New: FBI and DOJ seized 13 websites allegedly used by Chinese intelligence operatives to target current and former officials and military personnel with access to classified information.
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Prosecutors said the domains posed as legitimate consulting companies to recruit current and former U.S. officials into sharing sensitive government information for payment.
Waves of federal layoffs in the past year have pushed thousands of government employees and contractors into an uncertain job market, creating renewed collection opportunities for foreign intelligence services, as we’ve previously reported:
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Scoop: Britain has weakened proposed cybersecurity protections for its telecoms networks that were developed in response to the Salt Typhoon espionage campaign, after the companies responsible for implementing the measures lobbied against them.
"The concerns are significant because they suggest that some of the federal government’s most target-rich agencies may lack clear direction or consistent access to a tool that could help them find and fix security flaws more quickly." www.nextgov.com/artificial-i...
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Britain has weakened proposed cybersecurity protections for its telecoms networks that were developed in response to the Salt Typhoon espionage campaign, after the companies responsible for implementi...
NEW - Senate aide tells me Wyden will offer a UC on two FISA 702 extension bills at 4:45. One adds a warrant measure for queried American communications and extend 702 for 9 months. The other is 5-week extension in exchange for basic transparency requirements, the aide tells me.
The Combat Emerging Threats to Critical Infrastructure Act would direct CISA to work with sector risk management agencies to update these plans within a year of enactment. Also requires CISA to reassess those plans every two years, and issue revised versions for Congress.
