Government Cyberscoop

The move follows a story about criticisms of CISA’s performance during the first year of the Trump administration, with Madhu Gottumukkala’s leadership a point of contention. The post Gottumukkala out, Andersen in as acting CISA director appeared first on CyberScoop.

A legislative package that would overhaul cybersecurity practices at the Department of Health and Human Services sailed through committee.  The post Senate moves one step closer to passing health care cyber reforms  appeared first on CyberScoop.

The agency lost a third of its people in a year. Now industry and lawmakers on both sides say it’s unprepared for a potential crisis. The post Across party lines and industry, the verdict is the same: CISA is in trouble appeared first on CyberScoop.

OpenAI said a Chinese law enforcement agency uploaded reports to ChatGPT that details a worldwide digital operation to track and silence regime critics at home and abroad.  The post Chinese group’s ChatGPT use reveals worldwide harassment campaign against critics appeared first on CyberScoop.

Additionally, the U.S. Treasury sanctioned the Russian zero-day brokerage that Peter Williams sold the exploits to. The post Ex-L3Harris executive sentenced to 87 months in prison for selling zero-day exploits to Russian broker appeared first on CyberScoop.

Governments and businesses have a shared interest in seeing post-quantum encryption broadly adopted throughout society.  The post State Dept. official says post-quantum transition plans will outlive current leadership appeared first on CyberScoop.

A top FBI cyber official said Salt Typhoon, the Chinese cyber espionage group behind the widespread compromise of U.S. telecommunications infrastructure in 2024, continues to pose a broad threat to both America’s private and public sectors. Michael Machtinger, deputy assistant director for cyber intelligence at the FBI, touted improved partnerships between the telecommunications industry and The post FBI: Threats from Salt Typhoon are ‘still very much ongoing’ appeared first on CyberScoop.

A department official speaking at CyberTalks said HHS is trying to help the sector on finding where those risks are. The post HHS burrows into identifying risks to health sector from third-party vendors appeared first on CyberScoop.

Alexandra Seymour also talked about cyber workforce goals, including emulating Israel’s Unit 8200. The post ONCD official says Trump administration aims to bolster AI use for defense without increasing risk appeared first on CyberScoop.

A “precision cyber strike” makes for a clean narrative. The available evidence in the wake of the operation suggests something harder to label – and harder to learn from. The post The Caracas operation suggests cyber was part of the plan – just not the whole operation appeared first on CyberScoop.