Out earlier today: US Cyber Ambassador Nate Fick traveled last month to Beijing with Secretary Antony Blinken, and Fick told me that the delegation confronted Chinese officials on efforts by Chinese hacking group Volt Typhoon to preposition in critical U.S. networks. subscriber.politicopro.com/article/2024/0…

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New: I visited the CISA-led CyberStorm IX cyberattack scenario yesterday. The exercise —the largest US government-backed of its kind — is focusing its 2000 participants on one goal: Defending the food and agriculture sector against a massive attack subscriber.politicopro.com/article/2024/0…

Russia has ramped up its efforts to spread disinfo to interfere in the upcoming U.S. elections in the last 45 days, Microsoft says in a report out today. The company also found evidence of China pursuing disinfo efforts to divide the U.S. electorate: subscriber.politicopro.com/article/2024/0…

Today during #DutchTulipDays we hosted an insightful cybersecurity panel discussion, shedding light on the critical need for robust cyber defenses in our digital landscape.

Public-private partnerships play a pivotal role in our cyber resilience.

Scoop! TikTok has been under FTC scrutiny for at least the past two years over privacy and data security and the agency could decide to bring a case in the coming weeks.
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Officials plan for new age of cyber threats to satellites ow.ly/pWsg105nkEg

SCOOP: We now have the Navy and U.S. Cyber Command unfunded wish lists. The Navy has requested $2.2B. More TK

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New: CISA Director Jen Easterly🛡️ told me in an interview out today for the Politico Tech podcast that there have been no big changes to Chinese hacking group Volt Typhoon’s activity, despite the Biden administration’s efforts to call them out. Listen here: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/pol…

The early retirement will leave the chairmanship of the House Armed Services Committee’s cyber subcommittee open, leaving a leadership gap ahead of the NDAA process

NEW: The Biden administration is sanctioning Russian operatives behind a sprawling disinfo network of 60+ websites designed to mimic legit European news outlets, particularly in Germany, France, Italy, Ukraine and the U.K. subscriber.politicopro.com/article/2024/0…

Breaking - House passes bill 352-65 forcing the sale of TikTok by its Chinese owner ByteDance or face a ban in U.S. apps stores

NEW: UnitedHealth plans to bring key systems run by billing subsidiary Change Healthcare back online in roughly the next two weeks, per COO Dirk McMahon.

UHG is also unveiling new some new funding/support measures for impacted providers + those with Medicare Advantage plans.

NEW: The Treasury Department is slapping sanctions on two individuals and five EU firms tied to the sale and distribution of Predator spyware.

It's the latest move to crack down on a shadowy ecosystem of commercial spyware vendors -- one that has recently taken root in Europe.

NEW: A rep for the American Hospital Association told me that the outage at Change is causing 'significant disruption' for many of its ~5,000 hospitals, w/growing risk that some won't meet payroll.

That differs starkly from what Change parent Co. UnitedHealth is saying.