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• Bennie Thompson
• CISA
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• Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency
• Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA)
• Department of Homeland Security (DHS)
• House Homeland Security Committee
• Jake Williams
• Russia
• Threats

DHS says CISA won’t stop looking at Russian cyber threats

Cyber Scoop March 3, 2025

DHS says CISA won’t stop looking at Russian cyber...

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• CISO
• Cybersecurity
• Geopolitics
• Government
• liability
• Policy
• Russia
• SolarWinds

SolarWinds CISO says security execs are ‘nervous’ about individual liability for data breaches 

Cyber Scoop February 28, 2025

SolarWinds CISO says security execs are ‘nervous’ about individual...

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• cyber espionage
• cybercrime
• Cybersecurity
• Data theft
• Department of Justice (DOJ)
• Google Threat Intelligence Group
• ransomware
• Research
• Russia
• Snowflake
• Threats
• Unit 221B

Army soldier linked to Snowflake attack spree allegedly tried to sell data to foreign spies

Cyber Scoop February 27, 2025

Army soldier linked to Snowflake attack spree allegedly tried...

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• Cybersecurity
• Google
• multi-factor authentication (MFA)
• SMS
• Technology

Here’s what Google is (and isn’t) planning with SMS account verification

Cyber Scoop February 27, 2025

Here’s what Google is (and isn’t) planning with SMS...

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• Catherine Cortez Masto
• Consumer Financial Protection Bureau
• Elizabeth Warren
• Government
• Jonathan McKernan
• Policy
• Rohit Chopra
• Senate Banking Committee

CFPB nominee signals openness to continuing data-broker work

Cyber Scoop February 27, 2025

CFPB nominee signals openness to continuing data-broker work |...

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• AI
• artificial intelligence (AI)
• cybercrime
• deepfakes
• Microsoft
• Microsoft Digital Crimes Unit
• OpenAI

Microsoft IDs developers behind alleged generative AI hacking-for-hire scheme

Cyber Scoop February 27, 2025

Microsoft IDs developers behind alleged generative AI hacking-for-hire scheme...

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• China
• CrowdStrike
• Cybersecurity
• nation state threats
• Research
• Salt Typhoon
• Threats
• Volt Typhoon

It’s not just Salt Typhoon: All China-backed attack groups are showcasing specialized offensive skills

Cyber Scoop February 27, 2025

It’s not just Salt Typhoon: All China-backed attack groups...

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• Bennie Thompson
• CISA
• cyber workforce
• Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency
• Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA)
• cybersecurity workforce
• Department of Government Efficency
• Department of Homeland Security (DHS)
• grants
• House Homeland Security Committee
• Mark Green
• PIVOTT Act
• Policy
• Trump administration
• workforce

Cyber workforce legislation vote gives rise to partisan rift on House Homeland Security Committee

Cyber Scoop February 26, 2025

Cyber workforce legislation vote gives rise to partisan rift...

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• Alexei Bulazel
• CISA
• Congress
• Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency
• Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA)
• Department of Energy
• Department of Energy (DOE)
• Eric Goldstein
• Federal IT
• Government
• Jeff Greene
• Karen Evans
• National Cyber Director
• National Security Council
• National Security Council (NSC)
• NSC
• office of management and budget
• OMB
• Sean Cairncross
• workforce

Karen Evans steps into a leading federal cyber position: executive assistant director for cybersecurity at CISA

Cyber Scoop February 26, 2025

The experienced cyber and IT government hand takes on...

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• Bennie Thompson
• CISA
• Computer Fraud and Abuse Act (CFAA)
• CrowdStrike
• Cybersecurity
• Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency
• Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA)
• Cybersecurity Information Sharing Act
• Department of Homeland Security (DHS)
• fraud
• House Homeland Security Committee
• House Intelligence Committee
• information sharing
• information sharing and analysis centers (ISACs)
• Internet Security Alliance
• Kemba Walden
• Mark Green
• Mark Warner
• Policy
• Privacy
• rand paul
• Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee
• Senate Intelligence Committee
• SolarWinds

A major cybersecurity law is expiring soon — and advocates are prepping to push Congress for renewal 

Cyber Scoop February 26, 2025

A major cybersecurity law is expiring soon — and...

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