Former CISA nominee Sean Plankey named US CEO of defense startup
2026-05-18T08:51:40Z•61b9c5349989c9a7709f001e43fda00520bd66c6c6698dccb2c78a82b3a1128b
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What happened
This CyberScoop feed aggregates multiple high-impact cyber and policy developments: a Cisco SD‑WAN/firewall zero‑day is being actively exploited by a persistent threat group (linked to recently disclosed Cisco vulnerabilities); Foxconn confirmed a Nitrogen ransomware attack claiming ~8 TB and >11M files stolen from North American factories; independent research reports Anthropic’s Mythos Preview and OpenAI’s GPT‑5.5 have leap‑frogged benchmarks for autonomous cyber capabilities, prompting congressional briefings and increased oversight; the Pentagon and White House emphasized AI’s battlefield/
Why it matters
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- cyberscoop
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- 61b9c5349989c9a7709f001e43fda00520bd66c6c6698dccb2c78a82b3a1128b
- Enrichment time
- 2026-05-18T08:51:40Z
- AI-assisted enrichment
- Yes
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