Government

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• Department of Government Efficency
• Department of Treasury
• Federal IT
• Government
• Privacy
• Scott Bessent
• Treasury Department

DOGE staffer violated security policies at Treasury Department, court filing shows

Cyber Scoop March 17, 2025

DOGE staffer violated security policies at Treasury Department, court...

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• Catherine Cortez Masto
• Cybersecurity
• Government
• Mike Rounds
• Policy
• water sector

Water utilities would get cybersecurity boost under bipartisan Senate bill

Cyber Scoop March 14, 2025

Water utilities would get cybersecurity boost under bipartisan Senate...

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• ACLU
• cybercrime
• Cybersecurity
• Electronic Frontier Foundation
• encryption
• Government
• National Center for Missing and Exploited Children
• Section 230
• Stop CSAM Act

Legislative push for child online safety runs afoul of encryption advocates (again)

Cyber Scoop March 12, 2025

Legislative push for child online safety runs afoul of...

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• Andrew Garbarino
• critical infrastructure
• Critical Infrastructure Partnership Advisory Council
• Cybersecurity Coalition
• Cybersecurity Information Sharing Act
• Edison Electric Institute
• Eric Swalwell
• Government
• House Homeland Security Committee
• information sharing
• Kristi Noem
• Policy
• Privacy
• USTelecom

Trade groups worry information sharing will worsen without critical infrastructure panel, CISA law renewal

Cyber Scoop March 11, 2025

Trade groups worry information sharing will worsen without critical...

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• Armis
• budget
• CISA
• Congress
• cyber workforce
• Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency
• Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA)
• cybersecurity workforce
• Department of Government Efficency
• Department of Homeland Security (DHS)
• Government
• government shutdown
• Joe Biden
• National Security Council
• National Security Council (NSC)
• Policy
• Trump administration
• workforce

Amid personnel turmoil at cyber agencies, a government shutdown could increase potential harm

Cyber Scoop March 11, 2025

Amid personnel turmoil at cyber agencies, a government shutdown...

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• CISA
• Cybersecurity
• Department of Homeland Security (DHS)
• disinformation
• election security
• Government
• Trump administration

CISA completed its election security review. It won’t make the results public

Cyber Scoop March 7, 2025

CISA completed its election security review. It won’t make...

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• China
• cybercrime
• Cybersecurity
• Department of Justice (DOJ)
• Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI)
• Geopolitics
• Government
• indictment
• legal
• Threats
• Treasury Department

US indicts 12 Chinese nationals for vast espionage attack spree

Cyber Scoop March 5, 2025

US indicts 12 Chinese nationals for vast espionage attack...

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• Government
• House Select Committee on Chinese Communist Party
• national security
• nsa
• Office of Personnel Management (OPM)
• Policy
• Rob Joyce

Former top NSA cyber official: Probationary firings ‘devastating’ to cyber, national security

Cyber Scoop March 5, 2025

Former top NSA cyber official: Probationary firings ‘devastating’ to...

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• Commerce Department
• Government
• Greg Landsman
• Jay Obernolte
• Jennifer McClellan
• Kat Cammack
• National Telecommunications and Information Administration
• NTIA
• Policy
• Salt Typhoon

Congress eyes bigger cyber role for NTIA amid telecom attacks

Cyber Scoop March 4, 2025

Congress eyes bigger cyber role for NTIA amid telecom...

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• federal contractors
• Gerry Connolly
• Government
• HackerOne
• Nancy Mace
• Policy
• vdp
• vulnerability disclosure

House passes bill requiring federal contractors to have vulnerability disclosure policies

Cyber Scoop March 4, 2025

House passes bill requiring federal contractors to have vulnerability...

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