Geopolitics

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• AI
• artificial intelligence (AI)
• deepfakes
• Elon Musk
• Geopolitics
• Government
• Grok
• UK

British regulator Ofcom opens investigation into X

Cyber Scoop January 12, 2026

British regulator Ofcom opens investigation into X | CyberScoop...

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• Commentary
• Cyber Command
• cyber warfare
• Cybersecurity
• Department of Justice (DOJ)
• Donald Trump
• Geopolitics
• gray zone
• op-ed
• Venezuela

Is the US adopting the gray zone cyber playbook?

Cyber Scoop January 12, 2026

Is the US adopting the gray zone cyber playbook?...

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• Alexandra Givens
• Center for Democracy & Technology
• Chris Painter
• disinformation
• Freedom Online Coalition
• Geopolitics
• Global Forum on Cyber Expertise
• human rights
• internet freedom
• marco rubio
• Nina Jankowicz
• Privacy
• Ron Deibert
• State Department
• Threats
• Trump administration

Trump pulls US out of international cyber orgs

Cyber Scoop January 8, 2026

Trump pulls US out of international cyber orgs |...

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• China
• critical infrastructure
• energy
• Foundation for Defense of Democracies
• Geopolitics
• Government
• ransomware
• taiwan
• Telecommunications

Taiwan blames Chinese ‘cyber army’ for rise in millions of daily intrusion attempts

Cyber Scoop January 7, 2026

Taiwan blames Chinese ‘cyber army’ for rise in millions...

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• AI
• disinformation
• election security
• Geopolitics
• Government
• Trump administration
• Venezuela

AI, voting machine conspiracies fill information vacuum around Venezuela operation 

Cyber Scoop January 5, 2026

AI, voting machine conspiracies fill information vacuum around Venezuela...

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• Access Now
• Citizen Lab
• Department of Treasury
• Geopolitics
• Government
• Intellexa
• Policy
• Predator
• Privacy
• sanctions
• spyware
• Treasury Department

Treasury removes Intellexa spyware-linked trio from sanctions list

Cyber Scoop January 2, 2026

Treasury removes Intellexa spyware-linked trio from sanctions list |...

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• Alibaba
• Biden administration
• China
• Congress
• Department of Defense (DOD)
• Executive order
• Geopolitics
• Government
• Huawei
• National Cyber Director
• open source
• Pete Hegseth
• Policy
• Russia
• Sean Cairncross
• Select Committee on the Chinese Communist Party
• Senate Intelligence Committee
• Technology
• tom cotton
• Trump administration
• XZ Utils

Senate Intel chair urges national cyber director to safeguard against open-source software threats

Cyber Scoop December 18, 2025

Senate Intel chair urges national cyber director to safeguard...

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• Amazon Threat Intelligence
• Amazon Web Services (AWS)
• APT44
• critical infrastructure
• Cybersecurity
• energy
• exploit
• Geopolitics
• GRU
• managed service providers
• network edge devices
• Research
• routers
• Russia
• Sandworm
• source code
• Telecommunications
• Threats
• virtual private network (VPN)
• vulnerability
• WatchGuard

Amazon warns that Russia’s Sandworm has shifted its tactics

Cyber Scoop December 16, 2025

Amazon warns that Russia’s Sandworm has shifted its tactics...

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• AI
• artificial intelligence (AI)
• Bureau of Industry and Security
• China
• Cybersecurity
• Department of Justice
• Dept of Commerce
• export control
• Geopolitics
• Government
• GPUs
• microchips
• Policy

As White House moves to send AI chips to China, Trump’s DOJ prosecutes chip smugglers

Cyber Scoop December 10, 2025

As White House moves to send AI chips to...

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• Amnesty International
• Egypt
• Geopolitics
• Google
• Google Threat Intelligence Group
• Greece
• human rights
• Intellexa
• Kazakhstan
• malvertising
• pakistan
• Predator
• Privacy
• Recorded Future
• spyware
• Technology
• Threats

Intellexa remotely accessed Predator spyware customer systems, investigation finds

Cyber Scoop December 4, 2025

Intellexa remotely accessed Predator spyware customer systems, investigation finds...

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