Former IT employee sentenced to 21 months for school district cyberattack
Ezekiel Dean Potter, 34, who worked as a senior IT support specialist, retained access credentials after his employment ended in April 2023 and targeted the district's systems for over a year and a half.
Conan O'Brien stars in new cybersecurity training series
The 15-part video series, created in collaboration with Team Coco, addresses AI-driven threats such as phishing, impersonation, voice cloning, and deepfakes.
FBI builds replica town to train agents in cyberattack investigation
The FBI's Kinetic Cyber Range, a 22,000 square-foot replica town in Huntsville, Alabama, features houses, a hotel, a gas station, a courthouse, a hospital, and a power company, all wired with functioning devices.
US Cracks Down on Anthropic AI Models Amid Abuse Concerns
Anthropic abruptly suspended all access to Fable 5 and Mythos 5 after receiving an export control directive that banned foreign nationals from using the technology.
House fails to renew FISA surveillance law amid controversy
The House voted against renewing Section 702 of FISA, a law that allows U.S. intelligence agencies to collect vast amounts of information, including data on Americans, to identify foreign threats.
California's new CIO focuses on modernizing legacy systems and AI
Given plans to steer the California Department of Technology (CDT) towards incremental improvements with measurable returns, rather than large-scale, multi-year modernization projects, citing budget limitations.