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Bo Shen/Getty Images ByDavid DiMolfetta, Cybersecurity Reporter, Nextgov/FCW August 27, 2026 12:50 PM ET Nathan Vilas Laatsch was allegedly disgruntled by the Trump administration and willing to share sensitive data with the foreign country. The FBI set up a dead drop operation to intercept the classified materials.
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Samuel Boivin/NurPhoto via Getty Images ByDavid DiMolfetta, Cybersecurity Reporter, Nextgov/FCW August 27, 2026 12:33 PM ET The spy agency is taking a key role in the government’s new voluntary model-testing program, though its deputy director did not say which companies are participating. * NSA * Industry The National
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Follow ZDNET: Add us as a preferred source on Google. ZDNET's key takeaways * AI has created a permanent "generational shift" in cybersecurity. * This shift includes how we classify threats, with hacktivism predicted to take center stage. * Low-threat script kiddies may be a thing of the past,
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US Justice Department investigating the breach The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) said it’s responding to a “major” cybersecurity incident shortly after the Qilin ransomware gang posted the US federal law enforcement agency on its leak site. According to ATF's statement, the intrusion affected
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* Surfshark's Cybersecurity Advocacy Fund offers up to €100K a year * It's open to university groups, students, and faculties worldwide * The first submission window opens in September 2026 Surfshark, one of the best VPN services, is now putting money behind the people it believes can help close
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UK’s largest airport operator believes 8.7 million customers affected The company behind three of the UK’s busiest airports says “a quantity” of data was stolen during a recent “cybersecurity incident". Manchester Airports Group (MAG) operates Manchester Airport in the North West of England, Cambridgeshire’s Stansted
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Schrödinger's Cat, the famous 1935 thought experiment, imagines a cat that, for reasons rooted in quantum physics we need not dwell on here, is simultaneously alive and dead. In a landscape of relentless cyberattacks and mounting infrastructural complexity, a routine backup task can appear finished, with every box
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Hugging Face unveiled the Microduck on Thursday, a cute little duck-like robot that sells for $399 — and ships before Christmas. Clem Delangue, CEO of Hugging Face, said the Microduck is an “open-source robot you can teach new tricks with reinforcement learning.” The 25-centimeter-tall duck can waddle, pick things up with
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* President Trump has reissued a national emergency banning foreign bulk‑power systems in the US * Order targets risks from foreign hardware/software, likely focused on Chinese‑made equipment * The US Energy Department has 120 days to set enforcement rules in consultation with other agencies US President Donald Trump just declared
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Kevin Carter/Getty Images ByDavid DiMolfetta, Cybersecurity Reporter, Nextgov/FCW August 27, 2026 10:17 AM ET The agency says the affected system was isolated from its broader network and eForms platform but has not disclosed whether data was stolen. * Cyber Threats * Data Breaches * ATF * Justice The Bureau of Alcohol,
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Australian police have arrested two people in Perth accused of being members of TeamPCP, a prolific hacking group blamed for high-profile hacks against big tech giants in recent months. The two have been charged with more than a dozen hacking, money laundering, and other cybercrime offenses and are expected in
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Federal law enforcement has dismantled a major Chinese state-sponsored cyber-espionage apparatus that targeted critical infrastructure and key government agencies across the United States for nearly eight years. It also makes us wonder again how these operations were not caught any earlier. This week, the U.S. Justice Department and the
