Bipartisan House bill aims to prepare election workers for AI

The Preparing Election Administrators for AI Act is a companion bill to Senate legislation that will be marked up Wednesday.

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Dozens of tech companies pledge to build safer, more secure tech

The commitments are voluntary, but CISA officials said they are committed to measuring progress by the signatories across key commitments over the next year.

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State Department wants ‘digital solidarity’ at center of tech diplomacy

Secretary of State Antony Blinken points to the response to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine as a model of nimble tech diplomacy.

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Krebs, Luber added to Cyber Safety Review Board

The former CISA director and current head of the NSA Cybersecurity Directorate are among four new members to the DHS board.

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How to fine-tune the White House’s new critical infrastructure directive

National Security Memorandum 22 represents a good first step to better protect America’s critical infrastructure.

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Data stolen in Change Healthcare attack likely included U.S. service members, executive says

UnitedHealth Group CEO Andrew Witty tells Senate committee that Change Healthcare didn’t have MFA enabled on the server that was attacked in February, resulting in a $22 million ransom payment.

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Pro-Russia hacktivists attacking vital tech in water and other sectors, agencies say

Other sectors that the hacktivists — who sometimes pose physical threats — are targeting in North America and Europe include energy and agriculture, according to a Wednesday advisory.

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Exploitation of vulnerabilities almost tripled as a source of data breaches last year

Verizon’s annual data breach report identified the MOVEit hack as the “poster child” of the phenomenon.

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Easterly appeals to Congress on CISA funding, citing Chinese threats to critical infrastructure

The director of the agency told the House Appropriations Committee that a $150 million fund would allow CISA to bolster three key initiatives.

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