{"id":656800,"date":"2025-03-11T22:05:12","date_gmt":"2025-03-11T19:05:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/doge-axes-cisa-red-team-staffers-amid-ongoing-federal-cuts\/"},"modified":"2025-03-11T22:05:12","modified_gmt":"2025-03-11T19:05:12","slug":"doge-axes-cisa-red-team-staffers-amid-ongoing-federal-cuts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/doge-axes-cisa-red-team-staffers-amid-ongoing-federal-cuts\/","title":{"rendered":"#DOGE axes CISA \u2018red team\u2019 staffers amid ongoing federal cuts"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_85 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a3f586dc3df8\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/label><input type=\"checkbox\"  id=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a3f586dc3df8\" checked aria-label=\"Toggle\" \/><nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-4'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/doge-axes-cisa-red-team-staffers-amid-ongoing-federal-cuts\/#Contact_Us\" >Contact Us<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<div>\n<p id=\"speakable-summary\" class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Elon Musk\u2019s Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) has fired more than a hundred employees working for the U.S. government\u2019s cybersecurity agency CISA, including \u201cred team\u201d staffers, two people affected by the layoffs told TechCrunch.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The people, who asked not to be named, said affected employees were axed im<a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/social-mediaa\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"1\" title=\"Social Media\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">media<\/a>tely when their network access was revoked with no prior warning.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The layoffs, which h<a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/download-scripts-themes-apps\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"9\" title=\"Download Scripts &amp; Themes &amp; Apps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">app<\/a>ened in late February and early March, are the latest round of staff cuts to hit the federal cybersecurity agency since the start of the Trump administration.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">CISA spokesperson Tess Hyre declined to comment on the latest round of job cuts affecting the agency and wouldn\u2019t say how many employees had been affected. Hyre told TechCrunch that CISA\u2019s red team \u201cremains operational\u201d, but said the agency is \u201creviewing all contracts to ensure that they align with the priorities of the new administration.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><h4 class=\"block--callout__title\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Contact_Us\"><\/span>Contact Us<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h4>\n<p>\t\t\t Have you been affected by the CISA layoffs? From a non-work device, you can contact Carly Page securely on Signal at +44 1536 853968 or via email at carly.page@techcrunch.com.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">One of the people affected told TechCrunch that CISA red team employees, who simulate real-world attacks to identify security weaknesses in networks before attackers do, were affected by the DOGE-enforced cuts.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Another person affected by the layoffs, who asked to remain anonymous due to fear of government retaliation, told TechCrunch that laid-off employees also include staffers who worked for CISA\u2019s Cyber Incident Response Team, or CIRT, which is responsible for penetration testing and vulnerability management of networks belonging to U.S. federal government departments and agencies.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cAs far as what will happen to those government systems, I have no knowledge,\u201d the person said.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The person said in total more than 80 employees supporting continuous monitoring had been laid off, and between 30 and 50 employees working in incident response.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">One of the affected employees tells TechCrunch that they are now looking for \u201cDOGE-resistant gigs.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cDOGE felt like a ballistic missile with no guidance system,\u201d the person said.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This is by our count the third known round of job cuts to affect CISA employees since January 20. More than 130 CISA employees were cut by DOGE earlier in February, according to <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/mastodon.social\/@kevincollier\/114005511977143729\">reports<\/a>, and several CISA employees working on election security were placed on leave in January.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<blockquote><p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">If you liked the article, do not forget to share it with your friends. 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