By Gil Baram and Derek Manky An insurance company was locked out of its digital systems by ransomware. The attackers wanted 40 bitcoin — about US$3.5 million. The legal…
In March 2026, CLTC’s AI Security Initiative (AISI) partnered with SaferAI, a European nonprofit, to convene an online workshop focused on risk modeling, an important but under-researched aspect…
CLTC researchers Nada Madkour, Director of the Artificial Intelligence Security Initiative (AISI), and Deepika Raman, Non-Resident Research Fellow, have been appointed to serve as co-chairs of the Emerging Technology subcommittee on the California Cybersecurity Task Force (CCTF), a leading cybersecurity advisory body for California state officials.
I School alum Anna Lanzino applied her experience with the UC Berkeley Cybersecurity Clinic to launch a consulting firm serving at-risk organizations
Artificial intelligence (AI) has significantly lowered the barrier to entry for the production and distribution of nonconsensual intimate images (NCII) and child sexual abuse materials (CSAM), leading to…
A new CLTC white paper proposes recommendations for policies that can be implemented to regulate technologies that enable the creation and dissemination of AI-powered nonconsensual intimate images (NCII) and child sexual abuse materials (CSAM),
On August 20th, UC Berkeley Center for Long-Term Cybersecurity (CLTC) and New Jersey Cybersecurity and Communications Integration Cell (NJCCIC) convened over 100 representatives from state and local governments,…
