Outgoing FBI Deputy Director for Cyber Operations Brett Leatherman has announced on LinkedIn that he has been appointed by FBI Director Kash Patel to lead the agency's Cyber Division.
A new analysis by Frances data protection authority, CNIL, estimates that the GDPR has delivered significant cybersecurity benefits across the EU, preventing cyber-related losses of up to 1.4 billion since its 2018 implementation, Cybernews reports.
Significant U.S. cybersecurity policy changes have been made by President Donald Trump in a new executive order that rescinds Biden and Obama-era policies, reports CyberScoop.
Sean Caincross, who was nominated by President Donald Trump to become the national cyber director, was interrogated about his lack of background in cybersecurity and the proposed significant reduction in Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency spending for fiscal year 2026 during his confirmation hearing before the senate, according to The Record, a news site by cybersecurity firm Recorded Future.
House Homeland Security subcommittee on cybersecurity chair Andrew Garbarino, R-N.Y., has expressed opposition to the cessation of the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency's Mobile App Vetting Program following the Salt Typhoon hack of U.S. telecommunications firms that impacted federal agencies, reports CyberScoop.
