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• AI
• AI security
• Anthropic
• artificial intelligence (AI)
• Cybersecurity
• large language models
• Technology

Anthropic rolls out embedded security scanning for Claude 

Cyber Scoop February 20, 2026

Anthropic rolls out embedded security scanning for Claude  |...

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• cybercrime
• Department of Justice (DOJ)
• identity theft
• North Korea
• North Korean IT workers
• Threats
• Ukraine

Ukrainian sentenced to 5 years in prison for facilitating North Korean remote worker scheme

Cyber Scoop February 19, 2026

Ukrainian sentenced to 5 years in prison for facilitating...

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• Cybersecurity
• Government
• Policy
• post quantum cryptography
• quantum computing
• State Department
• Technology

State Dept. official says post-quantum transition plans will outlive current leadership

Cyber Scoop February 19, 2026

State Dept. official says post-quantum transition plans will outlive...

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• Cybersecurity
• FBI
• Geopolitics
• Government
• Salt Typhoon
• Threats

 FBI: Threats from Salt Typhoon are ‘still very much ongoing’

Cyber Scoop February 19, 2026

 FBI: Threats from Salt Typhoon are ‘still very much...

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• Change Healthcare
• Charlee Hess
• Congress
• Department of Health and Human Services (HHS)
• Government
• health care
• Healthcare
• hospitals
• Policy
• ransomware
• Third-Party Risk
• UnitedHealth Group

HHS burrows into identifying risks to health sector from third-party vendors

Cyber Scoop February 19, 2026

HHS burrows into identifying risks to health sector from...

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• AI
• Alexandra Seymour
• artificial intelligence (AI)
• cybersecurity strategy
• Government
• Israel
• National Cyber Director
• Policy
• workforce

ONCD official says Trump administration aims to bolster AI use for defense without increasing risk

Cyber Scoop February 19, 2026

ONCD official says Trump administration aims to bolster AI...

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• cyber offense
• Cybersecurity
• Geopolitics
• Government
• Operation Absolute Resolve
• operational technology
• Stuxnet
• Uncategorized
• Venezuela

The Caracas operation suggests cyber was part of the plan – just not the whole operation

Cyber Scoop February 19, 2026

The Caracas operation suggests cyber was part of the...

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• cybercrime
• Cybersecurity
• Data theft
• Department of Justice (DOJ)
• hacking
• Justice Department
• Massachusetts
• phishing
• tax

Nigerian man sentenced to 8 years in prison for running phony tax refund scheme

Cyber Scoop February 18, 2026

Nigerian man sentenced to 8 years in prison for...

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• Cybersecurity
• disinformation
• election security
• FBI
• fulton county
• Georgia
• Government
• lawsuit
• Trump administration
• voting machines

Fulton County lawsuit claims feds used ‘gross mischaracterizations’ to justify raid

Cyber Scoop February 18, 2026

Fulton County lawsuit claims feds used ‘gross mischaracterizations’ to...

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• apache
• backdoor
• Brickstorm
• China
• Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA)
• dell technologies
• Google Threat Intelligence Group
• Grimbolt
• hacking
• Malware
• Mandiant
• Research
• Silk Typhoon
• Threats
• UNC5221
• UNC6201
• virtual machines
• vulnerability
• Zero-day
• zero-day exploit

Chinese hackers exploited a Dell zero-day for 18 months before anyone noticed

Cyber Scoop February 17, 2026

Google: Chinese state attackers going after Dell zero-day since...

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