☮ ♥ ♬ 🧑💻<p>“The upheaval at the <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/US" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>US</span></a> government's <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/Cybersecurity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Cybersecurity</span></a> and Infrastructure Security Agency, aka CISA, took another twist on Tuesday, as it moved to reinstate staffers it had <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/fired" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>fired</span></a> over the past few weeks - specifically those still in their probationary period - though they've been benched on paid leave for now.</p><p>Last week, a senior penetration tester at CISA claimed his 100-plus-strong <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/RedTeam" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RedTeam</span></a> as well as its support workers were dismissed after Elon <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/Musk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Musk</span></a>'s Trump-blessed cost-trimming <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/DOGE" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DOGE</span></a> unit pulled the plug on a federal government contract; a second <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/CISA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CISA</span></a> red team was also said to have been cut soon after.</p><p>The cyber-agency quickly confirmed it had indeed dumped a number of workers, and said its remaining red teams will continue to operate as usual.”</p><p>The sacking of <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/tech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>tech</span></a> workers continues. </p><p><a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/TheRegister" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TheRegister</span></a> / <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/efficiency" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>efficiency</span></a> / <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/WhiteCollar" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WhiteCollar</span></a> / <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/sackings" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>sackings</span></a> <<a href="https://theregister.com/2025/03/18/cisa_rehired_doge/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">theregister.com/2025/03/18/cis</span><span class="invisible">a_rehired_doge/</span></a>></p>