Former Acting ICE Director Blames Patel Hack On DHS Shutdown
Never mind the reckless DOGE cuts last year and the damage they did to our national security, this hack wants us to believe that the partial government shutdown is somehow responsible for Kash Patel's personal emails being hacked.
Rep. Eric Swalwell warned us about the danger Musk's cuts were causing in an op-ed last year: Don’t let DOGE destroy CISA:
Cybersecurity is the frontline of our national security. President Donald Trump and his adviser, Elon Musk, are doing more damage to our cyber defenses than Moscow or Beijing have done in decades. They are taking our defense off the field and hoping our enemies don’t take a shot at the end zone. They are wrong, and we are going to get attacked. When we do, Trump will be responsible. [...]
Every year, the Director of National Intelligence tells us that China and Russia are using their cyber arsenals to attack America in an attempt to cripple our critical infrastructure. [...]
The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) is on the front lines of defending federal networks, state and local governments, and critical infrastructure against these malicious state threats. Unfortunately, DOGE has descended upon CISA, and it’s unclear what will be left when the dust settles. [...]