DOGE to Fired CISA Staff: Email Us Your Personal Data

by | Mar 20, 2025 | A Little Sunshine, Central Intelligence Agency, Christopher Stanley, DOGE, Fannie Mae, Hunter Strategy, Jake Williams, Kash Patel, Mike Masnick, National Security Agency, NBC News, Rob Joyce, Shane Harris, starlink, Techdirt, The Atlantic, The Coming Storm, The New York Times, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services, U.S. Cybersecurity & Infrastructure Security Agency

A message posted on Monday to the homepage of the U.S. Cybersecurity & Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) is the latest exhibit in the Trump administration’s continued disregard for basic cybersecurity protections. The message instructed recently-fired CISA...

Trump 2.0 Brings Cuts to Cyber, Consumer Protections

by | Feb 24, 2025 | A Little Sunshine, Bruce Schneier, Bybit, Christopher Stanley, Coinbase, Conservative Political Action Conference, Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency, Davi Ottenheimer, Department of Government Efficiency, Department of Homeland Security, Department of Justice, Edward Coristine, Gavin Kliger, Global Investigative Journalism Network, Hunter Labs, Internal Revenue Service, Jacob Silverman, Jacob Williams, Katie Arrington, KleptoCapture Task Force, Kleptocracy Asset Recovery Initiative, Latest Warnings, Leland Dudek, lizardstresser, Michelle King, Natalya Martynova, National Institute of Standards and Technology, National Treasury Employees Union, Office of Management and Budget, Office of Personnel Management, Organized Crime and Corruption Reporting Project, President Donald Trump, Project 2025, Rep. Andy Ogles, Russia's War on Ukraine, Sean Cairncross, Social Security Administration, starlink, The Coming Storm, Treasury Department, U.S. Agency for International Development, U.S. Foreign Corrupt Practices Act, U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, Valery Martynov, Vladimir Putin, Volodymyr Zelensky

One month into his second term, President Trump’s actions to shrink the government through mass layoffs, firings and withholding funds allocated by Congress have thrown federal cybersecurity and consumer protection programs into disarray. At the same time, agencies...