Hello. A federal judge ruled late Thursday that the Trump administration violated Anthropic's First Amendment rights by labeling the AI company a supply-chain risk.
The government didn't provide evidence that the company was an actual national security risk, U.S. District Judge Rita F. Lin wrote in her decision. Rather, the administration acted in "unlawful retaliation" to Anthropic's public pushback against the Pentagon's use of AI, said Lin, who presides in the Northern District of California. Read more from WSJ .
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Hackers stole the personal data of 8.7 million visitors to three airports in England, according to Manchester Airports Group, which runs the air hubs. People who used car parks, lounges, fast-track bookings and in-airport Wi-Fi sign-ups at Manchester Airport, London Stansted and East Midlands were breached, the company said. (Guardian)
Safety and operations weren't compromised, according to email notifications the company sent to customers.
The U.S. Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, known as the ATF, confirmed a cybersecurity incident has affected a "standalone" system related to its investigations. The bureau said it is working with the Justice Department to determine what happened. The Qilin ransomware group claimed responsibility but posted no data to support the statement. (CyberNews)
Be warned: Anthropic, OpenAI, Google and Microsoft, with 124 other tech, financial and services companies, warned of the fast-moving dangers of AI-powered cyberattacks. The group called for a collective effort to create "a global surge in cyber defense" in an open letter that stopped short of committing to making such a thing happen.
Insider threat expert becomes the threat: A 29-year-old former tech specialist at the Defense Intelligence Agency pleaded guilty to sending national defense information to a foreign government. Nathan Vilas Laatsch of Alexandria, Va., who joined the DIA in 2019 and later moved to the insider threat unit, put secret and top secret information on a thumb drive and in May 2025 gave it to someone he thought was a representative of a friendly foreign government with the hope of gaining citizenship there, the Justice Department said. The person was actually an FBI agent.
The Justice Department didn't name the foreign country or say what kind of materials were stolen. Laatsch is due to be sentenced in January and faces up to life in prison.
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Cyber insurers have an AI agent problem. As AI agents find new ways to compromise corporate tech, cyber insurers have to adapt policies to address emerging risks. Among the questions in play: Do autonomous agents qualify as hackers? When a company's AI hallucination causes damage, is that a legitimate cyber or business claim? (Reuters)
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