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(Scoop News Group) <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/header>\n<div class=\"single-article__content\">\n<div class=\"single-article__content-inner has-drop-cap\"> <html readability=\"35.231722428748\"><body readability=\"75.31303848363\"><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/cyberscoop.com\/tag\/cynthia-kaiser\/\">Cynthia Kaiser<\/a>, a former top FBI cyber official, is joining the cybersecurity firm Halycon this week as senior vice president of its newly created ransomware research center.<\/p>\n<p>Kaiser left the FBI last week after 20 years, serving most recently as deputy assistant director leading the bureau\u2019s cyber policy, intelligence and engagement branch and eight years overall focused on cyber. She told CyberScoop she\u2019s eager to serve in the private sector after a career in government, having decided last year that she would leave after the election and making sure it was secure, followed by a period of aiding the transition between administrations.<\/p>\n<p>That transition hasn\u2019t seen a major shift at the FBI, she said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI think people expect when you have transitions among administrations that there\u2019s going to be these wholesale, huge changes, but there\u2019s a lot of commitment in this administration to countering cyber adversaries, to countering cyber crime, to making sure everyday Americans are kept safe,\u201d she said. \u201cI know from our end, we did not feel like there was a different mandate. Everybody wants to counter ransomware, no one wants China hacking U.S. systems.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"ad ad--inline_1 \">\n<div class=\"ad__inner\"> <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Advertisement<\/span> <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>One thing that will be at the forefront of cyber under the second Trump administration is the \u201cunenviable\u201d task of harmonizing sometimes-conflicting cyber regulations, including the forthcoming rules on the <a href=\"https:\/\/cyberscoop.com\/tag\/circia\/\">Cyber Incident Reporting for Critical Infrastructure Act<\/a>,<\/p>\n<p>she said. It\u2019s a goal that began under the Biden administration. <\/p>\n<p>At <a href=\"https:\/\/cyberscoop.com\/tag\/halcyon\/\">Halcyon<\/a>, she\u2019ll be focused on developing external partnerships with everyone from federal and state governments to industry information-sharing and analysis centers. She said she\u2019ll bring a passion for combatting ransomware over from the FBI.<\/p>\n<p>What the FBI and international law enforcement agencies have done to fight ransomware groups has created \u201ca more fractured ecosystem\u201d since \u201cthey\u2019ve disrupted these large groups, and so you\u2019re seeing a lot of smaller groups vying for dominance in the ransomware market,\u201d Kaiser said.<\/p>\n<p>They\u2019ve changed their targeting and techniques, too, going after small- and medium-sized organizations as bigger potential victims have fortified their defenses, she said. They\u2019ve harassed business owners and customers with information they\u2019ve stolen to try to get payouts, \u201cwhich is just like a whole other level of insanity that\u2019s coming from these folks.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"ad ad--inline_1 \">\n<div class=\"ad__inner\"> <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Advertisement<\/span> <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>They\u2019ve focused on organizations that can\u2019t afford to have any downtime when their systems are encrypted. \u201cThese actors are just the lowest of the low,\u201d she said. \u201cThey don\u2019t care who they hurt.\u201d Cybercriminals are <a href=\"https:\/\/fedscoop.com\/ai-cyberattacks-federal-agencies-fbi-treasury-state-department\/\">increasingly using artificial intelligence<\/a> to aid their attacks, plus ransomware gangs are using <a href=\"https:\/\/cyberscoop.com\/tag\/social-engineering\/\">social engineering<\/a> more, abusing identity authentication and maneuvering around within systems once they\u2019re inside, Kaiser said.<\/p>\n<p>In a statement <a href=\"http:\/\/www.halcyon.ai\/press\/former-fbi-cyber-division-deputy-assistant-director-cynthia-kaiser-joins-halcyon-to-lead-ransomware-research-center\">announcing Kaiser\u2019s move<\/a> Tuesday, Halcyon co-founder and CEO Jon Miller said \u201cCynthia will further strengthen Halcyon\u2019s position as the industry-leading ransomware solution by bringing her decades of experience to help secure our advantage as the ransomware intelligence experts.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The FBI said it doesn\u2019t comment on personnel matters.<\/p>\n<p>Another top FBI cyber official, Bryan Vorndran, also recently left the bureau, transitioning from assistant director of the Cyber Division to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/posts\/igor-tsyganskiy-9385951_i-am-delighted-to-welcome-bryan-vorndran-activity-7334612727887208449-sv5V\/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=member_desktop&rcm=ACoAAAUJCy8Bnx1TqQSaNm__fDd5U5vw4eJIwg4\">deputy chief information security officer<\/a> at Microsoft.<\/p>\n<p><\/body> <\/p>\n<footer class=\"single-article__footer\">\n<div class=\"author-card\" readability=\"7.7216117216117\">\n<div class=\"author-card__avatar\">\n<figure class=\"author-card__image-wrap\"> <img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"author-card__image\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/ddi.mohflo.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/top-fbi-cyber-official-cynthia-kaiser-exits-for-halcyon-1.jpg?w=640&ssl=1\" alt=\"Tim Starks\"> <\/figure>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"author-card__details\" readability=\"10.901098901099\">\n<h4 class=\"author-card__name\">Written by Tim Starks<\/h4>\n<p> Tim Starks is senior reporter at CyberScoop. 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(Scoop News Group photo) <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<header class=\"post-item__meta\">\n<h3 class=\"post-item__title\"> <a class=\"post-item__title-link\" href=\"https:\/\/cyberscoop.com\/salt-typhoon-telecom-breach-remarkable-for-its-indiscriminate-targeting-fbi-official-says\/\"> Salt Typhoon telecom breach remarkable for its \u2018indiscriminate\u2019 targeting, FBI official says <\/a> <\/h3>\n<div class=\"post-item__byline\"> <span class=\"post-item__author\"> <span>By <\/span> <a class=\"post-item__author-link\" href=\"https:\/\/cyberscoop.com\/author\/tim-starkscyberscoop-com\/\"> Tim Starks <\/a> <\/span> <\/div>\n<p> <\/header>\n<p> <\/article>\n<article class=\"post-item post-item--popular-stories-cards \">\n<figure class=\"post-item__thumbnail\"> <a class=\"post-item__thumbnail-link\" href=\"https:\/\/cyberscoop.com\/cynthia-kaiser-fbi-ransomware-hive\/\" tabindex=\"-1\"> <img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"252\" height=\"168\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/ddi.mohflo.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/top-fbi-cyber-official-cynthia-kaiser-exits-for-halcyon-4.jpg?resize=252%2C168&ssl=1\" class=\"attachment-ratio-16-9-sm size-ratio-16-9-sm wp-post-image\" alt decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ddi.mohflo.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/top-fbi-cyber-official-cynthia-kaiser-exits-for-halcyon-8.jpg 1920w, https:\/\/ddi.mohflo.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/top-fbi-cyber-official-cynthia-kaiser-exits-for-halcyon-8.jpg?resize=300,200 300w, https:\/\/ddi.mohflo.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/top-fbi-cyber-official-cynthia-kaiser-exits-for-halcyon-8.jpg?resize=768,512 768w, https:\/\/ddi.mohflo.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/top-fbi-cyber-official-cynthia-kaiser-exits-for-halcyon-8.jpg?resize=1024,683 1024w, https:\/\/ddi.mohflo.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/top-fbi-cyber-official-cynthia-kaiser-exits-for-halcyon-8.jpg?resize=1536,1024 1536w, https:\/\/ddi.mohflo.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/top-fbi-cyber-official-cynthia-kaiser-exits-for-halcyon-8.jpg?resize=600,400 600w, https:\/\/ddi.mohflo.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/top-fbi-cyber-official-cynthia-kaiser-exits-for-halcyon-8.jpg?resize=252,168 252w, https:\/\/ddi.mohflo.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/top-fbi-cyber-official-cynthia-kaiser-exits-for-halcyon-8.jpg?resize=506,337 506w, https:\/\/ddi.mohflo.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/top-fbi-cyber-official-cynthia-kaiser-exits-for-halcyon-8.jpg?resize=1013,675 1013w, https:\/\/ddi.mohflo.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/top-fbi-cyber-official-cynthia-kaiser-exits-for-halcyon-8.jpg?resize=1265,843 1265w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 252px) 100vw, 252px\"> <\/a><figcaption class=\"screen-reader-text\"> An image of a seized ransomeware website is displayed at a press conference where the U.S. Attorney General Merrick Garland made an announcement on an international ransomware enforcement action at the U.S. Justice Department on January 26, 2023 in Washington. 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