CISA CIO Robert Costello exits agency
His nearly five-year tenure had recently been marked by turmoil.
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The FBI’s cyber chief is using Winter SHIELD to accelerate China prep, threat intelligence sharing
Brett Leatherman is running the bureau’s most public cyber campaign yet, pushing basic security hygiene while quietly preparing industry for stepped-up Chinese threats.
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Gottumukkala out, Andersen in as acting CISA director
The move follows a story about criticisms of CISA’s performance during the first year of the Trump administration, with Madhu Gottumukkala’s leadership a point of contention.
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Across party lines and industry, the verdict is the same: CISA is in trouble
The agency lost a third of its people in a year. Now industry and lawmakers on both sides say it’s unprepared for a potential crisis.
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Anthropic accuses Chinese labs of trying to illicitly take Claude’s capabilities
It poses a national security threat, the AI startup said, such as by possibly enabling offensive cyber operations.
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HHS burrows into identifying risks to health sector from third-party vendors
A department official speaking at CyberTalks said HHS is trying to help the sector on finding where those risks are.
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ONCD official says Trump administration aims to bolster AI use for defense without increasing risk
Alexandra Seymour also talked about cyber workforce goals, including emulating Israel’s Unit 8200.
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Citizen Lab links Cellebrite to the hacking of a Kenyan presidential candidate’s phone
The research lab says forensic evidence suggests the phone-cracking technology was used against Boniface Mwangi after his July arrest.
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CISA to host industry feedback sessions on cyber incident reporting regulation
One industry official told CyberScoop the town halls are probably not what CIRCIA needs right now.
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Acting CISA chief says DHS funding lapse would limit, halt some agency work
Acting Director Madhu Gottumukkala said it could affect everything from responding to threats to finalizing CIRCIA regulations.
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