Meanwhile, back at the sack-the-world desk, ElReg has two articles, the second demonstrating why the action detailed in the first is unwise. They're a bit long to include as-is (esp in one post), and mere extracts wouldn't do justice to them, so please read both in full; the Comments on the second are wonderfully appropriate.

CISA worker says 100-strong red team fired after DOGE cancelled contract

Election infosec advisory agency also shuttered

This is the FBI, open up. China's Volt Typhoon is on your network

Power utility GM talks to El Reg about getting that call [in 2023] and what happened next

MaJoC's €0.02: Anybody would think someone's as frightened about the possible discovery of electoral tampering as he is about the possible discovery of "platelets".