SCOOP: While the president blamed a governor for the water hacks today, CISA was quietly moving to strip 20-25% of the pay from roughly 1/3 of its cyber workforce. I got the internal documents. The real story is linked below.
Trump: "We heard in Minnesota there was a cyberattack and they blame it on Iran. I don't think so. I blame it on Minnesota because they're grossly incompetent. Iran's got bigger problems than worrying about Minnesota."
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"We know these changes may result in financial hardship for some," Acting Director Nick Andersen wrote to staff, weeks after DHS told Congress the agency needs 600 more people.
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@martinmatishak Internal CISA docs say a revised retention pay program is coming next week; will slash pay for much of of their cyber workforce during an active crisis.
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