Intelligence
House advances spy power reauthorization bill without warrant measure
The bill — which represents a win for Biden administration policy objectives — will now be taken up in the Senate, with a week to go before the authority sunsets.
When can US spies buy your personal data? New guidelines are coming
Certain missions require government acquisition of personal information collected by data brokers, and appropriate safeguards need to be put in place, the official said at a Cyber Command-hosted event.
Google is now authorized to host classified data in the cloud
The security milestone puts Google in a position to compete for classified business at DOD and U.S. intelligence agencies.
The CIA is taking a ‘crawl, walk, run’ approach to GenAI
The approach may help the intelligence agency sprint ahead of adversaries in AI capabilities.
Government funding bill punts extension of controversial spying power
Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act expires April 19 unless reauthorized by Congress, and an 11th-hour funding bill crafted to avert a partial government shutdown doesn't address the matter.
Civil liberties groups urge Congress to keep 702 measures out of upcoming funding votes
Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act is set to expire on April 19 unless reauthorized by Congress.
Section 702 renewal could pass in funding bill, sources say
Backers of 702 reauthorization in the House Intelligence committee will likely use recent news of classified intelligence gathered using the surveillance power as a way to convince colleagues to support its renewal.
IARPA makes awards in 4-year effort studying hacker psychology
The program greenlit research contracts for technologies that would use psychology to thwart hackers.
IARPA launches program to solve error-prone building blocks of quantum computing
The Intelligence Advanced Research Projects Activity will work to reduce the noise in quantum bits, which currently stand as a major hurdle to establishing fault-tolerant quantum computing.
Ex-CIA officer and WikiLeaks source sentenced to 40 years for largest breach in agency history
Joshua Adam Schulte was found to have abused administrative privileges and secretly transmitted the documents in 2016.
NSA illegally purchases Americans’ internet data without a warrant, senator says
The NSA’s purchases of commercial metadata without a court order — revealed in documents exchanged with Sen. Ron Wyden — violate consumer protection laws, the Oregon Democrat claims.
Watchdog finds ‘sufficient’ cyber threat sharing at agencies, but barriers remain
The Intelligence Community Inspector General’s biennial update on cybersecurity information sharing noted that progress has been made over the past two years, but some agencies reported running up against roadblocks.
The CIA’s data-challenged AI imperative
Mastering the technology is key to being able to “disrupt those entities that do not,” said an agency cyber policy official.
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