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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsAs bad as all these civil rights atrocities are, the worst is yet to come, cyber attack, Will end everything
The short answer: Yes, the Trump administration dismantled several key U.S. government cybersecurity programsespecially those designed to guard against foreign cyber threats, including those targeting elections and critical infrastructure.
Above is from ChatGPT, the piece of shit will make a deal with Putin or China that they can attack our institutions, power, our Internet, all banking, everything, in return for money in his pocket and of course this is going to happen so everything is going to be destroyed and shut down.
Within a week, the entire population will be attacking each other for water and food.
All because some just could not help themselves but to criticize both Women candidates, weird how that happens huh 😡😡😡😡😡😡😡😡
By the way, the election was rigged, go to YouTube and type in Christopher Titus rigged and before you mock me or say how ridiculous it is, watch it, watch both parts.
The lingering question is will Elon ever come out and tell the truth about that, even though it would put him in hot water because he was the one behind it.

Bayard
(25,951 posts)Eliot Rosewater
(33,127 posts)Election Security & Threat Intelligence Programs
In early 2025, the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) halted funding (~$10 million/year) to the Center for Internet Securitys Elections Infrastructure ISAC and Multi-State ISAC, halting vital cyber threat intelligence sharing with state and local election officials   .
CISA also paused all election-security work, placed over a dozen staff on leave, and disbanded an FBI task force focused on investigating foreign influence in U.S. elections .
2. Cyber Safety Review Board (CSRB)
The bipartisan CSRBa body created under Bidens Executive Order 14028 in 2022 to investigate major cyber incidents like the Salt Typhoon hackwas disbanded in January 2025, and all its members were fired .
3. CISAs Internal Cuts & Layoffs
The administration fired over 130 CISA employees, including those on probation as well as teams handling red teaming and cyber incident response  .
It also ended CISAs Mobile App Vetting program, which assessed the safety of apps used on government devices .
4. Rollback of Biden/Obama Cyber Measures via EO
In June 2025, Trump signed a new Executive Order rolling back parts of former EOs (Bidens 14144, Obamas 13694). It narrowed sanctions authority to only foreign cyber actors, retracted mandates on post-quantum encryption, AI-enhanced cyber defense pilots, secure software attestations, and BGP/email encryption standards .
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📉 What This Means for Cyber Protection
Election systems now lack centralized, federal-level guardrails and threat monitoringraising concern of vulnerabilities to foreign interference .
Disbanding CSRB removes an essential mechanism for learning from major cyber incidents and disseminating best practices .
CISA downsizing weakens the overall U.S. cyber defense posture, reducing capacity to detect/respond to foreign cyberattacks on critical infrastructure .
Haggard Celine
(17,295 posts)and the richest man in the world are going after each other. Good. Hope they destroy each other.