Senate Intel chair warns confluence of factors make election threats worse

Sen. Mark Warner said influence operations are easy and cheap, and their social media audience is more willing to believe them.

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Banking, oil and IT industry reps call on Congress to harmonize cyber regulations … again

Industry representatives in a House hearing pointed to the Biden administration’s cyber reporting mandate as an example of overlapping regulations.

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Coker’s top priorities: Federal cohesion, cyber workforce, other ‘hard problems’

In an interview with CyberScoop, the national cyber director talked about his approach to the job and the work still ahead.

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Ransomware attacks are hitting energy, oil and gas sectors especially hard, report finds

Sophos survey finds that utilities appear willing to pay ransom demands.

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Critical infrastructure organizations want CISA to dial back cyber reporting

Public comments from industry on the cyber agency’s draft proposal call for clearer terms and hard limits on what information can be collected.

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US businesses struggle to obtain cyber insurance, lawmakers are told

Rising premiums and restrictive policies are creating uncertainty among American businesses about whether insurance policies will cover breaches.

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Protecting America’s cybersecurity demands showing our teeth

Deterring U.S. adversaries from attacking American infrastructure requires making clear that the United States can strike back in kind. 

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DHS releases critical infrastructure priorities for next two years

The agency says AI and China are some of the biggest cyber threats to the nation’s most sensitive networks.

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Picketed at work, confronted at church: Why election workers have left the job

Election workers facing unprecedented harassment are retiring in huge numbers, posing a threat to the U.S. voting system. 

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Critical infrastructure operators’ resilience would get federal assessment under new bill

The bipartisan House legislation calls on CISA and FEMA to report on how operators handle the switch to manual mode during cyber incidents.

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