Christian Vasquez

Christian was a reporter for CyberScoop covering industrial cybersecurity. He previously wrote for E&E News at POLITICO covering cybersecurity in the energy sector.

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Then-acting National Cyber Director Kemba Walden, right, with Megan Stifel, chief strategy officer for the Institute for Security and Technology, at event on ransomware in Washington in May 2023. (Photo courtesy of the Institute for Security and Technology)

White House releases cybersecurity budget priorities for FY 2025

Government

The Emsland Nuclear Power Plant (KKE) is located near Lingen in the Emsland district, Lower Saxony/ Germany (built 1988).

Two major energy corporations added to growing MOVEit victim list

Cybercrime

A polling station in Arlington, Va. (Photo by Win McNamee/Getty Images)

Treasury sanctions two Russian intelligence officers for election influence operations

Government

High voltage towers in the dusk of the evening. (Getty Images)

Federal incentives could help utilities overcome major cybersecurity hurdle: money

Policy

Flags of Department of Energy and USA painted on cracked wall. (Getty Images)

Two Energy Department entities breached as part of massive MOVEit compromise

Threats

Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency Director Jen Easterly testified before a House Homeland Security Subcommittee, at the Rayburn House Office Building on April 28, 2022. (Photo by Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images)

Ukraine information sharing a model for countering China, top cyber official says

Government

In an aerial view, fuel holding tanks are seen at Colonial Pipeline’s Dorsey Junction Station on May 13, 2021 in Woodbine, Maryland. (Photo by Drew Angerer/Getty Images)

White House needs to urgently fix nation’s approach to protecting critical infrastructure, group says

Policy

The SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket carrying the Dragon capsule lifts off from Launch Complex 39A at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida on June 5, 2023. (Image via SpaceX)

First in space: SpaceX and NASA launch satellite that hackers will attempt to infiltrate during DEF CON

Research

Spacecraft launch. Elements of this image furnished by NASA. (Getty Images)

Growing hacking threat to satellite systems compels global push to secure outer space

Research