How the U.S. Govt. Shutdown Harms Security
Summary: The partial U.S. federal government shutdown is degrading federal cybercrime investigations, with an anonymous agent of more than 20 years telling KrebsOnSecurity that furloughs block clearance processing and informant payments, and that the talent drain after resolution will cost five years. A 72-page FBI Agents Association report quotes an agent saying two confidential human sources supporting the national security cyber mission no longer have funding, while Netcraft counted outdated web security certificates on government sites rising from about 80 to more than 130 in a week.
What's compelling: An agent with two decades on the job says everyone he knows who can retire or find private-sector work is actively looking, and that as a nation we are much less safe from a cyber security posture than a month ago - a five-year capability loss set against adversaries who recruit during exactly this kind of disruption.
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