David DiMolfetta

1 week ago | govexec.com | David DiMolfetta

NASHVILLE, Tenn. — House Homeland Security Committee Chairman Mark Green, R-Tenn., said he asked staffers working for Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem to carefully consider how to reduce the size of the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency.

2 weeks ago | nextgov.com | David DiMolfetta

NASHVILLE, Tenn.— The firing of top officials inside the National Security Agency and U.S. Cyber Command will cause disruptions inside both, Gen. Paul Nakasone, who led both organizations under a dual-hatted command from 2018 to early 2024, said Thursday. Gen. Timothy Haugh, a four-star general who served in the same role following Nakasone’s departure, was fired last week following the recommendation of far-right activist Laura Loomer.

2 weeks ago | nextgov.com | David DiMolfetta

President Donald Trump signed an executive order Wednesday night directing the Justice Department to investigate former top cybersecurity official Chris Krebs and mandating the head of every relevant federal agency revoke his security clearance. Krebs, who served as the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency’s director in Trump’s first term, made headlines at the end of his tenure for contradicting baseless claims from the president that the 2020 election was stolen from him.

2 weeks ago | nextgov.com | David DiMolfetta

A hack into the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency discovered in February has been deemed a “major information security incident” in a notification to Congress, the agency said Wednesday. The hackers gained access to top officials’ emails that contained highly sensitive information about the financial condition of federally regulated financial institutions, OCC said in a published notice.

2 weeks ago | defenseone.com | David DiMolfetta

Spies from China and elsewhere are wooing unwitting current and former federal employees, according to a document from the National Counterintelligence and Security Center released Tuesday amid the Trump administration's efforts to fire and lay off tens of thousands of employees.