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A machine counts ballots at an elections warehouse outside of Philadelphia on Nov. 8, 2022. (Photo by ED JONES/AFP via Getty Images)

Chinese, Russian interference attempts on 2022 midterms didn’t impact voting, intelligence agencies say

U.S. intelligence agencies expect election interference to shift from targeting of voting systems to influencing social media.

Dec 19, 2023 By Matt Bracken

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Biden’s AI executive order and a CIA veteran on North Korean cyber ops

Long Yee, a 20-year veteran of the CIA

Nov 2, 2023 By CyberScoop Staff

FBI Director Christopher Wray, Director of the National Security Agency Gen. Paul Nakasone, Director of National Intelligence Avril Haines, and CIA Director William Burns testify during a Senate Intelligence Committee hearing concerning worldwide threats, on Capitol Hill March 8, 2023 in Washington, DC. (Drew Angerer/Getty Images)

US intel: Chinese influence operations are growing more aggressive, more similar to Russia’s

China is stepping up efforts to influence U.S. public opinion, which increasingly resemble Russian operations.

Mar 8, 2023 By Elias Groll

Cyber Command NSPM-13 — National Security Agency (NSA) Director and U.S. Cyber Command chief Gen. Paul Nakasone testified before the Senate Intelligence Committee on March 10, 2022 (Photo by: Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images)

Biden administration is studying whether to scale back Trump-era cyber authorities at DOD

The Biden administration is considering revising the Trump-era policy that gave broad cyber authorities to the Department of Defense and Cyber Command.

Mar 31, 2022 By Suzanne Smalley

CIA, Central Intelligence Agency — The lobby of CIA headquarters in Langley, Virginia. (Getty Images)

CIA ‘secret bulk collection program’ picked up some Americans’ data, senators reveal

The unnamed program operates “entirely outside the statutory framework that Congress and the public believe govern this collection," according to Sens. Ron Wyden and Martin Heinrich, who…

Feb 11, 2022 By Joe Warminsky