DHS chief says president has met with potential CISA nominee; agency plans to hire 600

Collection of short cyber and policy developments: DHS Secretary Markwayne Mullin told lawmakers the White House has not yet named a CISA director nominee but the agency will ramp up hiring (~600). Multiple cyber incidents reported: a dairy manufacturer in Russia's Bashkortostan suffered an operational-disrupting cyberattack, and Ukraine’s state postal operator reported app disruptions after a suspected cyberattack. Researchers say Russia continued using Cellebrite phone-extraction tools against dissidents even after the vendor announced it would stop working with the country. Microsoft and EU