Election official says Tina Peters would be consultant, won’t have access to election systems

Shasta County registrar Clint Curtis told CyberScoop he needs Peters to help manage the county’s 2026 elections and he’s not concerned about her past conviction.

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SCOTUS tosses one of two injunctions against Trump USPS mail-in ballot rules

The 6-3 decision dismisses one lawsuit brought by states, saying they have no standing to sue because the disputed sections “neither requires nor forbids anything of anyone outside the executive branch.”

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Bipartisan Senate bill aims to prepare energy sector for Q-Day

Under the bill, FERC would consider cyber threats from quantum computers and post-quantum cryptography in its reliability standards for the energy sector. 

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Postal Service moves to finalize mail ballot regs before SCOTUS ruling

The rules have already been rejected by multiple state courts, but the Trump administration said it’s preparing in case of a favorable Supreme Court decision.  

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The push to designate AI as the next critical infrastructure sector

The designation would unlock a range of federal services, tools and resources for an industry that policymakers view as increasingly tied to national and economic security.

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A California county wants to hire Tina Peters to help run its elections

After her prison sentence for felony election-related crimes was commuted, Peters is poised to once again administer critical election duties.

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Irregular says ‘human oversight’ responsible for AI sandbox escape incidents

In a post-mortem, the frontier AI testing company said internet access for models is necessary to fully test out their cybersecurity capabilities.

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AI’s ‘middle class’ has gotten dramatically better at hacking

As frontier models and their sandbox escaping exploits dominate front-page news, researchers are increasingly worried about cheaper, more efficient AI models. 

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Federal judge issues second order blocking Trump mail-in voting directive

The U.S. Supreme Court temporarily reversed an earlier decision through the shadow docket. 

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NIST wants to overhaul its vulnerability database for the AI age

NIST is seeking public input to modernize the National Vulnerability Database to keep pace with AI-driven cyber threats and machine-scale security data.

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