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The Trump administration is pursuing twin strategies to shrink the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA), laying off staffers and ordering others to either take new jobs elsewhere or leave the government.
The layoffs and forced relocations are the latest phase of the White House’s massive downsizing of CISA, which experts warn could further deplete the U.S.’s already weakened cyber-defense force. While the full consequences of the staff reductions remain unclear, they could include diminished support for critical infrastructure organizations and a reduced readiness to counter evolving nation-state and criminal threats.
The Department of Homeland Security has laid off 176 employees since the federal government shut down on Oct. 1, according to a court filing, and a DHS statement indicated that CISA accounted for the bulk of those layoffs due to its past work combating election misinformation.
Comment: Righto! Trump lays off the very people needed to deal with the major CBO hack. Incredibly great timing!
Lewis Black: "It's gonna SUCK today, but I got my smallpox vaccine, so at least I won't get SMALLPOX!!!!" (But will the country survive a Russian asset in the Oval Office?)
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Comment: Righto! Trump lays off the very people needed to deal with the major CBO hack. Incredibly great timing!
Definitely we should fire all the folks responsible for government security. Imagine the savings!
If only Donald J. Trump had half a brain...