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Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency Director Jen Easterly told the Black Hat USA 2024 hacker conference in Las Vegas this week she has confidence that “election infrastructure has never been more secure and the election stakeholder community has never been stronger.” (Ryan Lovelace/The Washington Times)

Officials steel for digital mayhem as November looms: ‘Can guarantee that things will go wrong’

By Ryan Lovelace - The Washington Times

Chinese President Xi Jinping makes a toast after delivering his speech at a dinner marking the 74th anniversary of the founding of the People's Republic of China at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing on Sept. 28, 2023. (AP Photo/Andy Wong, Pool, File)

Chinese hackers target infrastructure; cyberattack efforts threaten to spread chaos, confusion

By Alex Miller - The Washington Times

Jen Easterly, director of the Department of Homeland Security's Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency, speaks at the National Association of Secretaries of State winter meeting, Thursday, Feb. 16, 2023, in Washington. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky)

Federal cyber agency’s leader supports banning TikTok, frets China using it to influence elections

By Ryan Lovelace - The Washington Times

In this Feb. 25, 2015, photo, the Homeland Security Department headquarters in northwest Washington is shown here. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta) **FILE**

Biden official defends request for millions more for cybersecurity agency

By Ryan Lovelace - The Washington Times

In this Aug. 22, 2019, photo, signs on a bank of computers tell visitors that the machines are not working at the public library in Wilmer, Texas. The Associated Press has learned new details about a ransomware attack that affected roughly two dozen Texas communities two years ago. Thousands of pages obtained by AP and interviews with people involved show Texas communities struggled for days with disruptions to core government services as workers in small cities and towns endured a cascade of frustrations brought on by the sophisticated cyberattack. (AP Photo/Tony Gutierrez) **FILE**

Biden administration teams up with Big Tech to fend off cyberattacks

By Ryan Lovelace - The Washington Times

In this Aug. 22, 2019, photo, signs on a bank of computers tell visitors that the machines are not working at the public library in Wilmer, Texas. The Associated Press has learned new details about a ransomware attack that affected roughly two dozen Texas communities two years ago. Thousands of pages obtained by AP and interviews with people involved show Texas communities struggled for days with disruptions to core government services as workers in small cities and towns endured a cascade of frustrations brought on by the sophisticated cyberattack. (AP Photo/Tony Gutierrez) **FILE**

Biden administration pushes for fines on companies withholding info about hacks, cyberattacks

By Ryan Lovelace - The Washington Times

Sen. Rick Scott, R-Fla., speaks with reporters after a Republican caucus luncheon on Capitol Hill, Tuesday, June 8, 2021, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon) ** FILE **

GOP Sen. Rick Scott pledges to block cyber nominee until Biden visits U.S.-Mexico border

By Ryan Lovelace - The Washington Times

In this Feb. 25, 2015 file photo, the Homeland Security Department headquarters in northwest Washington. President Joe Biden has selected two former senior National Security Agency officials for key cyber roles in his administration. Chris Inglis, a former NSA deputy director, is being nominated as the government's first national cyber director. Jen Easterly, a former deputy for counterterrorism at the NSA, has been tapped to run the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency at the Department of Homeland Security. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta, File) **FILE**

Biden pick for cyber director uncertain if government’s cyber strategy works

By Ryan Lovelace - The Washington Times