Trump’s budget plan would remove CISA disinformation offices, claiming censorship.
President Trump has proposed shutting down the disinformation offices and programs of the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA), asserting that he played a role in censoring both himself and his supporters in the White House budget request. In the budget proposal released on Friday, the administration claimed that CISA’s disinformation office was acting as […]
DHS moves to fire 12 CISA employees who policed ‘misinformation’ and pause ‘all election security activities’
WASHINGTON – The Department of Homeland Security suspended “misinformation” while suspending “all election security activities” while pending further reviews of the impact of free speech are about to fire an employee. Dozens of staff from the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) have previously been on leave. This is because President Trump's team worked to […]
Homeland Security puts CISA employees on administrative leave, reviews misinformation board
The Department of Homeland Security confirmed Tuesday that employees of the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) who worked on “mistakes, diss and malicious formations” were placed on administrative leave. In a statement to Scripps News, DHS Deputy Chief Tricia McLaughlin wrote that CISA must start with election security and “refocus on its mission.” “The […]
CISA says 'no indication' other agencies impacted by Treasury hack
The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) said Monday there is “no indication” that other federal agencies were affected by the recent breach at the Treasury Department. The Treasury Department revealed last week that Chinese government-backed actors hacked into Treasury Department workstations in early December and accessed unclassified documents. The agency said in a letter […]
China’s cybersecurity threat is constantly evolving: CISA
China remains the most active and persistent cyber threat to U.S. critical infrastructure, but that threat has changed over the past two decades, according to the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA). “I don't think it's possible to design a fool-proof system, but I don't think that should be the goal. The goal should be […]
FBI, CISA say Chinese hackers breached telecom providers in targeted attack
The FBI and the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) announced that hackers from the People's Republic of China (PRC) have infiltrated a commercial telecommunications service provider in the United States. Compromised organizations have been issued warnings, and government agencies are actively issuing warnings to other potential targets of cyber activity. “The U.S. government's continued […]
CISA confirms Russian-linked hackers tapped into correspondence between federal agencies, Microsoft
The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) on Thursday I checked the previous report Russian-linked hackers reportedly intercepted communications between federal agencies and Microsoft. The agency issued an emergency directive on Thursday that requires government agencies affected by the breach to “identify the full content of agency communications related to compromised Microsoft accounts and conduct […]