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@ D.C.
😵💫 Roughly 10% of CISA's workforce has departed since the start of the Trump administration, according to current employees (Wired), and the agency is now working to contact fired probationary employees to reinstate their positions, following a court order. (Nextgov)
⚠️ The federal chief information officer urged agencies to avoid laying off their cybersecurity teams as they pursue new restructuring plans. (Reuters)
👀 FCC Chair Brendan Carr and Senate Intelligence Chair Tom Cotton are working together to stifle Huawei's business in Europe. (Bloomberg)
@ Industry
✈️ Telegram CEO Pavel Durov has been allowed to go home to Dubai after his arrest in France in August. (BBC)
🗣️ Amazon Echo users will soon lose the ability to opt out of sending voice recordings to Amazon's cloud. (Ars Technica)
@ Hackers and hacks
🚨 Security researchers say a threat actor with "close ties" to the LockBit ransomware gang is exploiting two new vulnerabilities in Fortinet's firewall product. (TechCrunch)
🚔 Israel has extradited a suspected developer for the LockBit ransomware gang to the United States. (BleepingComputer)
🤖 AI-enabled voice scams don't need much to be successful and trick victims, experts say. (Axios)
