Quantum computers could break today’s encryption. Washington needs to prepare now.

CyberScoop RSS items cover post-quantum cryptography preparedness, impending federal contractor rules for controlled unclassified information, law-enforcement disruption of deepfake CSAM sites, the PoeLLM botnet compromising more than 3,400 servers, an ongoing FortiBleed campaign affecting Fortinet devices, privacy-law changes, NSA restructuring, operational-technology security gaps, a third actively exploited Citrix NetScaler zero-day, and water-sector cybersecurity. The most urgent issues are active exploitation of Fortinet and Citrix vulnerabilities and the expanding PoeLLM botnet.