw industry pushback on anonymized data exceptions, bulk thresholds Others contend that loosening things up could have dangerous consequences, and the administration should go the opposite direction. Apr 22, 2024 By Tim Starks
Protests in Iran, which started with the death of 22-year-old Mahsa Amini after being detained on the grounds that she did not comply with the headscarf rules, continue at the Iranian consulate on October 31, 2022 in İstanbul, Turkey. (Omer Kuscu/ dia images via Getty Images) Iran-linked hackers used fake Atlantic Council-affiliated persona to target human rights researchers A persona dubbed Sara Shokouhi recycled photos of a Russian psychologist and tarot card reader to pose as a Middle East-focused researcher Mar 9, 2023 By AJ Vicens
(Getty Images) Lawmakers want to restrict user data sales to nations like China, Russia The bill tasks the Department of Commerce with creating new export rules. Jun 23, 2022 By Tonya Riley
U.S. President Joe Biden (R) speaks with the Director of the National Counterterrorism Center Christine Abizaid, as he tours the Center’s Watch Floor at the Office of the Director of National Intelligence in McLean, Virginia, July 27, 2021. (Photo by SAUL LOEB/AFP via Getty Images) Former Mandiant exec tapped to run CTIIC, ODNI’s cyber threat intelligence center Laura Galante comes to the role after several years of running her own cybersecurity firm. The Ukrainian government was one of her clients. Jun 21, 2022 By Suzanne Smalley
Uighur rights activist Nursimangul Abdureshid poses during an interview in Istanbul on March 12, 2022. She lost contact with her family back in China in 2018 and has been unable to find them. (Photo by Yasin AKGUL / AFP via Getty Images) Chinese state media propaganda found in 88% of Google, Bing news searches Brookings researchers conducted their study over 120 days. May 31, 2022 By Suzanne Smalley
Joint Artificial Intelligence Center director U.S. Marine Corps Lt. Gen. Michael Groen, speaks during a press briefing, the pentagon, Washington, D.C. in 2021. (Pentagon photo) Head of DOD artificial intelligence command warns Pentagon must improve to beat China on AI Lt. Gen. Michael Groen said DOD will need to do more to bring the branches together and act as a "doer" instead of a coordinating body. May 25, 2022 By Suzanne Smalley
A young girl passes by a destroyed apartment building in Bakhmut in the eastern Ukranian region of Donbas on May 22, 2022, amid the Russian invasion of Ukraine. The city is now occupied by Russian forces, and a target of the Russian disinformation operations. (Photo by ARIS MESSINIS/AFP via Getty Images) Network of hyperlocal Russian Telegram channels spew disinformation in occupied Ukraine Research published by a Ukrainian think tank shows a network of at least 88 local Telegram channels. May 23, 2022 By Suzanne Smalley
Secretary of State Antony Blinken testifies during the Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC on April 27, 2022. The new agreement reached between the White House, the State Department, and the Treasury Department gives State new authorities to monitor cyber ops. (Photo by Carolyn Kaster / POOL / AFP) (Photo by CAROLYN KASTER/POOL/AFP via Getty Images) State to gain more ability to monitor DOD cyber ops under White House agreement The White House has reached consensus between State and Defense on how to pare back NSPM-13's precedent-setting delegation of authority to the DOD. May 10, 2022 By Suzanne Smalley
Russia’s President Vladimir Putin (R) meets with his Belarus counterpart Alexander Lukashenko in Saint Petersburg on July 13, 2021. (Photo by ALEXEY NIKOLSKY/SPUTNIK/AFP via Getty Images) Belarus: Cyber upstart, or Russian staging ground? The White House needs to watch the growing cyber integration between Belarus and the Kremlin. Jan 13, 2022 By Gavin Wilde Justin Sherman