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Cyber Risks · Krebs on Security

Trump 2.0 Brings Cuts to Cyber, Consumer Protections

Summary: One month into his second term, President Trump's mass layoffs and withheld funds have disrupted federal cybersecurity and consumer protection programs, including the firing of at least 130 employees at CISA, some of whom worked on election security and foreign influence operations. Elon Musk's DOGE staffers, including 19-year-old Edward Coristine and former X security engineer Christopher Stanley, gained access to CISA's email and networked files and sought broad access to systems at SSA, DHS, OPM, Treasury, and the IRS.

Key Takeaway: Career officials who refused DOGE access were replaced - SSA acting commissioner Michelle King after more than 30 years, and the cybersecurity lead for VA.gov - while DOGE introduced code changes into federal IT systems outside normal vetting, which former NSA hacker Jacob Williams called a bigger threat to federal systems than China.

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