Cybersecurity, government experts are aghast at security failures in DOGE takeover

Elon Musk’s takeover of key systems across the federal government is ignoring decades of laws, regulations and procedures, experts told CyberScoop. 

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Tulsi Gabbard tussles with senators over Snowden, surveillance 

President Trump’s nominee to lead ODNI substantially revised her previous positions on the former NSA contractor and Section 702 spying authorities.

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DARPA wants to create ‘self-healing’ firmware that can respond and recover from cyberattacks 

The agency’s Red-C program seeks to build new defenses into bus-based computer systems. 

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Vulnerability in popular AI developer could ‘shut down essentially everything you own’ 

The flaw in Lightning.AI’s platform, which has been patched, would have given root access to an attacker and broad control over a victim’s cloud-based studio and connected systems. 

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DeepSeek AI claims services are facing ‘large-scale malicious attacks’ 

As its low-cost AI model receives accolades, the Chinese company says ongoing attacks on its services are making it harder for new users to sign up. 

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‘Severe’ bug in ChatGPT’s API could be used to DDoS websites

The vulnerability, described by a researcher as “bad programming,” allows an attacker to send unlimited connection requests through ChatGPT’s API.

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Treasury sanctions Chinese cybersecurity company, affiliate for Salt Typhoon hacks 

It’s the first formal attribution for the campaign that has swept up data from at least nine telecoms and the Treasury Department. 

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CISA director says threat hunters spotted Salt Typhoon on federal networks before telco compromises 

The incident helped the federal government to seize a virtual private server used by the group and more quickly “connect the dots,” Jen Easterly said.

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