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Rhiannon12866

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Thu Oct 2, 2025, 08:35 PM Thursday

Shutdown furloughs at cybersecurity agency raise vulnerability concerns - Face the Nation



The government shutdown has sidelined workers from the agency charged with protecting the U.S. electric grid, water supply and other critical services from hacking. CBS News Homeland Security correspondent Nicole Sganga breaks down the furloughs at the Cyber Security and Infrastructure Security Agency. - Aired on 10/02/2025.
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Shutdown furloughs at cybersecurity agency raise vulnerability concerns - Face the Nation (Original Post) Rhiannon12866 Thursday OP
Great! I'm sure Trump has told Putin's GRU hackers. surfered Thursday #1
Election Security! yellow dahlia Thursday #2

yellow dahlia

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Thu Oct 2, 2025, 09:33 PM
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Hmmm. Could lack of oversight be an objective?

The electric grid could create big time problems also.

However, most municipalities don't consider it good practice to connect their water system controls to the internet.

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