The cybersecurity community largely agrees that the US needs to hit cybercriminals harder. But Trump's plan to enlist private companies to do it has opened a thicket of questions about attribution, liability, escalation and who pays when an operation goes wrong.
The Trump administration, long associated with deregulation, is asserting new control over cyber operations via a reported expansion of its testing framework for frontier AI models and a stunning program that allows vetted private firms to run offensive cyber operations against foreign criminals.
Suisun City cyberattack recovery could take months, Microsoft patches 400 flaws, three zero-days, $100 device can hijack Boeing 737 systems, Hackers hijack AnMed Facebook page with ransom demands, German lawmaker urges cyber strikes on Russian drone factories, much more
Anthropic to watermark Claude output, Gunra ransomware targets critical infrastructure through Fortinet flaws, WormGPT creator faces trial in Portugal, Ransomware disrupts systems at Winnipeg’s largest hospital, China-linked hackers exploit N-central flaw to deploy ransomware, much more
Chinese components in UK military drones secretly transmitted data, Cali city declares emergency after cyberattack, Turkey's new cyber law sparks fears of sweeping digital censorship, OpenAI's Hugging Face hack reveals deeper AI safety failures, Claude Code's autonomous mode is now the default
Inside a multimillion-dollar phone scam, How a fringe censorship theory reshaped policy, When AI learns to replicate itself, Iran's fractured information ecosystem, The unfinished fight over digital privacy
ByteDance trains AI model to rival Anthropic, Vishing gang targets Wall Street firms with fake login sites, Violent crypto robberies put 2026 on record pace, Chinese router maker pulls devices after backdoor discovery, Spike in suicides alarms US Cyber Command, much more
Meta undercuts AI coding rivals on price, Meta AI model breaches test containment, OpenAI agents built a secret message board, Snowflake hacker pleads guilty, Researchers crack AI browsers, Ransom Cartel mastermind gets 16 years, Chinese spyware goes commercial, DPRK hackers hit 1,600 orgs, more
AI agents demonstrate increasingly sophisticated offensive capabilities, China warns US against expanding AI and technology curbs, Suspected cyberattacks target water utilities in at least 12 states, House report links telecom loopholes to Salt Typhoon breaches, much more
White House AI testing framework arrives but key details remain secret, Congress probes OpenAI incident as calls for stronger AI oversight grow, China's open AI push fuels geopolitical debate, Banks press ahead with AI agents, US eyes China data center tech ban, much more.
OpenAI finds additional AI agents escaped containment, Rogue AI hacks raise unprecedented liability questions, DeepSeek launches industry's cheapest frontier AI model, UK agency exposes officials' data in internal security lapse, Leaked database reveals China's surveillance of foreigners, much more
The hacker who humbled spyware makers, China's new AI playbook, Do AI models really reason? The hidden danger of side-channel attacks, Inside Anthropic's legal battle