Government

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• APT28
• Brett Leatherman
• cyber strategy
• cyberespionage
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• DNS
• Fancy Bear
• Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI)
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• Government
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• TP-Link Technologies
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Inside the FBI’s router takedown that cut off APT28’s ‘tremendous access’

Cyber Scoop April 9, 2026

Inside the FBI’s router takedown that cut off APT28’s...

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• APT28
• Black Lotus Labs
• Cybersecurity
• Department of Justice (DOJ)
• espionage
• Fancy Bear
• Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI)
• Forest Blizzard
• Government
• GRU
• Microsoft
• Microsoft Threat Intelligence
• MicroTik
• NCSC
• Research
• Russia
• Threats
• TP-Link Technologies
• United Kingdom (U.K.)

Feds quash widespread Russia-backed espionage network spanning 18,000 devices

Cyber Scoop April 7, 2026

Feds quash widespread Russia-backed espionage network spanning 18,000 devices...

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• Akira
• BianLian
• botnet
• business email compromise (BEC)
• critical infrastructure
• crypto
• cybercrime
• Cybersecurity
• data breach
• data breaches
• extortion
• Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI)
• Financial services
• Government
• health care
• IC3
• INC
• investment scams
• Malware
• manufacturing
• Money
• phishing
• PLAY
• Qilin
• ransomware
• Research
• Sextortion
• SIM swapping
• Tech support scams
• Threats

Cybercrime losses jumped 26% to $20.9 billion in 2025

Cyber Scoop April 7, 2026

Cybercrime losses jumped 26% to $20.9 billion in 2025...

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• Bennie Thompson
• budget
• China
• Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA)
• Department of Homeland Security (DHS)
• Government
• House Homeland Security Committee
• misinformation
• Money
• Policy

Trump budget proposal would cut hundreds of millions more from CISA

Cyber Scoop April 3, 2026

Trump budget proposal would cut hundreds of millions more...

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• Congress
• Cybersecurity
• election security
• Government
• Privacy
• SAVE database
• Social Security Administration
• Trump administration
• voter data
• Wyden

Wyden warns Social Security chief: Trump’s voter database is ‘blatant voter suppression’

Cyber Scoop April 3, 2026

Wyden warns Social Security chief: Trump’s voter database is...

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• Cybersecurity
• election security
• elections
• Executive order
• Government
• Policy
• SAVE database
• Trump administration

White House executive order purports to limit mail-in voting, mandate federal voter lists 

Cyber Scoop March 31, 2026

White House executive order purports to limit mail-in voting,...

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• Distributed Denial of Secrets
• Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI)
• Geopolitics
• Government
• Handala
• Handala Hack
• Iran
• Kash Patel
• Rewards for Justice program
• State Department
• Threats

Iranian hackers, Handala, claim to compromise FBI Director Kash Patel’s personal data

Cyber Scoop March 27, 2026

Iranian hackers, Handala, claim to compromise FBI Director Kash...

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• artificial intelligence (AI)
• cyber offense
• cyber strategy
• Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA)
• election security
• Federal IT
• Government
• Office of the Director of National Intelligence (ODNI)
• Policy
• Threat hunting
• tulsi gabbard
• Zero Trust

ODNI tackles AI, threat hunting, app cybersecurity in year-one tech review

Cyber Scoop March 26, 2026

ODNI tackles AI, threat hunting, app cybersecurity in year-one...

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• Cybersecurity
• FCC
• Government
• regulation
• robocalls
• Technology
• Telecommunications

FCC pushes new rules to crack down on robocallers, foreign call centers

Cyber Scoop March 26, 2026

FCC pushes new rules to crack down on robocallers,...

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• AI
• China
• Cyber Command
• cybercrime
• Cybersecurity
• Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA)
• Cybersecurity Collaboration Center
• Geopolitics
• Government
• Joint Cyber Defense Collaborative (JCDC)
• National Security Agency
• National Security Agency (NSA)
• offensive cybersecurity
• Policy
• ransomware
• RSAC 2026 Conference
• Threats
• U.S. National Security Agency
• Vanderbilt University

Former NSA chiefs worry American offensive edge in cybersecurity is slipping

Cyber Scoop March 26, 2026

Former NSA chiefs worry American offensive edge in cybersecurity...

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