Cybersecurity Expert Warns of Critical Staffing and Leadership Crisis at CISA Threatening U.S. Infrastructure
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bourbonsec
Plain bagel done well. Pleasantly substantive.
Summary
A cybersecurity expert with decades of experience warns that CISA (Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency) is experiencing a severe leadership and staffing crisis that threatens America's critical infrastructure. The article details how CISA has lost a third of its staff, its acting leader uploaded sensitive documents to public ChatGPT, and China has infiltrated U.S. critical infrastructure systems. The author argues this represents a catastrophic failure in national security leadership that puts water systems, electricity grids, and election integrity at risk.
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Let me lay out the facts, because they are worse than you think.
CISA lost a third of its staff and its acting leader uploaded sensitive docs to public ChatGPT — while China sits inside U.S. critical infrastructure.
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