Congress, industry ponder government posture for protecting data centers
2026-04-29T20:51:45Z•fce988d931db03d652d56a4522d867c8c0ace0195c85731ba35a259e980f1dbc
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What happened
This CyberScoop feed covers multiple U.S. cyber and policy developments: a House Homeland Security cyber subcommittee hearing debated designating data centers as a standalone critical infrastructure sector; federal and intel leaders voiced workforce and safety concerns around AI deployment and federal pilots of Anthropic’s Mythos; Rep. Delia Ramirez became the ranking House cybersecurity Democrat; U.S. firms faced record privacy fines in 2025 driven by stronger state laws and scrutiny of AI; a Chinese national, Xu Zewei, was extradited to the U.S. over alleged Silk Typhoon pandemic-era espione
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