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What the White House's New Private-Sector Cyber Operations Memo Actually Says (and What It Doesn't)

What the White House's New Private-Sector Cyber Operations Memo Actually Says (and What It Doesn't)

The August 12 memorandum authorizes vetted private companies to conduct cyber operations under federal control. What it says, what it doesn't, and why authorization is the hinge.

Watch: How Hackers Helped the DOJ Protect Security Researchers

Watch: How Hackers Helped the DOJ Protect Security Researchers

Leonard Bailey's BSidesLV 2026 keynote tells the inside story of the DOJ's good-faith security research policy, and how the hacker community helped make it happen. Watch it here.

Above the Parapets: The Chilling Effect Finally Has Receipts

Above the Parapets: The Chilling Effect Finally Has Receipts

The first qualitative study of researchers' lived experiences of legal risk: Sunoo Park and Daniel R. Thomas (USENIX Security 2026) on how overbroad anti-hacking law chills good-faith security research — and why it names disclose.io as part of the fix.