Treasury bureau notifies Congress that email hack was a ‘major’ cybersecurity incident

The OCC said the February incident resulted in the theft of “highly sensitive information” tied to the financial conditions of federally regulated institutions.

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Tech experts recommend full steam ahead on US export controls for AI

While the efficiency of newer Chinese models like DeepSeek have rumbled U.S. AI markets, experts say previous restrictions on the sale of computer chips and other important components are having an impact.

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Cyber Command touts AI-driven gains in cybersecurity, network monitoring

Executive Director Morgan Adamski said the agency’s use of generative AI tools has reduced the timeframe for analyzing malicious traffic from days and weeks to hours and minutes. 

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Dispersed responsibility, lack of asset inventory is causing gaps in medical device cybersecurity

As medical devices are bought and re-sold on the secondary market, they become harder to find and patch when a new vulnerability is discovered, a doctor told House lawmakers.

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Democratic groups sue to block Trump administration’s elections order

The lawsuit casts much of the order as broadly illegal and outside the scope of the executive branch’s constitutional powers.

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Democratic FTC Commissioners file lawsuit against Trump over attempted firings

The lawsuit asks the court to declare the president’s actions unlawful and affirm Bedoya and Slaughter’s statutory rights to serve out the remainder of their seven-year terms.

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Commerce limits 19 Chinese, Taiwanese companies from buying U.S. tech

The sanctions place the companies under a strict licensing regime meant to limit their access to foundational technology for quantum computing, cloud and AI.

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Trump issues executive order seeking greater federal control of elections 

The order seeks to withhold federal funding from states that don’t comply, sparking a heated backlash from legal and election experts.

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