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FCC tightens KYC rules for telecoms, closes loophole for banned foreign services

Cyber Scoop April 30, 2026

FCC tightens KYC rules for telecoms, closes loophole for...

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• Congress
• FISA
• Government
• John Thune
• Mark Warner
• Policy
• Privacy
• Ron Wyden
• Section 702
• Senate Intelligence Committee
• surveillance
• tom cotton

Congress kicks the can down the road on surveillance law (again)

Cyber Scoop April 30, 2026

Congress kicks the can down the road on surveillance...

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• AI
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• Andy Ogles
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• Foundation for Defense of Democracies
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• House Homeland Security Committee
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• Vince Fong

Congress, industry ponder government posture for protecting data centers

Cyber Scoop April 29, 2026

Congress, industry ponder government posture for protecting data centers...

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• China
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Chinese national extradited to US for pandemic-era Silk Typhoon attacks

Cyber Scoop April 27, 2026

Chinese national extradited to US for pandemic-era Silk Typhoon...

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• Electronic Privacy Information Center
• fourth amendment
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• John Roberts
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• Policy
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• Sonia Sotomayor
• Supreme Court
• surveillance

Supreme Court justices skeptically question both sides in geofence surveillance case

Cyber Scoop April 27, 2026

Supreme Court justices skeptically question both sides in geofence...

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• Center for Internet Security
• Congress
• data breaches
• Education
• Jim Banks
• maggie hassan
• Navigate360
• Policy
• Privacy

Senators seek answers about hackers obtaining sensitive student data from ostensibly anonymous tip line

Cyber Scoop April 27, 2026

Senators seek answers about hackers obtaining sensitive student data...

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• ACLU
• Center for Democracy & Technology
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• Congress
• data brokers
• FISA
• Government
• Jake Laperruque
• Mike Johnson
• Policy
• Privacy
• Project for Privacy and Surveillance Accountability
• Rep. Warren Davidson
• Section 702
• surveillance
• Ted Lieu

Latest spy power reauthorization bill leaves critics unimpressed

Cyber Scoop April 24, 2026

Latest spy power reauthorization bill leaves critics unimpressed |...

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• Cynthia Kaiser
• Department of Justice (DOJ)
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• health care
• Healthcare
• House Homeland Security Committee
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Lawmakers ponder terrorism designations, homicide charges over hospital ransomware attacks

Cyber Scoop April 21, 2026

Lawmakers ponder terrorism designations, homicide charges over hospital ransomware...

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• Brennan Center for Justice
• Center for Democracy & Technology
• Center for Democracy and Technology
• Christopher Wray
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• Elizabeth Goitein
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• Policy
• Privacy
• Privacy and Civil Liberties Oversight Board (PCLOB)
• Red Cell
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• Senate Intelligence Committee
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• surveillance
• Taylor Swift
• Trump administration

The surveillance law Congress can’t quit — and can’t explain

Cyber Scoop April 17, 2026

The surveillance law Congress can’t quit — and can’t...

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• AI
• Anthropic
• artificial intelligence (AI)
• China
• Claude
• cybercrime
• Executive order
• Government
• Melania Trump
• Mythos
• National Cyber Director
• Policy
• Russia
• Sean Cairncross
• Take It Down Act

Executive orders likely ahead in next steps for national cyber strategy

Cyber Scoop April 15, 2026

Executive orders likely ahead in next steps for national...

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