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IT leaders at the agency have flirted with the boundaries of ethical and legal limits with various ties to federal contractors, government experts say. Read more by @lindseywilkinson.bsky.social: fedscoop.com/the-revolvin...

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CyberScoop @cyberscoop.bsky.social · 45m

Federal government contractors that handle sensitive information could soon face a “sea change” in rules about how they protect that information and report when it has been part of a breach. Read more by @timstarks.bsky.social: cyberscoop.com/federal-cont...

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CyberScoop @cyberscoop.bsky.social · 51m

Some of the material appeared to be recorded or stolen video of girls through interactions on social media sites like Snapchat, TikTok, Instagram and Facebook. Read more by @derekbjohnson.bsky.social: cyberscoop.com/fbi-french-a...

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CyberScoop @cyberscoop.bsky.social · 3h

More than 3,400 servers have been compromised by malware that hides its infrastructure coordinates in a poem. Read more by @mattkapko.com: cyberscoop.com/poellm-malwa...

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CyberScoop @cyberscoop.bsky.social · 3h

The FBI and Secret Service warned Fortinet users that FortiBleed, uncovered this summer, is a continuing threat. Read more by @timstarks.bsky.social: cyberscoop.com/fortibleed-f...

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CyberScoop @cyberscoop.bsky.social · 3h

An update to a state wiretapping law will end private lawsuits over some internet tracking and surveillance, pitting businesses against privacy groups and unions.’ Read more by @derekbjohnson.bsky.social: cyberscoop.com/california-c...

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CyberScoop @cyberscoop.bsky.social · 3h

Paul Nakasone said the reported reorganization is likely necessary to meet faster-moving cyberthreats and competition in AI, but warned its success will rest on execution and a workforce facing mounting retirement pressure. More by @gregotto.bsky.social: cyberscoop.com/nsa-reorgani...

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CyberScoop @cyberscoop.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

The vendor was much quicker and consistent in its response to the latest defect, and researchers consider the impact relatively low compared to the previous pair of zero-days. Read more by @mattkapko.com: cyberscoop.com/citrix-netsc...

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CyberScoop @cyberscoop.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

Government auditors say federal agencies haven’t met mandated security steps for operational technology, which hackers targeted in water sector attacks this summer. Read more by @timstarks.bsky.social: cyberscoop.com/cisa-ot-cybe...

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CyberScoop @cyberscoop.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Experts and policymakers want AI companies to face consequences for agentic hacks. There may not be a clear-cut answer under existing laws and regulations. Read more by @derekbjohnson.bsky.social: cyberscoop.com/ai-agent-hac...

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CyberScoop @cyberscoop.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

The teenager-run cybercrime group victimized roughly 500 organizations in less than two years. Read more by @mattkapko.com: cyberscoop.com/killsec-rans...

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CyberScoop @cyberscoop.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Collaboration with industry is key to balancing AI security risks and benefits, as well as staying ahead of China and other adversarial nations, National Cyber Director Sean Cairncross said Thursday. Read more by @timstarks.bsky.social: cyberscoop.com/sean-cairncr...

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CyberScoop @cyberscoop.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Cybersecurity firm Proofpoint said TA419 impersonated officials and AI industry figures in an effort to gain access to cloud accounts held by U.S. think tank, university and legal-sector experts. Read more by @gregotto.bsky.social: cyberscoop.com/china-cyber-...

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CyberScoop @cyberscoop.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

The company said individuals associated with Chinese company MoonshotAI were behind parts of the attack, but did not offer hard evidence for the claim. Read more by @derekbjohnson.bsky.social: cyberscoop.com/openai-moons...

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CyberScoop @cyberscoop.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Internet-exposed tech, PLCs, outside integrators and inside protections are all factors the water sector’s information sharing and analysis center is watching. Read more by @timstarks.bsky.social: cyberscoop.com/water-utilit...

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FedScoop @fedscoop.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Trump launches AI-fueled America.gov in bid to tie government services together. And, Google extends GSA OneGov deal for Gemini. Hear more on The Daily Scoop Podcast: www.youtube.com/watch?v=9ri1...

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Trump’s America.gov goes live in bid to tie government services together using AI

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CyberScoop @cyberscoop.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Mandiant researchers said dozens of organizations have been impacted by attacks attributed to advanced and suspected state-sponsored threat groups. They expect more attacks to come. Read more by @mattkapko.com: cyberscoop.com/citrix-netsc...

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CyberScoop @cyberscoop.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

The U.S. government is working with critical infrastructure operators to integrate artificial intelligence into the nation’s most vital systems and strengthen cyber defenses, National Cyber Director Sean Cairncross said Tuesday. Read more by @timstarks.bsky.social: cyberscoop.com/national-cyb...

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CyberScoop @cyberscoop.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Microsoft says the cyberespionage campaign has hit U.S. and U.K. targets, relying on sheer volume and requiring only a single victim interaction. Read more by @timstarks.bsky.social: cyberscoop.com/microsoft-st...

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CyberScoop @cyberscoop.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

The company said it found and patched a previously unknown critical vulnerability in one product during the weekend shutdown, and has no indication it was exploited. Read more by @gregotto.bsky.social: cyberscoop.com/kiteworks-li...

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CyberScoop @cyberscoop.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

The arrest of a 24-year-old man in Amsterdam, which occurred a week before ShinyHunters hacked the FBI, marks a major turning point for law enforcement’s push to track down the group’s members. www.youtube.com/watch?v=niNa... Read more by @mattkapko.com: cyberscoop.com/shinyhunters...

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Alleged ShinyHunters leader arrested in the Netherlands

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CyberScoop @cyberscoop.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Cybercrime experts are stunned as ShinyHunters risks agent safety and intense federal heat in a bizarre attempt to force the retraction of an agency advisory. Read more by @mattkapko.com: cyberscoop.com/fbi-data-bre...

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CyberScoop @cyberscoop.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

The vendor’s products are a common, recurring target for attackers, yet the official warning for some Citrix NetScaler customers was too late. Read more by @mattkapko.com: cyberscoop.com/citrix-zero-...

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CyberScoop @cyberscoop.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

One expert told CyberScoop that the announcement reflects industry recognition that after years of training models to behave safely or ethically, more outside controls are needed. www.youtube.com/watch?v=pZWa... Read more by @derekbjohnson.bsky.social: cyberscoop.com/nvidia-open-...

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As AI world debates security, NVIDIA releases open source tools for agents

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CyberScoop @cyberscoop.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

@huntress.com Principal Security Researcher @johnhammond.bsky.social explains how attackers can use familiar online interactions to build trust before getting someone to run malicious software. www.youtube.com/watch?v=RHsC... Watch: www.youtube.com/watch?v=MaVE...

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How social engineering can lead to malware

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CyberScoop @cyberscoop.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

@huntress.com' @johnhammond.bsky.social joins @gregotto.bsky.social to explain why ClickFix remains a threat and how the technique has evolved as criminal and state-linked actors adopt it. www.youtube.com/watch?v=AuXD... Watch: www.youtube.com/watch?v=MaVE...

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John Hammond on why ClickFix remains a threat

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CyberScoop @cyberscoop.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

The FBI jobs site, which was temporarily defaced, remains unavailable and the agency said it’s investigating the claims. www.youtube.com/shorts/e4RUw... More by @mattkapko.com: cyberscoop.com/shinyhunters...

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ShinyHunters claims attack on FBI exposes almost all agents

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CyberScoop @cyberscoop.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

A former Army soldier responsible for a series of attacks and extortion attempts on telecom companies, including AT&T, was sentenced to 70 months in prison, the Justice Department said Friday. www.youtube.com/watch?v=5O0Z... Read more by @mattkapko.com: cyberscoop.com/cameron-wage...

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Army soldier sentenced for spree of attacks on AT&T, Snowflake and other major companies

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CyberScoop @cyberscoop.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

CyberScoop Editor-in-Chief @gregotto.bsky.social breaks down three cybersecurity stories to know this week, Sept. 21-25. www.youtube.com/watch?v=YLSC... Learn more: cyberscoop.com

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Three cybersecurity stories to know this week

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CyberScoop @cyberscoop.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

The legislation from Senate Intelligence Vice-Chairman. Mark Warner, D-Va., and Senate Commerce Chairman Ted Cruz, R-Tex., would create a government-industry group to write voluntary best practices. Read more by @timstarks.bsky.social: cyberscoop.com/senate-telec...

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CyberScoop @cyberscoop.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

The bill, introduced by Sen. Ed Markey, D-Mass., would attempt to establish a federal mechanism to investigate incidents where AI models escape sandbox environments and access live internet systems. Read more by @derekbjohnson.bsky.social: cyberscoop.com/new-bill-wou...

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CyberScoop @cyberscoop.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

The Justice Department said two leaders of the company have been arrested and face conspiracy to commit wire fraud. Read more by @timstarks.bsky.social: cyberscoop.com/oxygen-foren...

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CyberScoop @cyberscoop.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Biotechnology doesn’t have its own critical infrastructure designation, so the bipartisan group of lawmakers wants to make sure it’s protected like it. Read more by @timstarks.bsky.social: cyberscoop.com/biotech-crit...

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CyberScoop @cyberscoop.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Three justices wrote in a dissent that longstanding privacy laws protecting sensitive personal data held by the government should prevent the use of the database. www.youtube.com/watch?v=wmP1... Read more by @derekbjohnson.bsky.social: cyberscoop.com/supreme-cour...

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Supreme Court permits states to use SAVE database for citizenship checks

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FedScoop @fedscoop.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Documents shared exclusively with FedScoop offer insight into the initial contract awarded six years ago that acted as a critical building block in DHS’s current surveillance apparatus. www.youtube.com/watch?v=1W2r... Read more by @lindseywilkinson.bsky.social: fedscoop.com/dhs-ice-surv...

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ICE awards contested, controversial surveillance contract to Thomson Reuters

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CyberScoop @cyberscoop.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

The white paper outlines the components of a “Quality Era” for the program, widely used as the definitive clearinghouse for data on vulnerabilities in software and other products, even as the number of CVEs surges. Read more by @timstarks.bsky.social: cyberscoop.com/cisa-cve-dat...

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CyberScoop @cyberscoop.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Nearly nine out of 10 federal civilian executive branch agencies failed to meet last summer’s deadline to implement cloud security directives from CISA, a watchdog report published Wednesday found. Read more by @timstarks.bsky.social: cyberscoop.com/dhs-ig-repor...

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CyberScoop @cyberscoop.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

At DefenseTalks on Tuesday, Katie Sutton said the Pentagon now receives far more requests to use cyber operations than its forces can fulfill, eight years after gaining that authority. Read more by @gregotto.bsky.social: cyberscoop.com/pentagon-cyb...

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CyberScoop @cyberscoop.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

The Armenian national was extradited from Ukraine to the United States last year and pleaded guilty to cybercrimes in July. Read more by @mattkapko.com: cyberscoop.com/ryuk-ransomw...

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CyberScoop @cyberscoop.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

OpenAI and the Ukrainian government have agreed to a partnership that will provide AI tools and subsidized computing resources to better protect the nation’s critical infrastructure from cyberattacks. Read more by @derekbjohnson.bsky.social: cyberscoop.com/openai-ukrai...

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CyberScoop @cyberscoop.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Volexity researchers spotted another state-aligned Chinese threat group exploiting a triple-link chain of zero-day vulnerabilities across multiple campaigns, the company said in a blog post Monday. Read more by @mattkapko.com: cyberscoop.com/volexity-uta...

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CyberScoop @cyberscoop.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

A key House Democrat and his bipartisan sponsors want to see a $100 million DHS pilot to help critical infrastructure owners and operators — separate from another administration-proposed pilot program. Read more by @timstarks.bsky.social: cyberscoop.com/gottheimer-a...

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CyberScoop @cyberscoop.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

The popular phishing-as-a-service platform used AI throughout the attack chain, allowing cybercriminals to steal tokens for account takeover and business email compromise. Read more by @mattkapko.com: cyberscoop.com/microsoft-ev...

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McCrary Institute @mccrarycyber.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

In a new op-ed, our Frank Cilluffo and Nick Sellers call for an AI Assurance Compact, a framework for action among the makers of AI models, government, and owners and operators of our nation’s most critical digital systems. Full piece in @cyberscoop.bsky.social cyberscoop.com/president-ai...

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CyberScoop @cyberscoop.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

The FBI is investigating an attack on its own systems after ShinyHunters claimed responsibility for the incident, putting the prolific cybercrime group in the most direct conflict yet with agents responsible for investigating data extortion attacks. via @mattkapko.com: cyberscoop.com/shinyhunters...

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ShinyHunters claims attack on FBI exposes almost all agents

The FBI jobs site, which was temporarily defaced, remains unavailable and the agency said it’s investigating the claims.

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CyberScoop @cyberscoop.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Following a series of chaotic agentic hacks, Trump and administration officials have consistently expressed fears of Chinese AI dominance in pushing for fewer regulations. www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Uya... More by @derekbjohnson.bsky.social: cyberscoop.com/trump-hands-...

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Citing China, President Trump doubles down on hands-off approach to AI regulation

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CyberScoop @cyberscoop.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Nearly two of every 10 U.S. water and wastewater organizations have identity data actively exposed from infostealers harvesting their credentials, according to research published Tuesday. Read more by @timstarks.bsky.social: cyberscoop.com/spycloud-stu...

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FedScoop @fedscoop.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

The mid-June breach exposed names, dates of birth, medical testing information, lab test results, health insurance data and partial Social Security numbers, a VA email said. www.youtube.com/watch?v=4LFj... Read more by @ksophiewill.bsky.social: fedscoop.com/veterans-aff...

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30,000-plus veterans affected by Baylor Genetics’ cybersecurity breach

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CyberScoop @cyberscoop.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

After the exit of around 1,000 CISA workers, legislation from three top House Democrats orders a force structure assessment like that more common to military branches. Read more by @timstarks.bsky.social: cyberscoop.com/house-democr...

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