Pivot Public AI Briefing — May 10, 2026

Hosts: Amina Clark & Owen Price In this episode: • Welcome to Pivot Public for Sunday, May 10th, 2026. I'm Amina Clark. • And I'm Owen Price. Today: a Justice Department indictment that blurs the line between Russian cybercrime and the Russian state, a Pentagon blacklist ... • Let's start with DOJ. Prosecutors this week unsealed charges against members of a ransomware crew alleging they didn't just operate from Russia, they ... • And the use case is the part to sit with. The indictment says the leaders used that access to dodge the military draft, falsify tax filings, and prote... • For public-sector security leaders, the practical takeaway is about threat modeling. If you've been treating Russian ransomware groups as independent ... Subscribe to the newsletter at pivotnews.ai for the full written briefing.