Top cyber official wants US open-source AI adopted worldwide

National Cyber Director Sean Cairncross’s remarks come as the White House has excluded open-weight models from voluntary security testing and as new hacking incidents underscored risks posed by autono...

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Chinese telecom firms kept footholds in US networks despite federal crackdowns, House probe finds

China Mobile, China Telecom and China Unicom retained equipment, data center space and network ties after FCC restrictions, including a China Mobile-linked network that appeared in routes to Salt Typh...

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ProPublica Hires Four Reporters to Expand Washington and National Security Coverage

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ICE Collected Nearly 1 Million People’s DNA Last Year—Including Young Children

Internal documents show ICE's DNA collection has skyrocketed in the second Trump administration. Now hundreds of thousands of people never convicted of a crime are in an FBI criminal database forever.

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Lawmakers propose giving 2015 OPM breach victims identity protection for life

The federal government’s coverage for 22.1 million people hoovered up in the China-linked breaches is scheduled to end Sept. 30.

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GSA official put on leave for social media post saying veterans’ preference in federal hiring is hampering tech recruiting

A government workforce expert told Government Executive that many hiring rules, including veterans’ preference, have become “procedural hurdles rather than achieving the intended outcome” because they...

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Cyber Command plans Silicon Valley office to drive innovation

The outpost will have its own director, though no one has yet been named for the post, and support the command’s nascent Cyber Warfare Innovation Center (CIWC).

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Greg Barbaccia to return to Palantir after leaving government

The federal CIO’s departure comes after a turbulent period for the federal technology workforce where thousands of technologists left the government.

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CISA urges water utilities to take exposed systems down after Minnesota hacks

A memo distributed to water industry members and obtained by Nextgov/FCW makes mention of Iran but does not directly present evidence attributing the latest Minnesota incident to the country.

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Amazon uncovers broad North Korean hacking campaign against open-source software

New findings connect the same Pyongyang-backed group to four compromises dating to 2025, revealing a larger operation than previously known.

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Senate confirms Clayton as Trump’s next intelligence director

The former SEC chairman will replace acting intelligence chief Bill Pulte, whose brief tenure oversaw repeated personnel cuts to the nation’s top spy office.

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After Hugging Face breach, FedRAMP chief tells slow-to-patch vendors to stay out of government

Pete Waterman cited an incident in which OpenAI models escaped a test environment and broke into AI company Hugging Face as evidence that providers must prepare for attacks moving at AI speed.

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Lawmakers get taste of AI-enabled cyberattacks in China-Taiwan war game

Representatives weighed responses to simulated Chinese cyberattacks on U.S. infrastructure during a tabletop exercise centered on a Taiwan crisis.

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US AI labs are emerging target for foreign spies, experts warn Congress

Former officials told the House Intelligence Committee that U.S. agencies have not kept pace with China’s push to obtain advanced American AI technology.

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Secret Service is examining apparent Iranian video outlining Trump motorcade routes, assassination opportunities

The agency said it is looking into the Persian-language video, which uses polished, apparently AI-generated graphics to depict supposed motorcade routes in Florida and New York.

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Trump stretches declassified China intelligence into broader 2020 election claims

The records provide new details about Chinese intelligence collection on voters and internal analytic debates, but do not undercut longstanding findings on the 2020 election.

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Cait Conley fears Trump’s cartel focus could create a national security blind spot

The NY-17 Democratic nominee questioned the administration’s planning for Iran and said she would seek a seat on the House Energy and Commerce Committee, if elected.

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US indicts Russians alleged to be at center of major cybercrime network | CNN Politics

The US Justice Department on Tuesday announced the indictment of three Russians who prosecutors say were at the center of a major cybercrime network that allegedly helped hackers target hospitals, sch...

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AI, once relegated to helping hackers with certain tasks, can now power every stage of a cyberattack

Researchers determined that AI was used in steps across entire cyber operations to identify security flaws, generate commands and carry out parts of intrusions, sometimes with little human oversight. ...

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DHS network intrusion was twice ruled a false positive before breach confirmed

Suspicious activity on the Homeland Security Information Network, which is being used to support World Cup games around the U.S., was first detected around mid-to-late May.

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Times Journalists Subpoenaed as Trump Escalates Pressure on Media (Gift Article)

The Justice Department is seeking to compel testimony from reporters who wrote about the new Air Force One. The Times called the move a “brazen act.”

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