One-third of top U.S. cyber force has left since Trump took office

Roughly 1,000 people have already left the nation’s top cybersecurity agency during the second Trump administration, a former government official tells Axios — cutting the agency’s total workforce by nearly a third.

The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency is also facing a potential 17% budget cut under the president’s proposed budget — raising fears that power grids, water utilities, and election systems could be left without a well-equipped federal partner as cyber threats mount.

Trump officials are actively pursuing plans to increase offensive cyber operations against adversarial nations like China — and experts warn those nations are bound to respond in-kind to those strikes.

Read more at Axios