Why Anna Gomez believes the FCC is letting telecoms off easy after Salt Typhoon

Commissioner Gomez told CyberScoop the agency is poised to eliminate  “the only meaningful regulatory response to Salt Typhoon that I have seen.”

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Hackers turn open-source AI framework into global cryptojacking operation

Malicious hackers have been attacking the development environment of an open-source AI framework, twisting its functions into a global cryptojacking bot for profit, according to researchers at cybersecurity firm Oligo. The flaw exists in an Application Programming Interface for Ray, an open-source framework for automating, scaling and optimizing compute resources that Oligo researchers called “Kubernetes […]

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Dozens of groups call for governments to protect encryption 

The letter comes as countries in Europe have moved over the past year to regulate or mandate legalized access for criminal and national security investigations.

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China’s ‘autonomous’ AI-powered hacking campaign still required a ton of human work 

Anthropic and AI security experts told CyberScoop that behind the hype, effective AI-driven cyberattacks still require skilled humans, with the attack possibly done to send a message as to show what’s possible.

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Congressional Dems press governors to block feds from accessing state DMV data

Forty House and Senate members tell Democratic governors they may not be aware of how much they’re sharing with ICE and other immigration agencies.

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Advocacy group calls on OpenAI to address Sora 2’s deepfake risks

Public Citizen’s letter urges OpenAI to temporarily take Sora 2 offline and work with outside experts to prevent the spread of harmful deepfakes.

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Report: Government data mining has gone too far – and AI will make it worse

A digital privacy group says agencies are collecting too much data on Americans and using AI tools to make connections that may not be valid.

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With each cloud outage, calls for government action grow louder 

Public interest groups want the feds to investigate the systemic risk from market consolidation, while tech and security experts worry about single points of failure.

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Congressional leaders want an executive branch strategy on China 6G, tech supply chain

In an exclusive, Rep. Raja Krishnamoorthi, D-Ill., told CyberScoop that policymakers must learn from past mistakes around 5G. 

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