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Scammers Are Using AI to Impersonate Government Officials
If you get a text or voice message from someone claiming to be a U.S. government official, they probably aren’t who they say they are. The FBI is warning the public about an ongoing campaign in which scammers are using AI-generated voice messages to impersonate senior government staff in an attempt to gain access to personal accounts and, by extension,…
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Government webmail hacked via XSS bugs in global spy campaign
Hackers are running a worldwide cyberespionage campaign dubbed ‘RoundPress,’ leveraging zero-day and n-day flaws in webmail servers to steal email from high-value government organizations. ESET researchers who uncovered the operation attribute it with medium confidence to the Russian state-sponsored hackers APT28 (aka “Fancy Bear” or “Sednit”). The campaign started in 2023 and continued with the adoption of new exploits in…
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The FBI says hackers are using AI voice clones to impersonate US government officials
Had a call from a senior US official? It probably wasn’t real. The FBI has issued a warning about an ongoing malicious text and voice messaging campaign in which scammers use AI-generated voices to target victims. As part of the campaign, threats actors claim to be a senior US official in a bid to access personal accounts. The campaign began…
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A ransomware gang hacked the Gloucester County, VA local government
Ransomware gang BlackSuit today claimed responsibility for an April 2025 data breach of the Gloucester County, Virginia local government. Gloucester County officials first announced their offices experienced a network disruption on April 22. A day later, it said connectivity issues limited staff access to emails and disrupted operations. BlackSuit lists Gloucester County on its data leak site. County officials have…
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The UK government hopes AI will supercharge public sector digital transformation – IT leaders aren’t so sure
Virtually all UK public sector organizations are still working through digital transformation projects, according to research from SolarWinds, but just 6% say they’ve fully completed the job. While six-in-ten public sector IT decision makers told SolarWinds that advancing digital transformation is a top future priority, only 42% say their efforts are well underway. “These findings show that while digital transformation…
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Ransomware gang says it hacked the Cobb County, GA government
Ransomware gang Qilin yesterday claimed responsibility for a data breach at the local government of Cobb County, Georgia. Cobb County’s IT department on March 21, 2025 shut down the county’s servers for a week after detecting unauthorized users on its network. Several county services went down as a result, including courthouse filing, the jail database, and wi-fi access. A month…
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Microsoft tries to reassure Europe that it can resist the US government. Europe has doubts – Computerworld
“Our economic reliance on Europe has always run deep. We recognize that our business is critically dependent on sustaining the trust of customers, countries, and governments across Europe,” Smith wrote. “We respect European values, comply with European laws, and actively defend Europe’s cybersecurity. Our support for Europe has always been — and always will be — steadfast. In a time…
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IBM puts on a brave face as US government cuts hit 15 contracts
IBM has revealed 15 contracts agreed with the US government have been shelved amid a cost-cutting drive implemented by the Trump administration. The tech giant said the dropped contracts were worth about $100 million in total, less than 1% of its consulting group’s planned work, according to Reuters. IBM CEO Arvind Krishna said in a call with investors: “Consulting is…
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DOGE is reportedly building a ‘master database’ of government information
The Committee has also received reports about troubling, fumbling efforts by DOGE to combine sensitive information held by SSA, the IRS, HHS, and other agencies into a single cross-agency master database. Improving how federal agencies share data to improve outcomes and customer service is a longstanding and bipartisan goal in Congress. Information obtained by the Committee, however, indicates that DOGE…
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The government doesn’t understand Meta
The government should be scrutinizing Meta’s power. Unfortunately, its legal attack isn’t cutting to the heart of what keeps Meta big. This week, I spent three days in a Washington, DC courtroom watching Mark Zuckerberg testify. He was there defending his company from being broken up by the Federal Trade Commission, which is seeking to unwind his acquisitions of Instagram…
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