“Don't believe everything you read on the internet.”
― Abraham Lincoln
#cybersecurity #disinformation #misinformation
― Abraham Lincoln
#cybersecurity #disinformation #misinformation
November 23, 2024 at 3:51 AM
“Don't believe everything you read on the internet.”
― Abraham Lincoln
#cybersecurity #disinformation #misinformation
― Abraham Lincoln
#cybersecurity #disinformation #misinformation
Staffers at the U.S. cybersecurity agency working on countering foreign disinformation and on election security have been put on leave, according to sources who spoke anonymously for fear of reprisal.
Efforts to fight foreign influence and protect elections in question under Trump
Staffers at the U.S. cybersecurity agency working on countering foreign disinformation and on election security have been put on leave, according to sources who spoke anonymously for fear of reprisal.
www.npr.org
February 12, 2025 at 1:39 PM
Staffers at the U.S. cybersecurity agency working on countering foreign disinformation and on election security have been put on leave, according to sources who spoke anonymously for fear of reprisal.
Look, Kristi Noem’s giving China a gift www.politico.com/news/2025/02...
Trump continues federal purge, gutting cyber workers who combat disinformation
Roughly half a dozen employees at the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency who previously worked to counter election-related disinformation have been put on administrative leave.
www.politico.com
February 7, 2025 at 9:34 PM
Look, Kristi Noem’s giving China a gift www.politico.com/news/2025/02...
The U.S. government made comic books to fight disinformation
Government-Made Comic Books Try to Fight Election Disinformation
Graphic novels produced by the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency to fight foreign disinformation fall flat.
theintercept.com
March 25, 2024 at 9:58 PM
The U.S. government made comic books to fight disinformation
However,Russia has already applied various tactics to disrupt the Baltics' transition, including cyberattacks& disinformation campaigns
Lithuania&Poland have enhanced the protection of the cross-border LitPol Link cable &increased their cybersecurity measures
euractiv.com/section
eurelectric.org/in
Lithuania&Poland have enhanced the protection of the cross-border LitPol Link cable &increased their cybersecurity measures
euractiv.com/section
eurelectric.org/in
February 7, 2025 at 11:25 AM
However,Russia has already applied various tactics to disrupt the Baltics' transition, including cyberattacks& disinformation campaigns
Lithuania&Poland have enhanced the protection of the cross-border LitPol Link cable &increased their cybersecurity measures
euractiv.com/section
eurelectric.org/in
Lithuania&Poland have enhanced the protection of the cross-border LitPol Link cable &increased their cybersecurity measures
euractiv.com/section
eurelectric.org/in
When you don’t want to have elections anymore, it doesn’t matter if they’re secure
www.politico.com/news/2025/02...
www.politico.com/news/2025/02...
Trump continues federal purge, gutting cyber workers who combat disinformation
Roughly half a dozen employees at the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency who previously worked to counter election-related disinformation have been put on administrative leave.
www.politico.com
February 7, 2025 at 7:02 PM
When you don’t want to have elections anymore, it doesn’t matter if they’re secure
www.politico.com/news/2025/02...
www.politico.com/news/2025/02...
"The president does not intend to allow anyone to rein him in this time. But tearing down guardrails has created room for America’s adversaries to operate more freely in the disinformation space, according to Western officials and private cybersecurity experts." www.nytimes.com/2025/04/18/u...
Under Trump, National Security Guardrails Vanish
America’s adversaries have more room to operate, at least in the disinformation space, cybersecurity experts say.
www.nytimes.com
April 18, 2025 at 8:00 PM
"The president does not intend to allow anyone to rein him in this time. But tearing down guardrails has created room for America’s adversaries to operate more freely in the disinformation space, according to Western officials and private cybersecurity experts." www.nytimes.com/2025/04/18/u...
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December 18, 2024 at 10:41 PM
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Not that it's a surprise, but Musk/Trump have now fired folks who worked on *securing elections*, including combatting foreign interference (they falsely claim this team was censoring conservatives, which is a lie).
www.politico.com/news/2025/02...
www.politico.com/news/2025/02...
Trump continues federal purge, gutting cyber workers who combat disinformation
Roughly half a dozen employees at the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency who previously worked to counter election-related disinformation have been put on administrative leave.
www.politico.com
February 9, 2025 at 4:58 PM
Not that it's a surprise, but Musk/Trump have now fired folks who worked on *securing elections*, including combatting foreign interference (they falsely claim this team was censoring conservatives, which is a lie).
www.politico.com/news/2025/02...
www.politico.com/news/2025/02...
Cybersecurity experts say the Trump administration's removal of security guardrails has given US adversaries more room to operate in the disinformation space (New York Times)
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April 19, 2025 at 1:36 PM
Cybersecurity experts say the Trump administration's removal of security guardrails has given US adversaries more room to operate in the disinformation space (New York Times)
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6/ Enhance domestic defense & cybersecurity 🔥
Expect massive foreign election interference. Canada must fortify cybersecurity defenses, invest in counterintelligence, and prepare for disinformation attacks from hostile actors, including a radicalized US political machine.
Expect massive foreign election interference. Canada must fortify cybersecurity defenses, invest in counterintelligence, and prepare for disinformation attacks from hostile actors, including a radicalized US political machine.
February 19, 2025 at 11:00 PM
6/ Enhance domestic defense & cybersecurity 🔥
Expect massive foreign election interference. Canada must fortify cybersecurity defenses, invest in counterintelligence, and prepare for disinformation attacks from hostile actors, including a radicalized US political machine.
Expect massive foreign election interference. Canada must fortify cybersecurity defenses, invest in counterintelligence, and prepare for disinformation attacks from hostile actors, including a radicalized US political machine.
IDEAS ????? Stopping IDEAS ????
Also, particularly infuriating the day after WH suggests it was criminal for DHS cybersecurity officials to flag online foreign disinformation
Also, particularly infuriating the day after WH suggests it was criminal for DHS cybersecurity officials to flag online foreign disinformation
April 10, 2025 at 4:55 PM
IDEAS ????? Stopping IDEAS ????
Also, particularly infuriating the day after WH suggests it was criminal for DHS cybersecurity officials to flag online foreign disinformation
Also, particularly infuriating the day after WH suggests it was criminal for DHS cybersecurity officials to flag online foreign disinformation
The US has taken a series of steps that unilaterally disarm its cybersecurity defenses and guardrails against disinformation precisely when it ought to be strengthening them, writes Laura S. Scherling. www.techpolicy.press/the-downfall...
The Downfall of the Global Engagement Center and Disappearing Guardrails Against Disinformation | TechPolicy.Press
Pulling back on initiatives to monitor disinformation could lead to increased security vulnerabilities, writes Laura Scherling.
www.techpolicy.press
April 23, 2025 at 1:39 PM
The US has taken a series of steps that unilaterally disarm its cybersecurity defenses and guardrails against disinformation precisely when it ought to be strengthening them, writes Laura S. Scherling. www.techpolicy.press/the-downfall...
So far, the Trump administration has put staffers working on disinformation as well as a team of election security advisers at the Department of Homeland Security’s Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) on administrative leave.
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February 13, 2025 at 12:53 PM
So far, the Trump administration has put staffers working on disinformation as well as a team of election security advisers at the Department of Homeland Security’s Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) on administrative leave.
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· FEMA downsized for use of personal insurance
******End CISAs (Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency) counter mis/disinformation efforts******
· Expand Coast Guard’s capabilities outside our waters
· Reinstate and backpay anyone in USCG who didn’t get vaccinated
******End CISAs (Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency) counter mis/disinformation efforts******
· Expand Coast Guard’s capabilities outside our waters
· Reinstate and backpay anyone in USCG who didn’t get vaccinated
November 11, 2024 at 8:12 PM
· FEMA downsized for use of personal insurance
******End CISAs (Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency) counter mis/disinformation efforts******
· Expand Coast Guard’s capabilities outside our waters
· Reinstate and backpay anyone in USCG who didn’t get vaccinated
******End CISAs (Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency) counter mis/disinformation efforts******
· Expand Coast Guard’s capabilities outside our waters
· Reinstate and backpay anyone in USCG who didn’t get vaccinated
CISA staff focused on disinformation and influence operations put on leave
www.nextgov.com/people/2025/...
www.nextgov.com/people/2025/...
CISA staff focused on disinformation and influence operations put on leave
DHS Secretary Kristi Noem has committed to rescoping the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency so that it pivots away from disinformation matters.
www.nextgov.com
February 18, 2025 at 9:06 PM
CISA staff focused on disinformation and influence operations put on leave
www.nextgov.com/people/2025/...
www.nextgov.com/people/2025/...
“This is not how the American national security apparatus is supposed to work, national security experts and former officials say.”
Ya think?
www.nytimes.com/2025/04/18/u...
Ya think?
www.nytimes.com/2025/04/18/u...
Under Trump, National Security Guardrails Vanish
America’s adversaries have more room to operate, at least in the disinformation space, cybersecurity experts say.
www.nytimes.com
April 19, 2025 at 12:03 PM
“This is not how the American national security apparatus is supposed to work, national security experts and former officials say.”
Ya think?
www.nytimes.com/2025/04/18/u...
Ya think?
www.nytimes.com/2025/04/18/u...
Anyone who thinks we are going to have a free and fair election in 2026 is not thinking very clearly.
We need to prepare for war.
www.nextgov.com/people/2025/...
We need to prepare for war.
www.nextgov.com/people/2025/...
CISA staff focused on disinformation and influence operations put on leave
DHS Secretary Kristi Noem has committed to rescoping the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency so that it pivots away from disinformation matters.
www.nextgov.com
February 16, 2025 at 12:45 AM
Anyone who thinks we are going to have a free and fair election in 2026 is not thinking very clearly.
We need to prepare for war.
www.nextgov.com/people/2025/...
We need to prepare for war.
www.nextgov.com/people/2025/...
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Of the utmost urgency is immediately ending CISA's* counter-mis/disinformation efforts.
* Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency
Of the utmost urgency is immediately ending CISA's* counter-mis/disinformation efforts.
* Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency
July 20, 2024 at 4:27 AM
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Of the utmost urgency is immediately ending CISA's* counter-mis/disinformation efforts.
* Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency
Of the utmost urgency is immediately ending CISA's* counter-mis/disinformation efforts.
* Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency
Alarming state of affairs. In past 3 months, Trump has:
1. Closed FBI Foreign Influence Task Force
2. Closed State Dept Global Misinformation office
3. Ordered CISA to no longer address misinfo
4. Redirected Cyber Command away from Russian disinfo
5. Fired NSA Director
6. Sacked 6 NSC officials
1. Closed FBI Foreign Influence Task Force
2. Closed State Dept Global Misinformation office
3. Ordered CISA to no longer address misinfo
4. Redirected Cyber Command away from Russian disinfo
5. Fired NSA Director
6. Sacked 6 NSC officials
Under Trump, National Security Guardrails Vanish
America’s adversaries have more room to operate, at least in the disinformation space, cybersecurity experts say.
www.nytimes.com
April 18, 2025 at 2:42 PM
Alarming state of affairs. In past 3 months, Trump has:
1. Closed FBI Foreign Influence Task Force
2. Closed State Dept Global Misinformation office
3. Ordered CISA to no longer address misinfo
4. Redirected Cyber Command away from Russian disinfo
5. Fired NSA Director
6. Sacked 6 NSC officials
1. Closed FBI Foreign Influence Task Force
2. Closed State Dept Global Misinformation office
3. Ordered CISA to no longer address misinfo
4. Redirected Cyber Command away from Russian disinfo
5. Fired NSA Director
6. Sacked 6 NSC officials
➡️ The attacks highlighted vulnerabilities in infrastructure and communications.
➡️ The Chinese embassy rejected the allegations, accusing the U.S. of spreading disinformation about cybersecurity threats.
➡️ The Chinese embassy rejected the allegations, accusing the U.S. of spreading disinformation about cybersecurity threats.
January 5, 2025 at 8:18 PM
➡️ The attacks highlighted vulnerabilities in infrastructure and communications.
➡️ The Chinese embassy rejected the allegations, accusing the U.S. of spreading disinformation about cybersecurity threats.
➡️ The Chinese embassy rejected the allegations, accusing the U.S. of spreading disinformation about cybersecurity threats.
As China has ramped up its disinformation “the Trump administration has dismantled the teams at the State Department, the F.B.I. and the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency that warned the public about potential threats.”
www.nytimes.com/2025/08/06/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/08/06/u...
China Turns to A.I. in Information Warfare
www.nytimes.com
August 7, 2025 at 12:47 PM
As China has ramped up its disinformation “the Trump administration has dismantled the teams at the State Department, the F.B.I. and the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency that warned the public about potential threats.”
www.nytimes.com/2025/08/06/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/08/06/u...
3/7
Trump slashed CISA’s budget by nearly $500 million, axed 1,083 cybersecurity jobs, and eliminated our election security and disinformation response units.
This wasn’t “streamlining”, it was strategic sabotage of our national digital shield.
Trump slashed CISA’s budget by nearly $500 million, axed 1,083 cybersecurity jobs, and eliminated our election security and disinformation response units.
This wasn’t “streamlining”, it was strategic sabotage of our national digital shield.
July 17, 2025 at 1:06 PM
3/7
Trump slashed CISA’s budget by nearly $500 million, axed 1,083 cybersecurity jobs, and eliminated our election security and disinformation response units.
This wasn’t “streamlining”, it was strategic sabotage of our national digital shield.
Trump slashed CISA’s budget by nearly $500 million, axed 1,083 cybersecurity jobs, and eliminated our election security and disinformation response units.
This wasn’t “streamlining”, it was strategic sabotage of our national digital shield.
"At the Department of Homeland Security, the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency also halted its efforts to crack down on misinformation domestically related to U.S. elections."
Absolutely unacceptable!
www.politico.com/news/2025/08...
Absolutely unacceptable!
www.politico.com/news/2025/08...
Russia is quietly churning out fake content posing as US news
A pro-Russian propaganda group is taking advantage of high-profile news events to spread disinformation — and they’re spoofing reputable news outlets to do it.
www.politico.com
August 17, 2025 at 3:46 PM
"At the Department of Homeland Security, the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency also halted its efforts to crack down on misinformation domestically related to U.S. elections."
Absolutely unacceptable!
www.politico.com/news/2025/08...
Absolutely unacceptable!
www.politico.com/news/2025/08...
Looking forward to speaking later today on disinformation and cybersecurity. Will be mentioning a few examples including Southport.
globalsecurityforum.com/2025-agenda/
globalsecurityforum.com/2025-agenda/
April 28, 2025 at 11:18 AM
Looking forward to speaking later today on disinformation and cybersecurity. Will be mentioning a few examples including Southport.
globalsecurityforum.com/2025-agenda/
globalsecurityforum.com/2025-agenda/