A proposed bill in Florida that sought to mandate social media companies to implement an encryption backdoor for law enforcement access has been withdrawn and will not become law, TechCrunch reports.
More lawmakers have lambasted the Trump administration's proposed Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency spending reductions for fiscal year 2026, CyberScoop reports.
U.S. Defense Department Acting Chief Information Officer and Chief Information Security Officer Katie Arrington said that the implementation of secure instant messaging platforms for government and military leaders will be prioritized following Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth's exposure of the country's military strike plans against Houthi rebels in Yemen in a Signal chat that inadvertently included a journalist.
More than four years after helping bolster federal crackdowns against cybercriminal operations, FBI Cyber Division Assistant Director Bryan Vorndran was noted by sources close to the matter to enter retirement soon, reports The Record.
REAL ID was regarded by Polyguard co-founder and CEO Joshua McKenty to be not only an extremely attractive target for cybercriminals but also a powerful surveillance tool.
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