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Hey listeners, Ting here, your go-to cyber sleuth on all things China hacks and digital showdowns. Buckle up for this week's US-China CyberPulse—it's been a wild ride of drone dodges, diplomat arm-twists, and sneaky Sheet exploits, all unfolding right up to today, February 25th.

Picture this: I'm hunkered down in my virtual war room, caffeine-fueled, dissecting the latest salvos. First off, the Pentagon's going full throttle on ditching Chinese drone dominance. Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth kicked off the Drone Dominance Program back in July 2025, and now they're fast-tracking the Blue UAS List—54 drones cleared for training, 29 for ops, like Shield AI's V-Bat and Skydio's whirlybirds. No more relying on that 90% Chinese-controlled market; they're vetting for supply chain purity to avoid Beijing yanking motors mid-conflict. DoD's dropping over a billion bucks to field hundreds of thousands of cheap, one-way attackers by 2027, with Gauntlet tests at Fort Benning pitting 25 companies, including Ukrainian upstarts, against each other. Smart move—iterative buys in months, not years.

Meanwhile, Trump's team is flexing diplomatic muscle. Secretary of State Marco Rubio signed a February 18 State Department cable ordering envoys to battle foreign data sovereignty laws, calling out China's data grabs and Europe's GDPR as AI killers. It's a push for free-flow data via the Global Cross-Border Privacy Rules Forum with Mexico, Canada, Australia, and Japan. Why? China's bundling Belt and Road infra with surveillance hooks, and this counters that geopolitical chess.

Private sector's not sleeping—Google's Threat Intelligence Group and Mandiant just dropped a bombshell on UNC2814, a China-linked crew breaching 53 telecoms and gov agencies across 42 countries. These pros hid malware in Google Sheets since 2017, using API calls for C2 that looked totally legit. They reconned hosts, exfiltrated via cell V1, then Google axed their cloud projects, sinkholed domains, and armed defenders with IOCs. Prolific? A decade of grind, but now disrupted.

On the intel front, Georgia Tech's Brenden Kuerbis warns China's January ban on US and Israeli security software is fracturing global threat sharing. His fix? Provenance-encoded TI data so everyone—from Kaspersky fans to Chinese ops—can filter sans trust issues. Institutional hurdles, sure, but operationally genius.

And sanctions keep biting: State Department's nailing one individual and two entities under the Protecting American Intellectual Property Act for IP theft. Texas AG Ken Paxton's probing DeepSeek's Nvidia Blackwell training dodge despite bans—smuggled clusters in Inner Mongolia, anyone?

Witty wrap: China's AI surveillance patents are fusing cams, satellites, and social media for predictive policing, but US defenses are evolving faster—drones cleared, data flows fought for, hackers holed below the Sheets.

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Hey listeners, Ting here, your go-to cyber sleuth on all things China hacks and digital showdowns. Picture this: it's been a pulse-pounding week in the US-China CyberPulse arena, with defenses ramping up like a zero-day patch frenzy. Just days ago, on February 13th, the US Department of Defense dropped a bombshell, adding Alibaba, Baidu, and BYD to its Chinese Military Companies List—only to yank it back at the Pentagon's whisper. That glitch screamed internal drama, but it spotlighted the BIOSECURE Act from the 2026 NDAA, now locking out blacklisted Chinese biotech giants like BGI Group subsidiaries and WuXi AppTec from federal contracts. No more sneaky biotech backdoors.

Meanwhile, Congress is flexing hard. The House passed Congressman Mike Lawler's Remote Access Security Act, plugging that pesky Export Control Reform Act loophole—Chinese firms like ByteDance can't just cloud-rent Nvidia H200 or AMD MI325X chips anymore without jumping through fiery hoops. US Commerce's Bureau of Industry and Security is case-by-case reviewing exports, slapping 25% tariffs, and demanding proof these bad boys won't juice China's AI edge or dodge security checks. China fired back mid-January with a sweeping ban on US and Israeli cyber tools from Palo Alto Networks, CrowdStrike, and Check Point, citing data leaks—classic tit-for-tat fracturing our global threat intel sharing. As the Internet Governance Project warns, this geopolitical splintering blinds everyone to borderless botnets and malware.

Private sector's not sleeping. Fortinet Federal's CTO Felipe Fernandez nailed it at the Potomac Officers Club chatter: 2026 federal cyber priorities scream resilience against AI supply chain bombs, with agencies hardening data pipelines and models per the federal AI Action Plan. Solar world's shifting too—congressmembers like Pete Hegseth are pushing "Don't Buy Chinese" for government projects after unexplained comms devices popped up in Chinese inverters, per Energy Department labs and ex-NSA boss Mike Rogers. No proven malice yet, but rapid shutdown fears have nuked FEOC panels from BABA-compliant builds.

Internationally, it's chess: US Peace Corps launched Tech Corps to export AI stacks and cyber defenses abroad, countering China's whole-of-nation AI blitz—think DeepSeek's H200 hauls under NDRC conditions, or their nuclear-powered data centers closing the compute gap. States are reeling from CISA's shutdown squeeze, canceling meets and furloughing key teams, while Jamestown Foundation flags Chinese smart TVs as surveillance spies.

New tech? Behavioral intelligence is the AI-vs-AI frontline, per Cybersecurity Dive, spotting anomalies before they pwn. And FDD reports a federal grand jury indicting three Silicon Valley folks in China cyber ops—names pending, but it's heating up.

Whew, listeners, from blacklists to bans, we're fortifying the digital Maginot Line, but China's not blinking. Stay vigilant—patch up, segment out, and zero-trust everything.

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Hey listeners, Ting here, your go-to cyber sleuth with a front-row seat to the US-China digital cage match. Picture this: it's been a wild week in CyberPulse, with Uncle Sam ramping up defenses against Beijing's sneaky hacks while China fires back with its own iron-fisted countermeasures. Let's dive right in.

First off, the CIA dropped a bombshell Mandarin video targeting disillusioned PLA officers, exploiting corruption scandals like the purge of heavy-hitters such as General Zhang Youxia. CIA Director John Ratcliffe called it priority one in our generational showdown. Beijing lost its cool—Foreign Ministry spokesperson Lin Jian vowed "all necessary measures," slamming it as a blatant provocation from the Chinese Embassy in Washington. Their riposte? Amending the Anti-Espionage Law to snag any data threatening national security, empowering cops to rifle through your gadgets. The Ministry of State Security rolled out juicy reward hotlines for snitching on spies posing as diplomats or researchers, even dropping AI-mocked videos roasting Wall Street greed to troll us right back.

On the US side, we're not sleeping. The FY2026 Intelligence Authorization Act bans federal contracts with Chinese military-linked firms, a direct jab at infiltration. Defense contractors are griping about beefed-up cybersecurity rules from the Pentagon—small suppliers say it's a nightmare, per Times of India reports, but it's hardening our supply chains against PLA cyber ops. Private sector's stepping up too: Anthropic's fresh report exposed Chinese hackers weaponizing Claude for code exploits, prompting frontier AI labs like OpenAI and Google DeepMind to patch frantically. Miles Brundage on Substack warns we're in "triage mode" for AI policy, pushing for RAISE Act mandates on detailed safety protocols before elections hit.

Government policies are evolving—White House maritime plans weave in cyber resilience for U.S.-flagged vessels, coordinating DHS and Commerce to block Beijing's tech theft in AI and beyond. Elastic's CISO Mandy Andress nailed it at ET NOW: cyber's now board-level, with AI agents risking insider-level chaos if guardrails slip. Emerging tech? NIST's Post-Quantum Crypto hits its 10-year mark this year, crypto-agility to neuter quantum threats from China's labs. Internationally, we're syncing with allies via USTR trade pacts, echoing Rep. Ro Khanna's call to leverage partners against unfair practices.

China's dualism shines through Eurasia Review analysis: they're masters at offense while preaching defense, racing ahead in brain-computer interfaces with NeuroXess and BrainCo outpacing Neuralink in trials, backed by Xi's tech mandates. But we're countering with info warfare via the new Information Support Force, tightening digital surveillance.

Whew, tensions thicker than encrypted fog. Stay vigilant, folks—this pulse is racing.

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Hey listeners, it's Ting here, your go-to cyber sleuth on all things China hacks and digital dodging. Picture this: I'm hunkered down in my neon-lit lair, caffeine IV dripping, as the US ramps up its CyberPulse defenses against Beijing's shadowy operators this week. Buckle up—it's been a wild ride from CISA mandates to quantum shields.

First off, CISA just dropped a bombshell on federal agencies: patch that max-severity Dell RecoverPoint bug, CVE-2026-22769, in three days flat, by February 21. Why the panic? China's UNC6201 crew—think Silk Typhoon vibes—has been exploiting those hardcoded creds since mid-2024 for espionage gold. Mandiant spotted 'em deploying Brickstorm backdoors, Grimbolt implants, and sneaky Ghost NICs to ghost through networks undetected. Google's Threat Intelligence Group confirms it: limited victims so far, but payloads like Slaystyle are pivoting like pros. Dell patched it this week, but Uncle Sam says patch now or pay later.

Shifting gears to policy punch: the Pentagon's Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification, or CMMC, kicked off last November, hitting small defense suppliers hard. Reuters reports execs at US and Canadian firms—like those feeding fighter jet parts—are balking at audit waits and six-figure costs. Margaret Boatner from the Aerospace Industries Association warns 88% of aero firms are small biz, and some are ghosting DoD contracts entirely. Alex Major at McCarter & English says it's squeezing the supply chain, especially for international players juggling EU data laws.

Private sector's firing back too. Palo Alto's Unit 42 Global Incident Response Report 2026—hot off analyzing 750+ breaches—flags identity loopholes in 90% of cases, with Chinese groups targeting virtualization via Brickstorm to mask C2 traffic. AI's supercharging it all: exfil in 1.2 hours now, per Sam Rubin. Their fix? Zero trust, harden VMs, and AI-driven detection.

Internationally, State Department's Gharun Lacy at CyberTalks preached ecosystem-wide post-quantum crypto migration by 2035—faster if China's data-harvesting "accordion" threat swells. No solo heroes; holistic randomness to foil Beijing's long-game decryption dreams. Meanwhile, China's flipping the script with a "reverse Great Firewall," per Leiden's Vincent Brussee in the Journal of Cybersecurity: geo-blocking gov sites abroad to starve OSINT.

Emerging tech? Unit 42 pushes telemetry unification against AI-accelerated nation-state stealth. Google's patching Chrome's first 2026 zero-day too, amid DIB APT surges from China-linked ops.

Whew, US defenses are evolving fast, but China's not sleeping. Stay vigilant, listeners—patch, verify identities, go quantum-ready.

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Look, this week has been absolutely wild in the cyber trenches, and I'm Ting, your guide through the digital chaos between Washington and Beijing. Let me cut straight to it because there's a lot happening.

First up, we've got Volt Typhoon and its cousin Voltzite, which the US government has been screaming about for months. According to Dragos, that Beijing crew embedded itself deeper into American energy networks in 2025, specifically targeting electric, oil, and gas companies. And here's the chilling part, they're not just getting access anymore, they're getting inside the control loop that manages utilities' industrial processes. This means they're positioning for future disruption. That's the kind of thing that keeps energy security folks up at night.

Now on the defense side, the Federal Communications Commission just dropped some serious guidance for telecom companies. They're pointing out that ransomware attacks against US communications networks have quadrupled since 2021, which is genuinely alarming. The FCC's recommendations include zero trust architecture, network segmentation, endpoint detection and response tools, and regular vulnerability scans. It's not flashy, but it's solid defensive posture.

What's fascinating is how the private sector is stepping up. According to the Treasury Department, they just wrapped up a major public-private initiative focused on strengthening cybersecurity for AI in the financial services sector. They're releasing six resources throughout February designed specifically for secure AI deployment, especially targeting small and mid-sized institutions. That's smart because those institutions are often the low-hanging fruit for attackers.

Here's where it gets interesting though. The Australian Strategic Policy Institute released a report criticizing how tech companies like Palo Alto Networks avoid publicly attributing cyber attacks to China, supposedly for commercial reasons. They're worried about retaliation or losing market access. Meanwhile Google's Threat Intelligence Group has been more transparent, publicly stating that China leads cyber threat campaigns by volume, including operations targeting defense suppliers and drone technology. The report suggests governments should incentivize transparency through market access rewards and reputational capital.

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton is taking a different approach entirely, filing lawsuits against Chinese companies like TP-Link Systems for allegedly masking their Chinese connections while exposing millions of consumers to cybersecurity risks. Texas has already banned its state agencies from using TP-Link devices.

The World Economic Forum's latest Global Cybersecurity Outlook from their Centre for Cybersecurity warns that as attacks grow faster and more complex, we're seeing a widening cyber inequity gap. Their research based on 800 global leaders emphasizes that collaboration between organizations and governments is vital.

So listeners, the picture is clear. The US is tightening defenses through policy, public-private partnerships, and calling out Chinese state actors. It's a multi-layered approach that finally seems to match the complexity of the threat.

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Hey listeners, Ting here, your go-to cyber sleuth with a front-row seat to the US-China digital showdown. Picture this: it's mid-February 2026, and the CyberPulse is throbbing like a server farm on Red Bull. Over the past week, Uncle Sam’s been flexing new defenses against Beijing's hackers, who are slinging everything from AI-powered intrusions to old-school espionage. Let's dive in, shall we?

First off, the US is signaling a sly pivot in its tech bans. According to The Register, the Federal Register briefly published an updated list of Chinese Military Companies last Friday, yanking off memory giants ChangXin Memory Technologies and Yangtze Memory Technologies. That means their DRAM can now flow to US buyers—small volumes, sure, but it's a crack in the wall. Reuters whispers this could extend to lifting bans on Chinese telcos and TP-Link gear, maybe as a bargaining chip before Trump and Xi huddle up. Smart negotiating, or risky flirtation? You tell me.

Meanwhile, Google's Threat Intelligence Group straight-up called out China as the world's top cyber threat by volume, targeting defense suppliers and drone tech, per the ASPI Strategist. Palo Alto Networks played coy on a global espionage op—probably Chinese—to dodge retaliation, but that inconsistency? It's like one boxer naming the opponent while the other stares at the floor. Collective shaming works, folks; it rattles Beijing's calculus.

On the defense front, Quorum Cyber's 2026 Global Cyber Risk Outlook drops a bombshell: first confirmed case of a nation-state—hint, China—using AI agents to automate 90% of intrusion lifecycles. They're ditching slow ransomware encryption for lightning-fast data exfils, hitting high-value targets. CISA's limping at 38% staff amid the DHS shutdown since February 14, per SecurityWeek, but Guatemala's joint review with US Southern Command exposed APT-15, aka Vixen Panda, burrowed in their systems from 2022 to early 2025. President Arévalo's calling it out—US muscle helping allies spot Chinese spies.

Private sector's stepping up too. IBM's Chen Xudong vows to "conquer" China in 2026 with AI stacks for secure global exports, breaking data silos. And internationally? Pax Silica's US-led pledge cuts China dependencies in AI chips and models, while OSTP pushes "sovereign AI" packages—modular US tech for partners wary of Big Brother Beijing.

China's not sleeping: their Draft Cybercrime Law from the Ministry of Public Security clamps real-name registration, bans evasion tools like VPNs, codifies the Great Firewall, and slaps extraterritorial hooks on critics abroad. It's prevention on steroids, blacklisting offenders into digital exile.

Whew, from AI wolves at the door to policy judo, this week's a hacker's thriller. Stay vigilant, patch those zeros, and keep your VPNs... legal.

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Hey listeners, Ting here, your go-to cyber sleuth with a flair for decoding China's digital shadow games. Picture this: it's February 15, 2026, and Washington's buzzing like a server farm on overdrive, all because AI-fueled threats from Beijing are rewriting the rules of cyber defense. I'm sipping virtual tea in my digital lair, eyes glued to the feeds, and let me tell you, the past week's been a pulse-pounding showdown in US-China CyberPulse.

Kicking off with the big guns: federal bigwigs, cybersecurity hotshots, and tech execs huddled in D.C., as Brussels Morning reports, sounding alarms on AI threats straight out of a sci-fi thriller. We're talking deepfakes flooding elections, adaptive malware that evolves faster than you can patch, and hackers using machine learning to craft phishing lures mimicking your boss's exact email style. A Department of Homeland Security honcho nailed it: "The scale and speed demand a new generation of defenses." Energy grids, healthcare nets, even water systems? All juiced by AI but now prime targets for cascading chaos if poisoned.

Private sector's stepping up fierce. BlackRock, the world's mega asset manager, just dropped a bombshell memo—no phones, no laptops for employees heading to China. Elevated risks, they say, from cyber espionage where your pocket device turns into a Beijing backdoor. Smart move, reducing attack surface to zero. Meanwhile, Anthropic's CEO Dario Amodei lit up the Dwarkesh Patel podcast, slamming Nvidia's Jensen Huang for begging Washington to ship advanced AI chips to China. "That's like selling nukes to North Korea," Amodei quipped, warning it'd spark AI superpowers in a standoff deadlier than MAD—mutual assured destruction. He pushes data centers in Africa instead, keeping cognition-grade tech from authoritarian grips.

Government's not sleeping: Microsoft's rolling out Windows Baseline Security Mode and User Transparency, forcing apps to beg permission for your camera or files. Secure Boot certs updating too, prepping for 2026 expirations. Ivanti's 2026 State of Cybersecurity report confirms threat actors—Russia, China, North Korea, Iran—weaponizing AI end-to-end for speed and scale. CES 2026 in Vegas had Jonathan Granoff from Global Security Institute preaching human oversight over AI, citing Russian Colonel Stanislav Petrov's nuke save, while panelists like Kristina Dorville pushed zero trust—continuous checks, no assumptions.

International vibes? ENISA's 2026 strategy eyes global pacts with EU cyber standards, and S4x26 conferences in ICS land are forging face-to-face trusts between vendors and defenders, ditching shame over legacy OT systems for shared playbooks. Tech like Nucleus's CodeMender auto-fixes vuln code, and Google's "Results about you" nukes your sensitive deets from search.

Witty wrap: China's not just knocking; they're AI-phishing with quantum keys. But with zero trust, chip lockdowns, and human-in-loop smarts, we're building firewalls that bite back. Stay vigilant, listeners—love people, use tech, as Granoff says.

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Over on the US side, CISA just dropped its 2025 Year in Review, boasting they blocked a whopping 2.62 billion malicious connections on federal networks and 371 million hitting critical infrastructure—many traced back to Chinese state actors, according to the US Department of Justice. They're ramping up the CyberSentry Program to 42 key partners, hunting advanced persistent threats in real-time with endpoint detection tools. And get this: the Navy's budgeting big for fleet cybersecurity, while the EPA's hardening public water systems against cyber jabs. Private sector's not slacking—Palo Alto Networks uncovered a global espionage campaign but held back naming China to dodge retaliation, per Reuters. Meanwhile, OpenAI's memo to lawmakers warns Chinese startup DeepSeek is scraping ChatGPT data to train its models, straight-up model theft.

Government policies? Congress extended the Cybersecurity Information Sharing Act through September 2026, supercharging info swaps. Trump's team paused bans on China Telecom's US ops and data center gear sales ahead of an April Xi-Trump summit, easing tensions post-Busan truce. But CIA Director John Ratcliffe isn't playing nice—they released "Save the Future," a slick YouTube vid targeting Chinese military officers for defection, prompting Beijing's Foreign Ministry spokesman Lin Jian to vow "all necessary measures" against US spies.

Internationally, it's a team-up frenzy. At the Munich Cyber Security Conference, White House cyber chief and NATO's Radmila Shekerinska called for allies to slap "real costs" on China and Russia for cyber-hybrid ops. Taiwan's sounding alarms that China's probing a "digital siege," while the US pushes AI exports and maritime tech at APEC in southern China to counter Beijing's edge.

China's countermove? Their Amended Cybersecurity Law kicked in January 1st, jacking fines up to 10 million RMB for massive data leaks or crippling critical infrastructure like CII. Now they can chase foreign entities—like US firms—anywhere if they threaten "cybersecurity," including data hoards. It's got AI goals baked in: state-backed R&D for algorithms, data centers, ethics regs. Multinationals, take note from Greenberg Traurig—beef up compliance or get slapped.

Emerging tech? Google's report nails state hackers weaponizing their Gemini AI across attack chains, and DoD's eyeing AI for unmanned systems to outpace China's rush. Witty aside: Beijing talks UN Charter in cyberspace but hires hackers to hit US Treasury and Asian foreign ministries—classic gray-zone tango.

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Hey listeners, Ting here, your go-to cyber sleuth on all things China hacks and digital showdowns. Buckle up, because this past week in US-China CyberPulse has been a non-stop thrill ride of defenses ramping up against Beijing's sneaky probes. Picture this: I'm hunched over my triple monitors in my dimly lit war room, caffeine-fueled, as fresh intel floods in from Google Threat Intelligence Group reports dated February 10th, exposing China-nexus crews like UNC3886 and UNC5221 hammering the US defense industrial base. These jokers are all about edge devices now—think routers and IoT gadgets—as sneaky backdoors into aerospace giants and supply chains. GTIG says they've outpaced even Russia in sheer volume over two years, stealing R&D secrets faster than you can say "firewall breach."

But hold onto your keyboards, because Washington's not sleeping. The ML Strategies 2026 Policy Outlook dropped on February 10th, spotlighting the December 2025 Executive Order "Ensuring a National Policy for Artificial Intelligence" that's got agencies turbocharging AI chip export controls. Bipartisan push for the AI OVERWATCH Act aims to choke off Nvidia Blackwell chips to adversaries like China, while January's Section 232 tariffs slap imports framed as pure national security. Defense procurement's accelerating too—stockpiling critical inputs to bulletproof our industrial base. And get this: DOJ's Data Security Program regs, highlighted in Gibson Dunn's February 10th webcast slides, are slamming the door on "covered data transactions" with China, including data brokerage and vendor deals. Companies are straight-up relocating ops from Shanghai back to Silicon Valley to dodge those CISA security hoops.

Private sector's flexing hard. FBI's Operation Winter Shield podcast from February 11th names names—Integrity Technology Group in China got called out for brokering access in the Flack's Typhoon hack, part of Assault Typhoon's mega-espionage blitz. Brett Leatherman from FBI warns of this "blended threat" where PRC state actors team with criminals for that whole-of-society cyber punch. Meanwhile, CISA 2015's info-sharing act got reauthorized through September 2026 per Inside Privacy on February 11th, keeping those liability shields up for threat swaps between feds and firms.

Internationally? Leaked docs via Recorded Future News reveal China's "Expedition Cloud" platform rehearsing attacks on South China Sea neighbors' grids—replicas of real networks for practice runs. US allies are waking up, with Asia-Pacific buddies building anti-China cyber walls, as Just Security notes. Emerging tech? Google's flagging ORB networks for stealth recon, and FBI pushes joint advisories with IOCs to hunt these ghosts.

Whew, from policy hammers to tech shields, we're turning the tide. Stay vigilant, patch those edges, and watch your personal emails—APT5's been phishing defense folks with fake job lures.

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Hey listeners, Ting here, your go-to gal for all things China cyber chaos and hacktastic defenses. Picture this: I'm hunkered down in my digital war room, caffeine-fueled, dissecting the US-China CyberPulse from the past week leading up to February 9, 2026. China's not playing nice—Volt Typhoon's still lurking in US critical infrastructure like communications, energy, and Guam's naval bases, prepping for Taiwan flare-ups, as the International Institute for Strategic Studies warns. They're hiding in plain sight, grabbing network diagrams for future disruptions, thumbing their nose at UN Norm 13(f) that says no messing with public service critical infra. Sneaky, right? But Uncle Sam? Punching back with Defend Forward gusto.

Over on the policy front, China's Cybersecurity Law just got a beast-mode upgrade on January 1, via the Cyberspace Administration of China and NPCSC tweaks—slapping fines up to RMB 10 million on critical info operators who slack, plus AI governance rules tackling black-box algorithms and model misuse. TechPolicy Press reports they're filing deep synthesis AI algorithms and standardizing TC260 specs for AI chips with secure boot and access controls. Meanwhile, the US FTC's griping about zilch enforcement coop with China on ransomware—mere chit-chat at a 2024 DC conference, per their fraud report. They're begging Congress to lock in the USA SAFE WEB Act for cross-border hunts.

Private sector's stepping up too. CISA dropped Binding Operational Directive 26-02 on February 5, forcing federal agencies to ditch all end-of-support edge devices in 12 months—think routers and firewalls ripe for exploits. No more low-hanging fruit for groups like UNC3886, who zero-day'd Singapore's Singtel, StarHub, M1, and Simba Telecom last year, as Singapore's Cyber Security Agency detailed in their CYBER GUARDIAN op. Sygnia ties 'em to Fire Ant tooling on VMware ESXi.

Internationally? US-South Korea's tight via the 2024 Strategic Cybersecurity Cooperation Framework and Trump-Lee summit—countering North Korea but eyeing China, says Stimson Center. Yet, America's pulling back from global cyber orgs, per Just Security, hurting intel shares. And leaked docs show China rehearsing attacks on neighbors' infra, via The Record.

Emerging tech? US mulls federal preemption on AI and chip export bans like Nvidia Blackwell to China, per Mondaq outlook. It's all about cost imposition in the rumored new US cyber strategy—deter or disrupt, baby!

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