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Chairman Jim Jordan, R-Ohio, and ranking member Rep. Jamie Raskin, D-Md., conduct the House Judiciary Committee hearing titled “Oversight of the Federal Bureau of Investigation,” featuring testimony by FBI Director Kash Patel in Rayburn building on Sept. 17, 2025. (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call)

Warrant requirements, Democratic worries could factor into spy law renewal debate

A fresh effort is mounting in Congress to require federal agents to obtain a warrant before searching a government surveillance database for information about U.S. citizens, as…

By Tim Starks

SEDALIA, CO – JUNE 28: Mesa County Clerk and Colorado Republican candidate for secretary of state Tina Peters reacts to early election returns during a primary night watch party at the Wide Open Saloon on June 28, 2022 in Sedalia, Colorado. Peters, one of many election deniers Trump has sought to shield from legal consequences, is serving a nine-year state prison sentence that can’t be nullified by a presidential pardon. (Photo by Marc Piscotty/Getty Images)

Trump moves to pardon Colorado election clerk Tina Peters, even though he can’t

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By Derek B. Johnson

WASHINGTON, DC – NOVEMBER 19: Attorney General Pam Bondi, accompanied by Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche (L) and FBI Director Kash Patel (R), speaks during a news conference at the Justice Department on November 19, 2025 in Washington, DC. The Department of Justice is suing Fulton County, Georgia and its election clerk over the county’s refusal to hand over voter records, part of a larger nationwide project to collect as much election and voter information as possible from state and local governments ahead of the 2026 and 2028 elections. (Photo by Andrew Harnik/Getty Images)

DOJ sues Fulton County over 2020 voter data

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Cyber scholarship-for-service students say government has pulled rug on them, potentially burdening them with debt

Hiring freezes, budget cuts and more are raising questions about the future of CyberCorps.

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A house full of open windows: Why telecoms may never purge their networks of Salt Typhoon

Experts tell CyberScoop that the U.S. telecom system is just too technologically fragmented to gather a clear picture of threats, and too big to ever fully eject…

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‘Whatever we did was not enough’: How Salt Typhoon slipped through the government’s blind spots

Seven sources tell CyberScoop that a lack of coordination and miscommunication between federal agencies and the telecommunications industry left critical networks exposed to the Chinese hacking group.

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Prolific Russian ransomware operator living in California enjoys rare leniency awaiting trial

Ianis Aleksandrovich Antropenko allegedly committed ransomware attacks from 2018 to 2022. He’s been out on bond since his arrest almost a year ago, despite multiple run-ins with…

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Cybersecurity insurer Coalition said it will start covering certain incidents where AI and deepfakes lead to reputational harm. (Image via Getty)

Organizations can now buy cyber insurance that covers deepfakes

Microsoft Headquarters — A sign is seen at the Microsoft headquarters on July 3, 2024, in Redmond, Washington. (David Ryder/Getty Images)

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UK cyber agency warns LLMs will always be vulnerable to prompt injection

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Defense bill addresses secure phones, AI training, cyber troop mental health

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Sen. Bill Casssidy, R-La., questions Health and Human Services Secretary Robert Kennedy Jr. during a Senate Finance Committee at the Dirksen Senate Office Building on Sept. 4, 2025. (Photo by Andrew Harnik/Getty Images)

Bipartisan health care cybersecurity legislation returns to address a cornucopia of issues

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Sen. Mark Kelly: Investing in safe, secure AI is key to U.S. dominance

Sean Plankey, of Pennsylvania, responds to questioning during Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs hearings to examine his nomination to be Director of the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency, of the Department of Homeland Security, in the Dirksen Senate office building, in Washington, DC, on Wednesday July 24, 2025. (Mattie Neretin/CNP/Sipa USA)

Sean Plankey nomination to lead CISA appears to be over after Thursday vote

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