Government layoffs are making us less safe in cyberspace, experts fear

When the Trump administration took office in January, it inherited a precarious cyber threat environment in which years of investments in defense had failed to curb the threat from Russia, China and other U.S. adversaries. 

Six months later, challenges faced by federal agencies are far worse — the result of a wave of layoffs and voluntary separations instigated by the Department of Government Efficiency, or DOGE, which has dramatically impaired the government’s ability to defend itself in cyberspace, according to former officials and experts.

The exits mark the first time in the digital era that the government’s cyber defense has grown worse rather than better, they say, endangering not just federal agencies but a trove of critical industry sectors that rely on cyber assistance from the U.S. government. 

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