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Lawmakers press agencies, telecoms for more details on Salt Typhoon hacks

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On Thursday, Republican and Democratic leaders on the House Energy and Commerce Committee wrote to the three telecommunication firms asking for more information on their response, calling the incident “extremely alarming for both economic and national security reasons.”

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Marriott agrees to pay $52 million settlement, improve data security practices 

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The actions will settle investigations into security failures that led to overlapping data breaches affecting hundreds of millions of customers.

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Election offices are preparing for a smooth voting process — and angry voters

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Officials said they’ve put in place multiple new procedures specifically to deal with claims of election malfeasance and fraud from local voters.

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Former Mesa County clerk sentenced to 9 years for 2020 voting system breach

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Tina Peters, a former county clerk for Mesa County, Colo., was sentenced to nine years in prison after being convicted earlier this year on seven felony counts for facilitating a data breach involving voting system data in the wake of the 2020 presidential election. The incident is widely viewed as one of the most serious […]

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T-Mobile reaches $31.5 million settlement with FCC over past data breaches 

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The telecom will pay half in the form of a fine, while the other half will serve as a down payment for improvements to data security and cybersecurity.

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House panel moves bill that adds AI systems to National Vulnerability Database

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The AI Incident Reporting and Security Enhancement Act would put NIST in charge of setting up a vulnerability reporting process for AI systems.

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House Intel Republicans request FBI, SEC briefing on Temu

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Congressional Republicans on the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence are requesting a briefing from the FBI and Securities Exchange Commission on e-commerce app Temu and its parent company, Pinduoduo, saying both pose a potential threat to national security and the personal data of Americans. In a letter sent Tuesday to FBI Director Christopher Wray […]

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FEC expands campaign spending rules to allow for physical, cybersecurity purchases

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The changes would permit federal candidates and current officeholders to use campaign funds to pay for software, devices and services and cover family members and campaign staff.

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OIG audit calls for more clarity from CISA, DHS on disinformation mission 

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The report gave CISA high marks for its election security work but raised questions about a lack of strategic guidance from DHS.

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