DHS chief says president has met with potential CISA nominee; agency plans to hire 600

A batch of cyber and policy developments: DHS Secretary Markwayne Mullin told lawmakers the president has met with a potential CISA director nominee and the agency plans to hire about 600 staff, though the White House has not announced a nomination. Separately, a dairy-products manufacturer in Russia’s Bashkortostan region reported operational disruption from a cyberattack, and Ukraine’s state postal operator reported app service disruptions after a suspected cyberattack. Researchers say Russia continued to use Cellebrite’s phone‑data extraction tool despite the vendor’s 2021 pullout, implying