Employees at the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency tell WIRED theyβre struggling to protect the US while the administration dismisses their colleagues and poisons their partnerships.
At least eight ongoing lawsuits related to the so-called Department of Government Efficiencyβs alleged access to sensitive data hinge on the Watergate-inspired Privacy Act of 1974. But itβs not airtight.
The US Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency has frozen efforts to aid states in securing elections, according to an internal memo viewed by WIRED.
As the US faces βthe worst telecommunications hack in our nationβs history,β by Chinaβs Salt Typhoon hackers, the outgoing FCC chair is determined to bolster network security if itβs the last thing she does.
Nathaniel Fick, the ambassador for cyberspace and digital policy, has led US tech diplomacy amid a rising tide of pressure from authoritarian regimes. Will the Trump administration undo that work?
US president Joe Biden just issued a 40-page executive order that aims to bolster federal cybersecurity protections, directs government use of AIβand takes a swipe at Microsoftβs dominance.
Staffers at the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency tell WIRED they fear the new administration will cut programs that keep the US safeβand βpersecution.β