Catch up quick

@ D.C.

❌ The Justice Department proposed new rules for carrying out an executive order that would ban data brokers from selling Americans' data to China, Russia and other adversarial nations. (Reuters)

🪖 The Defense Department is considering asking technology executives to become part-time military officers in the reserves, where they could help with short-term cybersecurity, data analytics and other projects. (Wall Street Journal)

🔍 A look at what it may mean if former President Donald Trump is re-elected and fulfills his promise to revoke President Joe Biden's AI executive order. (Wired)

@ Industry

🤝 Sophos is planning to acquire Secureworks from Dell Technologies for $859 million in cash. (Reuters)

💰 Socket, a security startup that helps spot vulnerabilities in open-source code, has raised a $40 million Series B round led by Abstract Ventures. (Axios Pro)

🤖 Microsoft unveiled a series of semi-autonomous AI agents, bringing the industry one step closer to deploying fully autonomous agents. (Axios)

@ Hackers and hacks

⚠️ Hackers have again breached the Internet Archive. This time, they've broken into the company's email support platform and started emailing anyone who has submitted a removal request. (BleepingComputer)

🇵🇸 Pro-Palestinian hackers have targeted several of Cyprus' critical infrastructure and government websites in a seemingly coordinated — but largely unsuccessful — series of cyberattacks. (The Record)