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Chairman Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky., (L), accompanied by Ranking Member Sen. Gary Peters, D-Mich. (R), speaks during a Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs confirmation hearing for U.S. President-elect Donald Trump’s nominee for Office of Management and Budget Director Russell Vought on Jan. 15, 2025. (Photo by Andrew Harnik/Getty Images)

Cyber threat information law hurtles toward expiration, with poor prospects for renewal

Short-term and long-term extensions alike for the 2015 Cybersecurity Information Sharing Act have fallen by the wayside despite industry and Trump administration advocacy.

Sep 22, 2025 By Tim Starks

Then-Millenium challenge corporation CEO Sean Cairncross speaks during a ceremony on Aug. 5, 2019 at the presidential palace in Abidjan. (Photo by ISSOUF SANOGO / AFP) (Photo credit should read ISSOUF SANOGO/AFP via Getty Images)

Experts endorse Sean Cairncross for national cyber director ahead of Senate hearing

The letter to Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee leaders comes shortly before they consider his nomination.

Jun 3, 2025 By Tim Starks

(L-R) Rep. Raja Krishnamoorthi (D-IL), House Energy and Commerce Committee Chair Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA) and Rep. Mike Gallager (R-WI) talk with reporters after the House of Representative’s voted on legislation they co-sponsored to ban TikTok at the U.S. Capitol on March 13. (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)

Federal privacy law faces new hurdles ahead of markup

Business groups and civil rights activists have raised objections to the latest version of the legislation, due for committee consideration Thursday.

Jun 26, 2024 By Tim Starks

How CISA’s list of ‘must-patch’ vulnerabilities has expanded both in size, and who’s using it

While CISA says the catalog is catching on, some think it needs improvement.

Jun 9, 2022 By Tim Starks

Supporters of the web site ‘The Pirate Bay’, one of the world’s top illegal filesharing websites, demonstrate in Stockholm, on April 18, 2009. The site still enjoys name recognition more than a decade after its heyday. (FREDRIK PERSSON/AFP via Getty Images)

Vigilante hacking campaign blocks victims from visiting The Pirate Bay, other piracy sites

A hacker doesn’t appear to be happy with the amount of digital piracy out there.

Jun 17, 2021 By Sean Lyngaas

WASHINGTON, DC – MAY 12: White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki speaks during the daily press briefing at the White House on May 12, 2021 in Washington, DC. The majority of the briefing focused on the ransomware attack on the Colonial Pipeline.. (Photo by Drew Angerer/Getty Images)

Government, industry scramble to prioritize ransomware amid fallout from pipeline, JBS breaches

There's some harmony on ransomware, even as both sides redouble their messages to each other.

Jun 4, 2021 By Tim Starks

Chamber of Commercer — U.S. Chamber of Commerce headquarters. (Flickr / Wally Gobetz)

U.S. Chamber of Commerce calls for cyber (anti-)regulation czar

The next president should appoint an official whose job it is to cut excessive red tape related to cybersecurity, the nation's leading business lobby group said in…

Oct 19, 2016 By Shaun Waterman