The U.S. charged a Russian man of being a "central figure" in three ransomware operations, including one that hit Washington, D.C. police.

Gov. Kristi Noem signed banned state agencies from issuing contracts to businesses linked to several countries, including China and Russia.

Colorado.gov has been restored following a denial-of-service attack carried out by a Russian-speaking group that calls itself Killnet.

The pro-Russia hacking group Killnet launched a series of DDoS attacks against U.S. state government websites, temporarily disabling several.

Several state CISOs said potential Russian cyber activity against critical infrastructure in the U.S. is stirring uncertainty.

New York CIO Angelo Riddick said the Empire State is investing in new cybersecurity precautions and sharing with its local governments.

The cybersecurity support center for state and local governments plans to use the additional funds to expand its technical services.

Alex Konanykhin, a Russian expat who founded TransparentBusiness, said he wants the Russian president arrested as a war criminal over the invasion of Ukraine.

CISA said the breach of SolarWinds network software that's compromised several federal agencies also poses a "grave risk" to state and local governments.

An executive at the cybersecurity firm CrowdStrike said a recent spike of incidents points to increased activity by a hacker group it calls Wizard Spider.