OpenAI election war room, FEC filing disruption, Gemini Carbon debut

OpenAI opens an election war room
https://www.politico.com/news/2026/10/28/openai-election-war-room-interference-01137690

Hack attempt disrupts FEC disclosures
https://www.reuters.com/technology/hacker-trying-breach-us-federal-election-commission-system-email-shows-2026-10-27/

Google gives cyber defenders first access to Carbon
https://blog.google/innovation-and-ai/models-and-research/gemini-models/introducing-gemini-4-carbon/

Attackers probe newly patched Oracle flaw
https://thehackernews.com/2026/10/hackers-target-critical-oracle-e.html

Volt Typhoon's Silent Train network exposed
https://thehackernews.com/2026/10/volt-typhoon-used-covert-silent-train.html

Entra admins face authentication deadline
https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/microsoft/microsoft-reminds-entra-id-admins-to-migrate-users-to-passkeys/

Belarusian hackers move closer to Russia and Ukraine
https://therecord.media/belarus-russia-hackers-ukraine-war

Software inventory can't tell the whole story
https://www.darkreading.com/cyber-risk/sboms-alone-scope-supply-chain-attack

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