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Government

State CISOs Are Losing Confidence as AI Threats Surge

Jennifer Lawinski  •  April 30, 2026

State CISO confidence has collapsed, with just 22% saying their data is protected from cyberthreats. The 2026 NASCIO-Deloitte study points to AI-enabled attacks, third-party vendor risk and the worst budget picture in years as states rethink how they defend public data.

Government

DHS Shutdown Ends as CISA Faces Long Recovery

Chris Riotta  •  April 30, 2026

The House passed a bipartisan bill funding the Department of Homeland Security, ending a 75-day shutdown that forced the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency into a reactive posture and disrupted preventive cyber operations, even as workforce losses and proposed cuts threaten long-term resilience.

Cybercrime

Breach Roundup: US Cyber Command Flags Election Threats

Pooja Tikekar  •  April 30, 2026

This week, election threats resurfaced. A prolific hacker arrested. Black Axe network disrupted. China-linked disinformation targets Tibet. Exploited ScreenConnect and Windows flaws raise alarms. Minecraft gamers hit with stealer malware. A critical AI framework bug enables remote code execution.

Cyberwarfare / Nation-State Attacks

FBI: Chinese Hacker Extradition Sends a Global Message

Chris Riotta  •  April 30, 2026

U.S. prosecutors allege 34-year-old Chinese national Xu Zewei operated under China’s Ministry of State Security to hack universities and firms during the pandemic, exploiting VPN and Exchange flaws and exfiltrating research data in a Silk Typhoon campaign.

Fraud Management & Cybercrime

Are Hospital Attacks 'Terrorism,' Patient Deaths 'Murder'?

Marianne Kolbasuk McGee  •  April 30, 2026

As ransomware attacks on hospitals continue to disrupt patient care and sometimes contribute to serious patient harm, policymakers are increasingly debating whether the U.S. should treat such incidents as acts of terrorism - and even pursue homicide charges when a patient death occurs.

Blockchain & Cryptocurrency

Cryptohack Roundup: North Korea Steals Bulk of Crypto So Far

Rashmi Ramesh  •  April 30, 2026

This week, North Korea hacks, Cartier heir jailed, Believe founder arrested, Cambodia scam network sanctioned. A U.S. Army soldier's insider bet, Litecoin, sentences in laundering and romance fraud cases, France probed crypto kidnapping. Tennessee banned crypto ATMs, Kelp DAO and Alex Mashinsky.

Artificial Intelligence & Machine Learning

Linux 'Copy Fail' Flaw Delivers Root-Level Access to Distros

Mathew J. Schwartz  •  April 30, 2026

Patch all Linux kernels issued from 2017 onwards to fix a serious vulnerability in the kernel’s cryptography API that can be easily exploited by a local, unprivileged user to gain root-level access. The major flaw is the latest to be found by an AI-assisted researcher.

Cryptocurrency Fraud

FBI-Backed Takedown Hits Crypto Scam Centers

Chris Riotta  •  April 29, 2026

U.S. and international law enforcement agencies dismantled a network of overseas scam centers linked to cryptocurrency investment fraud schemes, officials said Wednesday, arresting at least 276 individuals in a crackdown across the Middle East and Southeast Asia.

Agentic AI

OpenAI's Founding Promise Goes on Trial

Jennifer Lawinski  •  April 29, 2026

Elon Musk took the stand this week in a lawsuit that could unwind OpenAI's corporate structure, derail its IPO bid and transform the artificial intelligence landscape. The stakes are high for enterprise customers that bet on OpenAI's technology platform.

Artificial Intelligence & Machine Learning

Learn From Cloud Monopolies: Navigating AI Cost Models

Mathew J. Schwartz  •  April 29, 2026

Executives approaching artificial intelligence must not only weigh their effectiveness and efficiency goals and have a security plan, but also model the long-term financials to avoid monopolistic cost lock-ins, said operational technology cybersecurity expert Elizabeth McAndrew-Benavides.

Artificial Intelligence & Machine Learning

US FDA Piloting Use of AI for 'Real-Time' Clinical Trials

Marianne Kolbasuk McGee  •  April 29, 2026

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration is planning to launch a pilot program aimed at advancing real-time clinical trials through the use of artificial intelligence tools and data science. The goal is to accelerate the development of promising new drugs, which often end up slowed down in bottlenecks.

Data Security

UK Biobank Health Data Listed for Sale on Alibaba

Marianne Kolbasuk McGee  •  April 29, 2026

The U.K. government is working with Chinese officials to remove the sensitive de-identified data of 500,000 participants of the UK Biobank that was listed for sale on the Chinese e-commerce site Alibaba. U.K. officials said the incident did not appear to involve a cyberattack.