US Senate Votes to Fund Most of Homeland Security After Shutdown Disrupts Airports March 27, 2026 By Steven T. Dennis and Erik Wasson The US Senate passed legislation early Friday to fund most of the Department of Homeland Security, forging a path to...
Trump Restores $187M Funding Cuts for New York Counterterrorism October 6, 2025 By Susan Haigh and Gabriela Aoun Angueira President Donald Trump said Friday he has personally reversed $187 million in funding cuts made by his administration for New...
Lapsus$ Hacking Group Will Be Focus of DHS Cyber Review Board December 5, 2022 By William Turton The Department of Homeland Security’s Cyber Safety Review Board said it will study the Lapsus$ hacking group, which has been...
Homeland Security Chief Prioritizes Disrupting Ransomware in Cyber Efforts April 5, 2021 By Raphael Satter Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas said last Wednesday that dealing with ransomware will be a top priority,...
Homeland Security Orders Cyber ‘Sprints’ as Part of U.S. Plan Against Hacks April 1, 2021 By Alyza Sebenius and Shaun Courtney The U.S. Department of Homeland Security is undertaking a series of “sprints” to enhance American cybersecurity in the wake of...
SolarWinds Attackers Focused on Cyber and Tech Firms January 29, 2021 By Kartikay Mehrotra and Alyza Sebenius Whether it was opportunity, strategy or sheer chutzpah, the suspected Russian hackers behind a massive cyber-attack revealed last month focused...
Cyber Experts Race to Secure Networks Following Broad Cyber Attack on U.S. December 21, 2020 By Jack Stubbs Russian hackers who broke into U.S. government agencies also spied on less high-profile organizations, including groups in Britain, a U.S....
Suspected Russian Cyber Espionage Has U.S. Government, Businesses Scrambling December 15, 2020 By Joseph Menn, Raphael Satter and Jack Stubbs The U.S. Department of Homeland Security and thousands of businesses scrambled Monday to investigate and respond to a sweeping hacking...
Homeland Security Reports Ransomware Attack Shut Gas Pipeline Facility for Two Days February 19, 2020 The U.S. Department of Homeland Security has alerted energy and other infrastructure firms to review their cybersecurity after a ransomware...
FEMA Chief Long to Keep Job, Repay Government for Car Misuse September 24, 2018 By Colleen Long The head of the federal disaster response agency used government vehicles without proper authorization, but will not lose his job...