Docket Number 25-0883 in District Court for the District of Columbia. Lawsuit filed against Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, DNI Tulsi Gabbard, CIA Director John Ratcliffe, Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent, Secretary of State and acting Archivist Marco Rubio, and the U.S. National Archives and Records Administration concerning news reports that journalist Jeffery Goldberg had been added…
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The Trump Administration Accidentally Texted Me Its War Plans
This is an absolutely mind-boggling breach. How could no one looking at the list of participants in a Signal chat not question what a reporter was doing in a war plans chat? Jeffrey Goldberg reports: The world found out shortly before 2 p.m. eastern time on March 15 that the United States was bombing Houthi…
Union County’s computer network breached, personal information accessed
John Beauge reports: Personal information including Social Security numbers may be at risk as the result of unauthorized access and acquisition of data stored on a Pennsylvania county’s computer network. “We determined that the cyber criminals took certain data from our network, which included personally identifiable information,” the Union County commissioners revealed Friday. “The affected…
Mission, Texas expects ransomware impact to last months
Matt Wilson reports: The city of Mission expects the fallout from a debilitating ransomware attack last month to have an impact for months. The city said so in correspondence last Thursday seeking an attorney general’s opinion allowing it to withhold contracts with outside cybersecurity experts and legal council asked for by the Progress Times through…
Department of Defense civilian employee pleads guilty to taking classified documents
Today’s reminder of the insider threat, from the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Virginia: ALEXANDRIA, Va. – A civilian electrical engineer for the Department of Defense pled guilty today to unauthorized removal and retention of classified material. According to court documents, Gokhan Gun, 51, of Falls Church, was born in Istanbul, Turkey,…
DOGE to Fired CISA Staff: Email Us Your Personal Data
Brian Krebs reports: A message posted on Monday to the homepage of the U.S. Cybersecurity & Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) is the latest exhibit in the Trump administration’s continued disregard for basic cybersecurity protections. The message instructed recently-fired CISA employees to get in touch so they can be rehired and then immediately placed on leave, asking employees…