Mike Duffy, acting federal CISO

The botnet, which compromised routers and IoT devices in 163 countries, claimed about 369,000 victims and $5.8 million from its cybercriminal customers, officials said.

AI is speeding up attacks but otherwise not changing their fundamental nature, said FBI official Jason Bilnoski.

The national cyber director is pitching an approach that blends cyber operations with diplomacy, law enforcement and pressure on CEOs to shore up their organizations.

The bureau didn’t provide any further details on the incident, which reportedly targeted a network for managing surveillance activity.

The marketplace was one of the world’s largest hubs for cybercrime with more than 142,000 members. Officials identified and arrested multiple suspects after seizing the site’s database.

Brett Leatherman is running the bureau's most public cyber campaign yet, pushing basic security hygiene while quietly preparing industry for stepped-up Chinese threats.

Officials said 30 perpetrators have been arrested in the past year, and global law enforcement cooperation is closing the gap.

The Senate Judiciary Committee held a hearing on Section 702, set to sunset at the end of April, but with no Trump administration witnesses present.

Ianis Antropenko, a Russian national living in California, admitted to committing ransomware attacks against at least 50 victims. He faces up to 25 years in jail.