The move follows a story about criticisms of CISA’s performance during the first year of the Trump administration, with Madhu Gottumukkala’s leadership a point of contention.

Lesley Bernys Executive Director, DOD Cyber Crime Center & Jeffrey Hunt Global Operations Branch Chief, DOD Cyber Crime Center

The global campaign marks the second series of multiple actively exploited zero-day vulnerabilities in Cisco edge technology since last spring. The similarities don’t end there.

The agency lost a third of its people in a year. Now industry and lawmakers on both sides say it's unprepared for a potential crisis.

Kenny Paterson - Professor of Computer Science, ETH Zurich

Google researchers said Chinese attackers have been exploiting a zero-day since mid-2024, and they’ve moved on to a more advanced version of Brickstorm malware called Grimbolt.

The vendor said the memory-corruption defect was exploited to target specific people, but it did not describe the objectives of the attack.

One industry official told CyberScoop the town halls are probably not what CIRCIA needs right now.

Acting Director Madhu Gottumukkala said it could affect everything from responding to threats to finalizing CIRCIA regulations.

Microsoft said three of the exploited vulnerabilities were publicly known, suggesting attackers already had details about the defects prior to Tuesday’s release.