Some ChatGPT browser extensions are stealing your data

A threat actor is seeding the internet with AI browser extensions that can intercept a user’s authenticated session tokens and hijack accounts.

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Watchdog group sues for TSA data sharing agreement with ICE 

The lawsuit comes a day after a TSA official vigorously defended the practice as critical to “national security” in testimony to Congress. 

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NIST officials detail impact of staff cuts on encryption and other priorities

The agency has shed more than 700 jobs since 2025, including 89 at a lab responsible for testing and validating the government’s encryption.

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HackerOne rolls out industry framework to support ‘good faith’ AI research

The voluntary framework would provide legal clarity to third-party AI researchers, including those who study safety and other “unexpected” AI behaviors.

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Federal court dismisses Trump DOJ lawsuit seeking California voter data

In a scathing opinion, Judge David Carter called the federal government’s demands for unredacted voter data “unprecedented and illegal.”

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Sources: DHS finalizing replacement for disbanded critical infrastructure security council 

ANCHOR will restart conversations between government and industry around critical infrastructure security, with some changes around liability and other areas. 

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CESER chief touts AI projects as congressional Dems point to federal cuts

A Trump administration official endorsed a slate of congressional bills Tuesday targeting cybersecurity in the energy sector while touting the office’s new emphasis on AI-driven cyber defenses. Meanwhile, Democratic members repeatedly pressed him over the cybersecurity and reliability impacts from thousands of job cuts that have taken place at the Department of Energy over the […]

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British regulator Ofcom opens investigation into X

The UK body said it is not a government censor, and the inquiry will determine whether X is facilitating the spread of nonconsensual deepfake pornography of adults and children. 

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Dems pressure Google, Apple to drop X app as international regulators turn up heat

“There can be no mistake about X’s knowledge, and, at best, negligent response to these trends,” the lawmakers wrote to company executives.

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‘Elon Musk is playing with fire:’ All the legal risks that apply to Grok’s deepfake disaster

There are legal tools in place to curb what’s happening on X, but the incident will be precedent-setting for how these laws and regulations are wielded for AI-generated images.

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