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@ D.C.
🏛️ Trump has tapped Brendan Carr to lead the Federal Communications Commission. (Axios Pro)
🇷🇺 A look at how former U.S. Rep. Tulsi Gabbard, Trump's pick to run the intelligence community, became a darling of Russian propaganda outlets. (New York Times)
🤖 The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office has banned internal use of generative AI tools unless they're used in a controlled testing environment, citing security concerns. (Wired)
@ Industry
👨🏻⚖️ X, formerly Twitter, is suing the state of California to block a new law that requires social media companies to remove or label deceptive election deepfakes. (L.A. Times)
@ Hackers and hacks
⚠️ Palo Alto Networks has issued patches for two critical security flaws in its next-generation firewalls that hackers are actively targeting. (BleepingComputer)
🚔 Russian national Evgenii Ptitsyn is being extradited to the U.S. from South Korea to face charges alleging he administered the Phobos ransomware. (CyberScoop)
🪙 Heather "Razzlekhan" Morgan — half of the husband-and-wife duo that pled guilty to stealing $10.8 billion worth of bitcoin in the 2016 Bitfinex hack — was sentenced to 18 months in federal prison. (Axios)
