Google faces liability for AI-generated claims. Washington pauses public AI model assessments. Anthropic ships a safer AI model. OpenAI disrupts influence operations. Ransomware operators get a powerful new backdoor. Urgent patches land for Ivanti and Veeam. PyPI supply chain attacks evolve. And a massive data breach triggers a record fine in South Korea. Our guest is Peter Barker, Chief Product Officer at Ping Identity, sharing how identity increasingly becomes the control plane for how work gets done. AI analyzes the FIFA World cup, one cliché at a time. 
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CyberWire Guest
On today’s Industry Voices, we are joined by <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/peterbarker/">Peter Barker</a>, Chief Product Officer at <a href="https://www.pingidentity.com/en.html">Ping Identity</a>, sharing how identity increasingly becomes the control plane for how work gets done across humans, automation, and AI agents. You can read more from Ping Identity <a href="https://www.pingidentity.com/en/resources/blog/post/headless-identity-accelerates-agentic-enterprise.html?utm_source=cyberwire&utm_medium=referral">here</a>. If you enjoyed this conversation, be sure to check out the full interview <a href="https://explore.thecyberwire.com/peter-barker">here</a>. 
Selected Reading
<a href="https://the-decoder.com/landmark-german-ruling-declares-googles-ai-overviews-are-googles-own-words-and-makes-it-liable-for-false-answers/">Landmark German ruling declares Google's AI Overviews are Google's own words and makes it liable for false answers</a> (The Decoder)
<a href="https://www.wsj.com/politics/policy/white-house-reins-in-ai-testing-unit-as-national-security-concerns-grow-8bd33fbb">White House Reins In AI-Testing Unit as National-Security Concerns Grow</a> (Wall Street Journal)
<a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2026/06/09/technology/anthropic-ai-claude-fable-mythos.html">Anthropic Releases ‘Safe’ Version of Its Mythos A.I. Technology</a> (The New York Times)
<a href="https://openai.com/index/prc-linked-influence-operations-ai-debates/">PRC-linked influence operations are targeting AI debates in the US</a> (OpenAI)
<a href="https://www.zscaler.com/blogs/security-research/technical-analysis-mltbackdoor">Technical Analysis of MLTBackdoor</a> (ThreatLabz)
<a href="https://www.rapid7.com/blog/post/etr-cve-2026-10520-cve-2026-10523-multiple-critical-vulnerabilities-affecting-ivanti-sentry/">CVE-2026-10520, CVE-2026-10523 - Multiple critical vulnerabilities affecting Ivanti Sentry</a> (Rapid7)
<a href="https://socket.dev/blog/mini-shai-hulud-miasma-and-hades-worms-target-bioinformatics-and-mcp-developers-via-malicious">Mini Shai-Hulud, Miasma, and Hades Worms Target Bioinformatics and MCP Developers via Malicious PyPI Wheels</a> (Socket)
<a href="https://beyondmachines.net/event_details/veeam-patches-critical-rce-vulnerability-in-backup-replication-9-c-t-u-a/gD2P6Ple2L">Veeam Patches Critical RCE Vulnerability in Backup & Replication published: yesterday</a> (Beyond Machines)
<a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2026/06/11/world/asia/south-korea-coupang-fine.html">‘Amazon.com of South Korea’ Is Fined a Record $409 Million</a> (The New York Times)
<a href="https://sinch-wc-2026.netlify.app/">The 2026 big soccer tournament, in clichés.</a> (Sinch)
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