David DiMolfetta

Two years ago today I joined the @NextgovFCW team at GovExec. I'm proud of the terrific work we've produced for our readers, and I'm excited to keep it going. Thanks for sticking with me. As always, send tips and scoops to ddimolfetta@govexec.com or my Signal @ djd.99

Trump says he and Xi discussed cyberattacks and spying between US, China --> “They’re talking about the spying. Well, we do it too,” he said. “We spy like hell on them too.” nextgov.com/cybersecurity/…

American staff took everything Chinese officials handed out - credentials, burner phones from WH staff, pins for delegation - collected them before we got on AF1 and threw them in a bin at bottom at stairs. Nothing from China allowed on the plane. We’re taking off shortly for America

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ODNI recently named two officials to a joint role coordinating with the nation’s spy agencies on threats against the 2026 midterm elections, known formally as the election threats executive. Confirming @martinmatishak -> nextgov.com/defense/2026/0…

An 18-year-old dug out a victim while waiting for more help to arrive. He spoke to her to keep her conscious, touched her leg so she didn’t feel alone. He later learned her daughter, Masha, is still missing under the rubble. Her prom is in 2 weeks. nytimes.com/2026/05/14/wor…

New: Sen. Rand Paul’s son drunkenly accosted and hurled anti-Semitic insults at Rep. Mike Lawler at a Capitol Hill bar on Tuesday night. His son told Lawler that if Rep Thomas Massie loses, it’s going to be because of “your people.” “My people?” Lawler asked Paul. “Yeah, you Jews,” Paul responded.  “Do you think I’m Jewish?” Lawler asked. “I’m not.” “Oh wow, I’m so sorry for calling you a Jew,” Paul said.  He then said that Jews were “anti-American” and how Lawler and his “Jewish supporters” served Israel more than America. notus.org/congress/willi…

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"I've been working in cybersecurity for 3 years and I feel great!" - Dave, 24

U.S. intelligence finds Iran has restored operational access to 30 of 33 missile sites along the Strait of Hormuz and that Iran has regained access to ~90 percent of its underground missile storage and launch facilities nationwide. nytimes.com/2026/05/12/us/…

Rep. Jim Himes, D-Conn., the top Democrat on the House Intelligence Committee, said Tuesday it would be “insane” for U.S. intelligence agencies to not have early access to advanced AI models that could be used for hacking and cyberdefense. nextgov.com/artificial-int…

Woah! Canvas parent company Instructure says it “reached an agreement with the unauthorized actor involved in this incident.” Sounds like a ransom was paid: instructure.com/incident_update

its disgusting. And antisemitic.

“When I reached a former longtime senior FBI official to ask whether he’d ever seen personally branded liquor bottles distributed by a previous FBI director, he burst out laughing.”

Offensive cyber operations would be a part of a suite of counterterrorism responses aimed at groups deemed threats to U.S. interests, according to the Trump administration’s counterterrorism strategy released Wednesday. nextgov.com/cybersecurity/…

Ted Turner, the billionaire media entrepreneur and philanthropist who launched the 24-hour cable TV news revolution when he founded CNN in 1980, has died. He was 87. cnn.it/4d7tcQ2

EXCLUSIVE from @MSNOW_Reports : On director's orders, @FBI is investigating leaks to Atlantic reporter and probing her contacts. A huge break in norms, causing agents deep concern about probing reporter's records @KDilanianMSNOW and me ms.now/news/fbi-inves…

David DiMolfetta “That disconnect highlights challenges in building an industrywide push to patch cyber vulnerabilities.” nextgov.com/cybersecurity/… @NextgovFCW @ddimolfetta

AI is already reshaping the battlefield. Until now, the governance picture has been harder to see. Today, ARI is launching our Global Defense AI Policy Landscape, mapping military AI policy across 45 countries. Take a look at globalaidefense.net

One former federal contractor affected in the breach, who requested anonymity to speak candidly, reflected that personally identifying information exposed in the hack used to be viewed as the “most detrimental thing to all of us.”

Those who signed up for the MyIDCare program OPM established 10 years ago are receiving emails on a rolling basis informing them their services will expire 10 years to the day of their enrollment. The notices began late last year and will continue through September 30

New w/ @EricM_Katz -> 10 years after the OPM breach, benefits for affected feds are starting to expire, marking the end of a decade-long response to one of the government’s most damaging cyber intrusions: govexec.com/management/202…