Trump considers Palantir exec to lead CISA

A set of cybersecurity and privacy policy developments: Shyam Sankar, Palantir’s CTO, is a leading contender to become CISA director; the FTC is reconsidering or potentially modifying a $150M privacy penalty against X (formerly Twitter); Russian authorities aim to classify two anti-Kremlin hacker groups as ‘extremist’ after claimed attacks on critical infrastructure; the U.S. Supreme Court upheld FCC fines against telecoms for illegally sharing location data; and CISA will issue a binding directive tied to the presidential AI executive order focused on vulnerability alleviation and management,