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@ D.C.
π President Trump nominated Karen Evans, who has been leading the cyber mission at the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency in recent weeks, to be the new undersecretary for management at the Department of Homeland Security. (Nextgov)
π² The White House told DOGE employees to preserve their Signal messages after last week's scandal. (Politico)
π¨π»βπ» The State Department has ordered consular offices to expand their social media screening processes for student visa applicants, according to an obtained cable. (The Guardian)
@ Industry
π° Island raised a $250 million round, led by Coatue Management, that values the enterprise browser startup at $4.8 billion. (Wall Street Journal)
πͺ Oracle is the latest company to lose a Pentagon contract as the Defense Department undergoes mass cost-cutting. (Bloomberg)
@ Hackers and hacks
π€ People are already using ChatGPT's new image generator to make fake restaurant receipts, raising concerns about how fraudsters may use the tool. (TechCrunch)
β οΈ Security providers have started to warn their customers about the potential fallout from a reported Oracle Cloud breach. (Cybersecurity Dive)
π A guide to help you figure out if your online accounts have been hacked β and what to do if they have been. (TechCrunch)
