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Secretary Mullin must help finish the job: Urge the Senate to confirm Plankey

Cyber Scoop April 14, 2026

Secretary Mullin must help finish the job: Urge the...

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• AI
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Commerce setting up new AI export regime to push adoption of ‘American AI’ abroad

Cyber Scoop April 10, 2026

Commerce setting up new AI export regime to push...

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• automation
• Censys
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Iranian attacks on US critical infrastructure puts 3,900 devices in crosshairs

Cyber Scoop April 9, 2026

Iranian attacks on US critical infrastructure puts 3,900 devices...

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• APT28
• Brett Leatherman
• cyber strategy
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Inside the FBI’s router takedown that cut off APT28’s ‘tremendous access’

Cyber Scoop April 9, 2026

Inside the FBI’s router takedown that cut off APT28’s...

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• APT28
• Black Lotus Labs
• Cybersecurity
• Department of Justice (DOJ)
• espionage
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• Forest Blizzard
• Government
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• United Kingdom (U.K.)

Feds quash widespread Russia-backed espionage network spanning 18,000 devices

Cyber Scoop April 7, 2026

Feds quash widespread Russia-backed espionage network spanning 18,000 devices...

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• Akira
• BianLian
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Cybercrime losses jumped 26% to $20.9 billion in 2025

Cyber Scoop April 7, 2026

Cybercrime losses jumped 26% to $20.9 billion in 2025...

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• Bennie Thompson
• budget
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• Government
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Trump budget proposal would cut hundreds of millions more from CISA

Cyber Scoop April 3, 2026

Trump budget proposal would cut hundreds of millions more...

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• voter data
• Wyden

Wyden warns Social Security chief: Trump’s voter database is ‘blatant voter suppression’

Cyber Scoop April 3, 2026

Wyden warns Social Security chief: Trump’s voter database is...

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• Cybersecurity
• election security
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• Executive order
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• Trump administration

White House executive order purports to limit mail-in voting, mandate federal voter lists 

Cyber Scoop March 31, 2026

White House executive order purports to limit mail-in voting,...

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• Distributed Denial of Secrets
• Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI)
• Geopolitics
• Government
• Handala
• Handala Hack
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• Kash Patel
• Rewards for Justice program
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Iranian hackers, Handala, claim to compromise FBI Director Kash Patel’s personal data

Cyber Scoop March 27, 2026

Iranian hackers, Handala, claim to compromise FBI Director Kash...

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