Senate Democrats call Trump admin’s focus on state voter rolls a pretext for disenfranchisement

Sen. Alex Padilla and other Democrats say the GOP is pressing inflated concerns about noncitizen voting to justify legal and legislative challenges to eligible voters. 

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Researchers flag flaw in Google’s AI coding assistant that allowed for ‘silent’ code exfiltration 

The findings are part of a growing list of instances where “agentic” AI software has taken actions that are more akin to a malicious hacker than a helpful AI assistant. 

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Hundreds of registered data brokers ignore user requests around personal data

Researchers in California contacted data brokers in their state to exercise their rights under the California Privacy Protection Act. Many didn’t reply, while others threw up barriers.

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Trump AI plan pushes critical infrastructure to use AI for cyber defense

It also builds on previous efforts to promote “secure by design” principles in AI systems and tools.

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House Republicans endorse stricter state and federal-led voter roll purges despite dearth of evidence on fraud

GOP lawmakers say they’re committed to altering national voting laws to make it easier for states to purge potentially eligible voters. 

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After website hack, Arizona election officials unload on Trump’s CISA

As the state responded to a pro-Iranian attack, officials tell CyberScoop that it avoided reaching out to the federal agency, partly because it has been “politicized and weakened” under the president.

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House hearing will use Stuxnet to search for novel ways to confront OT cyberthreats

The House Homeland Committee will revisit the malware to use the knowledge from the spy effort to explore the domestic threats facing the U.S. in 2025. 

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Senate Democrats seek answers on Trump overhaul of immigrant database to find noncitizen voters

The lawmakers say the potential is high for such a system to return false positives, blocking citizens from voting.

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Waltz brushes off SignalGate questions, points finger at CISA 

In congressional testimony, President Trump’s former national security adviser said his use of Signal to coordinate military operations was “driven by” cybersecurity guidance from CISA.

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Why skipping security prompting on Grok’s newest model is a huge mistake

An AI red-teaming company found that xAI’s Grok 4 is “not suitable for enterprises” without substantial security prompting. 

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