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US cyber agency puts election security staffers who worked with the states on leave
AP News ^ | February 10, 2025 | CHRISTINA A. CASSIDY

Posted on 02/11/2025 4:14:25 PM PST by ransomnote

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In recent days, 17 employees of the U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency who have worked with election officials to provide assessments and trainings dealing with a range of threats — from cyber and ransomware attacks to physical security of election workers — have been placed on leave pending a review, according to a person familiar with the situation who was not authorized to speak publicly.

Ten of those employees are regional election security specialists hired as part of an effort to expand field staff and election security expertise ahead of the 2024 election. The regional staffers were told the internal review would examine efforts to combat attempts by foreign governments to influence U.S. elections, duties that were assigned to other agency staff, according to the person.

All were former state or local election officials who were brought in to build relationships across all 50 states and the nation’s more than 8,000 local election jurisdictions. They spent the past year meeting with election officials, attending conferences and trainings, and ensuring officials were aware of the agency’s various cybersecurity and physical security services.

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The other staffers placed on leave are current or former members of the agency’s Election Security and Resilience team, who were told the review was looking into agency efforts to combat misinformation and disinformation campaigns, according to the person familiar with the situation. The 10 election security specialists who worked with state and local election officials reported to a different team at CISA, the field operations division.


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TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Front Page News; Government; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: cisa

1 posted on 02/11/2025 4:14:25 PM PST by ransomnote
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To: ransomnote

So, are most of them Commies or knot?


2 posted on 02/11/2025 4:21:42 PM PST by Paladin2
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To: Paladin2

naught...


3 posted on 02/11/2025 4:22:00 PM PST by Paladin2
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To: Paladin2

Third time is the charm.


4 posted on 02/11/2025 4:24:49 PM PST by crusty old prospector
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To: ransomnote
All were former state or local election officials who were brought in to build relationships across all 50

Like turning Musk's audit over to the Pritzgers and Pelosi.

5 posted on 02/11/2025 4:32:58 PM PST by AndyJackson
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To: ransomnote

All were former state or local election officials...

Does not sound like they were cybersecurity experts...

But of course we already know about this organization.


6 posted on 02/11/2025 4:44:17 PM PST by piasa (Attitude adjustmilents offered here free of charge)
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To: ransomnote

“..worked with election officials to provide assessments and trainings dealing with a range of threats — from cyber and ransomware attacks to physical security of election workers..”
Right, that’s not what that corrupt partisan agency was doing. They were training them to avoid being caught cheating.


7 posted on 02/11/2025 4:58:04 PM PST by falcon99 ( )
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To: crusty old prospector

“Third time is the charm.”

Not in this case.


8 posted on 02/11/2025 5:00:18 PM PST by Paladin2
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To: ransomnote; EBH

Well, since they were hacked last year it seems a leave is in order.

December 2024 : () CISA has urged ‘highly targeted’ individuals in the US Government or in senior political positions to immediately review and implement strict security measures with their mobile devices. -— -— US Government officials urged to lock down devices amid telecoms breach, Tech Radar, 12/23/24


9 posted on 02/11/2025 5:01:16 PM PST by piasa (Attitude adjustmilents offered here free of charge)
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To: ransomnote

I am calling BS. Most likely these jokes have no cyber experience and are of the “disinformation” clowns that are nothing but democrap party hacks.


10 posted on 02/11/2025 5:53:24 PM PST by KC_Conspirator
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