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Russian President Vladimir Putin and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un toast. — In this pool photograph distributed by the Russian state agency Sputnik, Russian President Vladimir Putin and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un toast during a reception at the Mongnangwan Reception House in Pyongyang on June 19, 2024. Putin enjoyed a red carpet welcome, a military ceremony and an embrace from North Korea’s Kim Jong Un during a state visit to Pyongyang where they both pledged to forge closer ties. (Photo by Vladimir Smirnov / POOL / AFP via Getty Images)

North Korea’s IT worker scheme funds Russia’s war effort

DTEX researchers found a series of transactions in a payment wallet showing North Korean IT worker salaries flowing into sanctioned entities that support the regime’s military programs.

By Matt Kapko

Chairman Rick Crawford, R-Ark., center, and ranking member Rep. Jim Himes, D-Conn., right, conduct the House Select Intelligence Committee hearing titled “Worldwide Threats Assessment,” in Longworth building on March 26, 2025. (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call)

House intel bill includes provisions on state and local threat intelligence, election security, AI

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By Tim Starks

US President Donald Trump (R) and Open AI CEO Sam Altman (L) react during a working lunch meeting of G7 members, partner countries, and artificial intelligence business leaders as part of the G7 summit, in Evian, eastern France, on June 17, 2026. The Trump administration has been moving to regulate AI models for cybersecurity use. (Photo by Julia Demaree Nikhinson / POOL / AFP via Getty Images)

Where’s the Trump administration line on AI regulation?

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How software development’s speed obsession enabled TeamPCP’s chaos crusade

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Across party lines and industry, the verdict is the same: CISA is in trouble

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.

By Tim Starks

Your AI doctor doesn’t have to follow the same privacy rules as your real one

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Leading members of Scattered Spider sentenced in UK to 66 months in jail

A sign marks the location of the U.S. Office of Personnel Management (OPM) headquarters building on January 29, 2025, in Washington, DC. (Photo by J. David Ake/Getty Images)

Program to rotate cyber personnel through federal agencies saw little use

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Jay Clayton appears before the Senate Intelligence Committee during his confirmation hearing on Capitol Hill July 15, 2026 Currently serving as U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York, Clayton’s hearing comes days after his department signed off on controversial subpoenas against New York Times reporters. (Photo by Aaron Schwartz/Getty Images)

Dems press DNI nominee Jay Clayton on election security questions, but leave dismayed

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US President Donald Trump (L) speaks, flanked by US Secretary of Treasury Scott Bessent, during a roundtable discussion on his “no tax on tips” policy at the AC Hotel Las Vegas Symphony Park in Las Vegas, Nevada, on April 16, 2026. (Photo by Jim WATSON / AFP via Getty Images)

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Microsoft office building along Rhine River in Cologne, Germany. — Microsoft office building along Rhine River in Cologne, Germany. (Getty Images)

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This photograph shows a laptop screen displaying the logo of the First VPN service website in Quimper on May 21, 2026. (Photo by Fred TANNEAU / AFP)

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A secure storage area is pictured as vote-by-mail ballots for the August 4 Washington state primary are processed at King County Elections in Renton, Washington on August 3, 2020. (Photo by Jason Redmond / AFP) (Photo by JASON REDMOND/AFP via Getty Images)

States are building their own election defense networks as federal support evaporates

13 July 2026, Belgium, Brüssel: Kaja Kallas, the EU’s High Representative for Foreign Affairs, is giving an interview in the hallway of the European Council ahead of the meeting of the foreign ministers of the EU member states. They are set to discuss the situation in the Near and Middle East as well as in Ukraine this Monday in Brussels. Photo: Michael Brandt/dpa (Photo by Michael Brandt/picture alliance via Getty Images)

Europe strikes out against Russia’s Turla over espionage, ‘destructive attacks’

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Officials once again warn defenders that Russian hackers are targeting network devices

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