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Christian Vasquez

Christian covers industrial cybersecurity for CyberScoop News. He previously wrote for E&E News at POLITICO covering cybersecurity in the energy sector. Reach out: christian.vasquez at cyberscoop dot com

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Spacecraft launch. Elements of this image furnished by NASA. (Getty Images)

Growing hacking threat to satellite systems compels global push to secure outer space

Research

Mysterious malware designed to cripple industrial systems linked to Russia

Threats

The flag of the People’s Republic of China. (Photo by PHILIP PACHECO/AFP via Getty Images)

Chinese-linked hackers target critical infrastructure in US and Guam

Threats

A photo taken on March 31, 2023 in Manta, near Turin, shows a computer screen with the home page of the artificial intelligence OpenAI web site, displaying its chatGPT robot.(Marco BERTORELLO / AFP)

Reality check: What will generative AI really do for cybersecurity?

Technology

Congress looks to expand CISA’s role, adding responsibilities for satellites and open source software

Government

Then-acting National Cyber Director Kemba Walden, right, with Megan Stifel, chief strategy officer for the Institute for Security and Technology, at event on ransomware in Washington in May 2023. (Photo courtesy of the Institute for Security and Technology)

White House plan to implement cyber strategy includes ambitious digital education effort

Policy

Pro-Houthi hacking group linked to spyware operation on Arabian Peninsula

Geopolitics

Acting National Cyber Director Kemba Walden. (UC Berkeley)

King, Gallagher urge Biden to nominate Walden as national cyber director

Government

Dragos CEO Robert M. Lee spoke at the World Economic Forum Annual Meeting 2023 in Davos-Klosters, Switzerland, on Jan. 17. (Photo courtesy of World Economic Forum/Valeriano Di Domenico/Flickr/Creative Commons)

Hackers attempt to extort Dragos and its executives in suspected ransomware attempt

Threats