Congress, industry ponder government posture for protecting data centers

A hearing of the House Homeland Security panel’s cyber subcommittee weighed whether to designate data centers as a standalone critical infrastructure sector.

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Rep. Delia Ramirez takes over as top House cybersecurity Dem

She replaces Rep. Eric Swalwell following his resignation, giving her the position of ranking member of the Subcommittee on Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Protection.

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Supreme Court justices skeptically question both sides in geofence surveillance case

A ruling could come this summer in Chatrie v. United States, which could have bigger ramifications about the scope of government surveillance.

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Senators seek answers about hackers obtaining sensitive student data from ostensibly anonymous tip line

Sens. Maggie Hassan and Jim Banks wrote to Navigate360 after a hacker claimed to compromise the school safety tool.

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Latest spy power reauthorization bill leaves critics unimpressed

An April 30 deadline is looming to extend expiring Section 702 powers, and the newest legislation to re-up it is drawing fire from the left and right.

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Surveillance campaigns use commercial surveillance tools to exploit long-known telecom vulnerabilities

Researchers said it’s the first-ever mapping of attack traffic to mobile operator signalling infrastructure.

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CISA director pick Sean Plankey withdraws his nomination

Plankey had been waiting for more than a year, prompting the request to withdraw him as the one tapped to lead an agency now in further upheaval.

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The Supreme Court is about to decide how far geofence warrants can go

Chatrie v. United States asks whether a single warrant can justify a location-data dragnet — and what “probable cause” means when the search starts with basically everyone nearby.

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Lawmakers ponder terrorism designations, homicide charges over hospital ransomware attacks

The ideas came up at a House Homeland Security Committee hearing, as health care ransomware attacks are on the rise.

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The surveillance law Congress can’t quit — and can’t explain

Congress overhauled Section 702 in 2024 with 56 changes. Now, as the law nears expiration, supporters and critics can’t even agree on what the numbers show.

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