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• Government

Hegseth, Gabbard tap Tim Kosiba as NSA deputy director after months of cyber leadership tumult

Cyber Scoop January 9, 2026

Hegseth, Gabbard tap Tim Kosiba as NSA deputy director...

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• AI
• Congress
• cybercrime
• deepfakes
• Elon Musk
• European Union
• Government
• Grok
• Policy
• UK

Dems pressure Google, Apple to drop X app as international regulators turn up heat

Cyber Scoop January 9, 2026

Dems pressure Google, Apple to drop X app as...

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• AI
• artificial intelligence (AI)
• Cybersecurity
• deepfakes
• Elon Musk
• Federal Trade Commission (FTC)
• Government
• Grok
• Privacy
• Section 230
• Take It Down Act
• Technology

‘Elon Musk is playing with fire:’ All the legal risks that apply to Grok’s deepfake disaster

Cyber Scoop January 8, 2026

‘Elon Musk is playing with fire:’ All the legal...

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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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• cybercrime
• Cybersecurity
• deepfakes
• Federal Communications Commission
• Government
• New Hampshire robocall
• regulation
• robocall
• spoofing
• Technology
• voice cloning

FCC finalizes new penalties for robocall violators

Cyber Scoop January 6, 2026

FCC finalizes new penalties for robocall violators | CyberScoop...

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5 min read

• 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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• Bitfinex
• Bureau of Prisons
• cryptocurrency
• cybercrime
• Department of Justice (DOJ)
• Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI)
• Financial
• Government
• Heather Morgan
• Ilya Lichtenstein
• Money
• money laundering
• U.S. courts

Convicted Bitfinex bitcoin launderer freed from prison, thanks Trump law

Cyber Scoop January 5, 2026

Convicted Bitfinex bitcoin launderer freed from prison, thanks Trump...

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• Bureau of Cyberspace and Digital Policy
• Commentary
• Cybersecurity
• Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA)
• Cyberspace Solarium Commission
• Department of State
• Government
• Policy
• public-private partnership
• Threats
• workforce

Time to restore America’s cyberspace security system

Cyber Scoop January 5, 2026

Time to restore America’s cyberspace security system | CyberScoop...

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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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• AI
• artificial intelligence (AI)
• critical infrastructure
• Cybersecurity
• Government
• MITRE
• National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST)
• operational technology
• Technology

NIST, MITRE announce $20 million research effort on AI cybersecurity

Cyber Scoop December 22, 2025

NIST, MITRE announce $20 million research effort on AI...

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