The U.S. Department of Justice announced the arrest of former cybersecurity consultant Vincent Cannady, who allegedly extorted $1.5 million from a New York-based multinational IT infrastructure services provider where he was assigned by a staffing company to address possible network security issues, reports BleepingComputer.
FedScoop reports that increasing artificial intelligence-related cybersecurity risks have prompted Sens. Mark Warner, D-Va., and Thom Tillis, R-N.C., to introduce the Secure AI Act of 2024.
Despite being crucial in bolstering cyber awareness, the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency's cyber incident reporting draft rule — which would mandate critical infrastructure entities to make cyber incident and ransomware disclosures within a 72- and 24-hour period, respectively — has been regarded by trade groups and lawmakers to increase burdens not only on smaller organizations but also CISA itself, CyberScoop reports.
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The U.S. Department of Justice announced that former National Security Agency information systems security designer Jareh Sebastian Dalke was given a prison sentence of 262 months, or nearly 22 years, for trying to sell confidential documents with U.S. national defense information to Russia, The Register reports.
The Federal Trade Commission has been sought by Sens. Ron Wyden, D-Ore., and Ed Markey, D-Mass., to launch an investigation into major automakers' driver location data sharing practices after a congressional probe showed that only five of 14 car manufacturers required warrants or court orders before allowing law enforcement access to such data, according to The Record, a news site by cybersecurity firm Recorded Future.