The Trump administration has continued to cut staff at the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA), and is reportedly reassigning others, further imperiling the US' cybersecurity posture.

A senior advisor to the Trump administration's Office of Management and Budget said [PDF] in a court filing last week that 176 employees at the Department of Homeland Security had been laid off since the federal government shutdown at the beginning of the month, and it appears many of those layoffs involve CISA employees.

"RIFs [reductions in force] will be occurring at CISA," a DHS spokesperson told The Register . "During the last administration CISA was focused on censorship, branding and electioneering. This is part of getting CISA back on mission."

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