Lawmakers from both parties say CISA cuts have gone too far

2026-05-21T20:51:46Zfe5bba25934de407afba6c96c9490d11f31bd1c2ab106b82bcb04ad5f904a5e6
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What happened

Multiple CyberScoop reports highlight rising systemic cyber risks: bipartisan concern that CISA budget cuts are weakening U.S. civilian network defenses; the White House postponed an AI-security executive order that would have given agencies 90 days to test models; CISA’s acting director warned about open‑source vulnerabilities and delayed fixes. Law enforcement (Europol) seized First VPN and arrested an alleged administrator. Several supply‑chain and developer‑tool incidents were reported: GitHub confirmed internal repositories were exfiltrated after a poisoned Visual Studio Code extension; a

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2026-05-21T20:51:46Z
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