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TikTok logo is placed on the U.S. and Chinese flags in this illustration. Dado Ruvic/Reuters

Cyber Week in Review: April 26, 2024

Biden signs FISA reforms; House passes bill to ban government from buying bulk data; Biden signs TikTok ban; Chinese government orders Meta-owned apps removed from App Store; UnitedHealth Group provides update on ransomware attack. Read More

Artificial Intelligence (AI)
Cyber Week in Review: November 3, 2023
Biden signs executive order on AI; SEC sues SolarWinds over 2020 hack; UK hosts AI Safety Summit; Forty nine countries pledge to not pay ransomware gangs; Indian opposition members targeted with spyware.
Technology and Innovation
Cyber Week in Review: October 27, 2023
U.S. withdraws digital trade proposals; EU lawmakers make progress on AI Act; Weibo says users with large following must use real name; Okta compromised by threat actors; U.S. states sue Meta.
Technology and Innovation
Governing Artificial Intelligence: A Conversation with Rumman Chowdhury
Artificial intelligence, and its risks and benefits, has rapidly entered the popular consciousness in the past year. Kat Duffy and Dr. Rumman Chowdhury discuss how society can mitigate problems and ensure AI is an asset.
  • Cybersecurity
    The Importance of the Internet Governance Forum
    The UN has put its weight behind the multilateral Global Digital Compact as a new process to govern the internet. However, the world would be far better off supporting the long-running, multistakeholder Internet Governance Forum.
  • Artificial Intelligence (AI)
    Cyber Week in Review: October 20, 2023
    China unveils Global AI Governance Initiative; U.S. expands microchip controls; X tests charging Twitter users; Five Eyes warns of Chinese espionage; FBI seizes North Korean IT domains.
  • Cybersecurity
    Cyber Week in Review: October 13, 2023
    Social media flooded with bad information on Israel-Hamas conflict; Google mitigated largest DDoS attack ever; Chinese programmer fined for VPN use; Vietnam used Predator spyware against U.S.; IGF meets in Japan.
  • Cybersecurity
    New Entries in the CFR Cyber Operations Tracker: Q3 2023
    An update of the Council on Foreign Relations' Cyber Operations Tracker for the period between July and September 2023.
  • Cybersecurity
    Cyber Week in Review: October 6, 2023
    NSA to launch AI security center; Freedom on the Net 2023 released; State Department releases report on Chinese disinformation; Red Cross releases advisory on hacktivists; Fifth Circuit changes Missouri v. Biden ruling.
  • Artificial Intelligence (AI)
    Governing Artificial Intelligence: A Conversation with Kent Walker
    Kat Duffy moderated a private dialogue on AI and human rights with Google’s Kent Walker and heads of human rights organizations on the sidelines of UNGA. This follow-up conversation reflects some themes raised in that session.
  • Technology and Innovation
    Cyber Week in Review: September 29, 2023
    X cuts half of its election integrity team; PCLOB endorses Section 702 limits; Cyberattack hits Bermudan government; Pro-Ukrainian group leaks Russian flight records; U.S. convened summit on cybersecurity in Latin America.