It Wasn’t Me, It Was the AI Agent” May Not Avoid Liability Under New Senate Proposal
Senators Hawley and Murphy propose holding AI-agent operators and developers legally liable.
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Lawmakers Introduce Multiple Laws to Curb Flock After 404 Media Coverage
Lawmakers proposed bills to restrict federal use of Flock automatic license plate reader cameras.
Senate passes healthcare cybersecurity bill after 190 million impacted by Change Healthcare breach
U.S. Senate unanimously passed the Health Care Cybersecurity and Resiliency Act of 2026, mandating HHS cyber standards after Change Healthcare's 190-million-person breach.
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Cyber Letters of Marque and Reprisal Act
Congress.gov lists H.R. 9697, the Cyber Letters of Marque and Reprisal Act, without bill text here.
Wiretapping change sparks big privacy fight in the Golden State
California's SB 690 ends private lawsuits over website tracking under the state's wiretap law.
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Proposed anti-Flock bills could spell trouble for license plate readers
US lawmakers proposed bills to restrict Flock Safety and other automated license-plate reader networks.
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Senate Passes Bipartisan Bill to Strengthen Healthcare Cybersecurity
The US Senate passed the Health Care Cybersecurity and Resilience Act, sending it to the House.
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Senate passes bipartisan bill to bolster hospital cybersecurity
The U.S. Senate unanimously passed a bill to strengthen hospital cybersecurity.
Bipartisan backlash to ALPRs grows as two high-profile bills are introduced
Bipartisan bills would restrict AI license-plate cameras from Flock, Motorola, and Axon amid privacy backlash.
California governor vetoes bill banning use of ‘pervert glasses’ to secretly record people
California Governor Gavin Newsom vetoed SB 1130, which would have banned secretly recording people with wearable devices like smart glasses.
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SB 923 is Law: CCPA deletion rights now reach third-party data
California SB 923 extends CCPA right-to-delete obligations to consumer data held by third parties, expanding compliance requirements for businesses.
House and Senate members propose legislation for CISA to step up cyber defenses for biotech
Lawmakers proposed bills directing DHS and CISA to protect biotech infrastructure and biological data.
Lawmakers introduce bill for voluntary telecom cyber rules after Salt Typhoon hacks
Sens. Warner and Cruz introduced a bill for voluntary telecom cybersecurity practices after Salt Typhoon.
New bill would create federal investigative body for AI-driven hacks
Senator Ed Markey introduced a bill creating a federal Cybersecurity and AI Board of Investigations to independently probe AI-agent cyberattacks.
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Bipartisan Senate leaders introduce bill to bolster telecom cybersecurity in response to Salt Typhoon hacks
Senators Warner and Cruz introduced a bill for voluntary telecom cybersecurity standards after the Salt Typhoon campaign.
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Bernie Sanders proposes banning ‘superintelligence’ and putting violators in prison
Sanders and Casar propose up to 20 years in prison for developing artificial superintelligence.
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After water attacks, Capitol Hill offers its own proposal for an AI-cyber test program
Bipartisan AI Cyber Defense Act proposes a $100 million CISA pilot giving critical infrastructure operators frontier AI tools to find and patch vulnerabilities.
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Dems seek top-to-bottom assessment of CISA workforce
House Democrats filed a bill ordering CISA to assess its workforce after roughly 1,000 staff departures.
Key lawmaker suggests action on AI safety legislation will wait until 2027
House Energy and Commerce Chairman Brett Guthrie declined to commit to a 2026 vote on the FRONTIER Act, pushing AI safety legislation toward 2027.
House passes bill to equip local law enforcement with scam-fighting tools
The U.S. House passed the GUARD Act, letting local law enforcement use federal grants to investigate financial scams and trace stolen cryptocurrency.
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Ukraine moves to crack down on scam call centers after corruption scandal
Ukraine's parliament passed legislation criminalizing fraudulent call centers with 7-12 year prison terms after a bribery scandal implicating prosecutors.
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Delaware Consumer Privacy and Data-Breach Law Updates
Delaware's governor signed HB 380 and HB 381 amending the state privacy act and breach notification law.
Bernie's AI bill proposes to sentence AI developers to 20 years in prison
Senator Bernie Sanders proposed AI legislation that would impose criminal penalties on AI developers, including sentences of up to 20 years in prison.
The AI Kill Switch Act is repeating the Clipper Chip’s mistakes
Op-ed argues the AI Kill Switch Act repeats the Clipper Chip's mistake by mandating backdoors into frontier AI systems.