In late 2023, Nick Lawler got a call from someone claiming to be an FBI agent. The man said that the utility Nick ran in Littleton, Massachusetts, was the target of an elaborate, international hacking operation. It set off an unlikely series of events that involved a small community, Chinese state hackers and the quiet threat hiding in our most basic infrastructure.

Meet Mando: an IT guy by day, cybercrime fighter by night. And his mentor? One of the most prolific data thieves ever. Together, they’re rewriting the rules of digital justice.

This week, how a global game of cat and mouse led to a friendship—and an unexpected redemption.

This week, as national security agencies brace for deep cuts and digital expertise is shed from their ranks, we talk to former Principal Deputy Director of National Intelligence Sue Gordon about what happens when intelligence is stuck in the past. She says the real danger isn’t what we don’t know—it’s what we stop trying to understand.

DOGE says it’s rooting out waste, fraud, and abuse. But in her first media interview, one insider at the U.S. Digital Service says DOGE’s “audit” felt more like a purge.

While the world is weighing in on where the ethical boundaries of AI should lie, Heather Mellquist Lehto has partnered with someone who has very definite views on AI’s use: the pope.

Churches are turning to AI to craft sermons and draw in new believers. But when faith interacts with algorithms, does it change what we’re worshipping?

More from our exclusive conversation with former NSA Director Gen. Paul Nakasone. He now leads the Institute of National Security at Vanderbilt and will convene a summit on Modern Conflict and Emerging Threats next week. Think cyber warfare, AI, and disinformation and how they will shape wars in the future. He gave us a preview.

This week, a rare sit-down with Gen. Paul Nakasone — former head of the NSA and U.S. Cyber Command, and one of the key architects of America's modern cyber operations. Now out of government, he told us nothing was off-limits. So we asked about China. About AI. And about what the current Trump term could mean for the future of cyberwarfare.

Trend Micro's Jon Clay explains how artificial intelligence has turned a Hollywood fantasy into a real cybercrime fighting-tool … and it's already working in Taiwan.