Government

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• disinformation
• doj
• election security
• Foreign Agents Registration Act (FARA)
• Government
• Policy
• Russia
• Trump administration

DOJ disbands foreign influence task force, limits scope of FARA prosecutions 

Cyber Scoop February 6, 2025

DOJ disbands foreign influence task force, limits scope of...

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• Bennie Thompson
• Department of Government Efficency
• Department of Treasury
• Elon Musk
• Government
• House Homeland Security Committee
• Mark Warner
• Matthew Vaeth
• office of management and budget
• Office of Personnel Management (OPM)
• Privacy
• Senate Intelligence Committee
• Susie Wiles
• Treasury Department
• U.S. Agency for International Development
• USAID

Lawmakers fear Elon Musk, DOGE not adhering to privacy rules

Cyber Scoop February 5, 2025

Lawmakers fear Elon Musk, DOGE not adhering to privacy...

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• data breaches
• Donald Trump
• Elon Musk
• FISMA
• Government
• OPM breach
• Policy
• Threats
• Treasury Department

Cybersecurity, government experts are aghast at security failures in DOGE takeover

Cyber Scoop February 4, 2025

Cybersecurity, government experts are aghast at security failures in...

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• federal contracting
• Government
• Nancy Mace
• Policy
• Shontel Brown
• vdp
• vulnerability disclosure

Bill requiring federal contractors to have vulnerability disclosure policies gets House redo

Cyber Scoop January 31, 2025

Bill requiring federal contractors to have vulnerability disclosure policies...

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• Amy Klobuchar
• cybercrime
• FBI
• Federal Bureau of Investigation
• Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI)
• FISA
• Government
• John Cornyn
• Kash Patel
• Peter Welch
• Policy
• Ross Ulbricht
• Section 702
• Senate Judiciary Committee
• Silk Road

FBI nominee Kash Patel gets questions on cybercrime investigations, Silk Road founder, surveillance powers

Cyber Scoop January 30, 2025

FBI nominee Kash Patel gets questions on cybercrime investigations,...

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• Congress
• Edward Snowden
• Government
• Office of the Director of National Intelligence (ODNI)
• Policy
• Privacy
• Section 702
• tulsi gabbard

Tulsi Gabbard tussles with senators over Snowden, surveillance 

Cyber Scoop January 30, 2025

Tulsi Gabbard tussles with senators over Snowden, surveillance  |...

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• Department of Treasury
• financial sector
• Financial services
• Government
• House Financial Services Committee
• Josh Gottheimer
• Policy
• ransomware
• Zach Nunn

House bill aims to better protect financial institutions from ransomware attacks

Cyber Scoop January 30, 2025

House bill aims to better protect financial institutions from...

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• Cybersecurity
• DARPA
• firmware
• Government
• innovation
• Research
• Technology

DARPA wants to create ‘self-healing’ firmware that can respond and recover from cyberattacks 

Cyber Scoop January 30, 2025

DARPA wants to create ‘self-healing’ firmware that can respond...

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• Bob Kolasky
• budget
• Department of Defense
• Department of Defense (DOD)
• Department of Homeland Security (DHS)
• department of labor
• Executive order
• Federal Emergency Management Agency
• FEMA
• Government
• grants
• Kristi Noem
• National Risk Management Center
• office of management and budget
• Policy
• small business
• State Department
• Trump administration

Trump pauses on grants, aid leaves federal cyber programs in state of confusion

Cyber Scoop January 28, 2025

Trump pauses on grants, aid leaves federal cyber programs...

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• Bennie Thompson
• Brandon Wales
• China
• CISA
• Cyber Safety Review Board
• Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency
• Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA)
• Cybersecurity Information Sharing Act
• Department of Homeland Security (DHS)
• Government
• House Homeland Security Committee
• Jake Williams
• JD Work
• Kemba Walden
• Kevin Beaumont
• Mark Green
• National Cyber Director
• Paladin
• Policy
• Salt Typhoon
• SentinelOne
• Telecommunications
• Trump administration

Removal of Cyber Safety Review Board members sparks alarm from cyber pros, key lawmaker

Cyber Scoop January 22, 2025

Removal of Cyber Safety Review Board members sparks alarm...

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