Mass federal layoffs will have devastating impact on cybersecurity, former
NSA cybersecurity director warns

Date:
Thu, 06 Mar 2025 15:20:50 +0000

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Mass redundancies could have a huge impact on US national security, a House select committee has been told.

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- A Select Committee has heard concerns from a former NSA cybersecurity chief
- Rob Joyce has warned layoffs will have a devastating affect on National Security
- Over 100,000 federal workers have been made redundant or taken retirement

The House Select Committee on the Chinese Communist Party has been told by
the former National Security Agency (NSA) director of cybersecurity how
culling workers from federal departments will have a devastating impact on national security and cybersecurity.

Over 100,000 federal workers have been laid off or have taken early
retirement as part of the new administrations plans to drastically downsize
the federal government workforce. This includes more than 130 positions cut from the Department of Homeland Securitys Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Agency (CISA).

I want to raise my grave concerns that the aggressive threats to cut U.S. government probationary employees will have a devastating impact on the cybersecurity and our national security, Joyce said.

Slashed budgets

Probationary staff, or staff who have been with their government agency for under a year, were almost all eliminated in this round of layoffs, which
Joyce argues will destroy a pipeline of top talent responsible for hunting
and eradicating [China backed] threats.

A Federal judge in San Francisco has since deemed these layoffs illegal and
has ordered agencies to rescind the directives - with some Republicans reportedly urging Musk in private to consult Congress on the cuts.

It should be mentioned that these cuts have largely come at the hands of Elon Musk and the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE).

Most recently, the tech billionaire orchestrated the shutdown of tech unit
18F , a department of software engineers and strategists which serviced the General Services Administration, developing login systems and public-facing
IT services.

Musk is an unelected official, and his plans to slash federal spending have also attracted a wave of lawsuits following privacy complaints, as the department allegedly accessed "extraordinarily sensitive federal worker details.

Via TechCrunch

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Mass federal layoffs will have devastating impact on cybersecurity,
former NSA cybersecurity director warns

Even worse than global warming? ;)

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Mass federal layoffs will have devastating impact on cybersecurity, former NSA cybersecurity director warns

Even worse than global warming? ;)

I think it is funny that people (not you) and even some politicians will
one minute fuss about how global warming is a scam because it has nothing
to do with mankind but then the next minute will claim that the faceless
"they" are controling the weather. ;)


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Aaron Thomas wrote to Mike Powell <=-

Mass federal layoffs will have devastating impact on cybersecurity,
former NSA cybersecurity director warns

Even worse than global warming? ;)

Given that we've stood down our offensive cybersecurity efforts against
Russia, compromising our defensive stature makes sense - if you're a
failed businessman and felon who's been compromised by a foreign power
who's pulling your strings.



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Even worse than global warming? ;)

I think it is funny that people (not you) and even some politicians will one minute fuss about how global warming is a scam because it has nothing to do with mankind but then the next minute will claim that the faceless "they" are controling the weather. ;)

But there really is a "they." It's the CEOs who own the means of producing greenhouse gases.

I know what you mean though. I've heard claims of elites literally controlling the weather for the purpose of controlling the weather, but that seems unlikely because what would they even get out of it?

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Even worse than global warming? ;)

Given that we've stood down our offensive cybersecurity efforts against
Russia, compromising our defensive stature makes sense - if you're a
failed businessman and felon who's been compromised by a foreign power
who's pulling your strings.

Did you forget that it was Hillary Clinton who actually colluded with Russia?

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Even worse than global warming? ;)

I think it is funny that people (not you) and even some politicians will one minute fuss about how global warming is a scam because it has

othing

to do with mankind but then the next minute will claim that the faceless "they" are controling the weather. ;)

But there really is a "they." It's the CEOs who own the means of producing greenhouse gases.

Correct. In the cases I am thinking of, "they" means the elites as you
mention below.

I know what you mean though. I've heard claims of elites literally

ontrolling

the weather for the purpose of controlling the weather, but that seems

nlikel

because what would they even get out of it?

Well, based on various theories floated about the WEF, they would benefit
by reducing the population. My theory would be that they could benefit by being the ones that also come up with the (expensive) solutions to fix the problem.


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Mass federal layoffs will have devastating impact on cybersecurity, former NSA cybersecurity director warns

Given that we've stood down our offensive cybersecurity efforts against
Russia, compromising our defensive stature makes sense - if you're a
failed businessman and felon who's been compromised by a foreign power
who's pulling your strings.

I've read conflicting information on that one. Supposedly, some in the government have suggested it is true (i.e. the stand down), while CISA
claims they most certainly haven't.

My concern here is that CISA simply hadn't been told to do so yet, or is
trying to defy direction, but will eventually be forced to do so.


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the weather for the purpose of controlling the weather, but that seems

nlikel

because what would they even get out of it?

Well, based on various theories floated about the WEF, they would benefit by reducing the population. My theory would be that they could benefit
by being the ones that also come up with the (expensive) solutions to
fix the problem.

That sounds familiar. But to actually make it happen sounds beyond anyone's skill level. Isn't it even more clever to wait until a disaster happens, blame Republicans for being "climate change deniers," and then try to get a chunk of the disaster relief funds?

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Well, based on various theories floated about the WEF, they would benefit
by reducing the population. My theory would be that they could benefit by being the ones that also come up with the (expensive) solutions to fix the problem.

That sounds familiar. But to actually make it happen sounds beyond anyone's skill level. Isn't it even more clever to wait until a disaster happens, blame
Republicans for being "climate change deniers," and then try to get a chunk of
the disaster relief funds?

I think it is pretty "tin foil hat" myself and agree it is mostly beyond
our current skills. But to a conspiracist who has no problem contradicting themselves, I am sure that it all makes perfect sense. ;)


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I think it is pretty "tin foil hat" myself and agree it is mostly beyond our current skills. But to a conspiracist who has no problem contradicting themselves, I am sure that it all makes perfect sense. ;)

I like to refer to it as "possibility theory."

The left has recently began referring to "natural disasters" as "climate change." So if Gavin Newsome (or other gov elites) was negligent in the LA fires, then that would give truth to the theory in question.

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