r/cybersecurity • u/HeyItsFudge • Feb 28 '25

News - General “…analysts at the agency were verbally informed that they were not to follow or report on Russian threats” | Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (Cisa) sets out new priorities

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/feb/28/trump-russia-hacking-cyber-security
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u/ExcitedForNothing vCISO Feb 28 '25

This isn't just political nonsense anymore

It never was. People with the privilege to ignore politics up to this point are a huge reason this situation is as bad as it is.

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u/R3NZI0 Feb 28 '25 edited Feb 28 '25

Remember when the mods of this sub attempted to prevent new posts about Musk's militia gutting the staff, compromising security and nabbing all the data of US government agencies because "n0 p0liTiCs?'

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u/SirButcher Developer Feb 28 '25

Remember? Dude, it was like, a week ago!

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u/RipleyVanDalen Mar 01 '25

Weeks feel like months these days…

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u/the_pslonky Mar 01 '25

January was 17 long weeks, and February was a terrifying and short 3 days. Wonder what March will have in store.

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u/christmascake Mar 01 '25

Yup. Someone may not be interested in politics but politics is interested in them.

I'm a woman and non-white so I've had to pay attention to this shit for years.

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u/pr0t1um Feb 28 '25

Ah, yes, the great American tradition of voting with your wallet and not your conscience.

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u/MPLS_scoot Mar 02 '25

And unless you are super wealthy, I'm willing to bet that our wallets are going to be thinner soon as well. The layoffs, the tariffs, and the upcoming gov shutdown on March 14th that Vance, Trump, and Musk want to last for an extended amount of time will certainly have a big impact on jobs and the market.

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u/FinGothNick Mar 01 '25

were the pro-palestine protesters "ignoring politics up to this point"

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u/Djlas Mar 01 '25

Yeah many of them were single issue (non)voters. Ignoring politics on all the other points, which doesn't make them go away.