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Michael Ellis, the GOP operative who was installed as the top lawyer at the National Security Agency (NSA) in the waning days of the Trump administration, was placed on administrative leave pending an investigation, according to multiple reports.An official told The Washington Post that NSA Director Paul Nakasone placed Ellis on leave pending an investigation by the Department of Defense's Office of Inspector General (OIG) into the...

The Cybersecurity 202: Here's what lawmakers want Biden to do on cybersecurity in his first 100 days Tonya Riley with Aaron Schaffer The brand-new Biden administration is already thinking about how to counter a sweeping Russian-led hacking campaign that breached several federal agencies.  “We reserve the right to respond at a time and manner of our choosing to any cyberattack,” White House press secretary Jen Psaki told reporters yesterday.  The name-check of the SolarWinds breach – and question about whether President Biden will seek to hold Russian President ...

The outgoing Acting Secretary of Defense, Christopher C. Miller, called the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter a “piece of ...” You can fill in the blank.

The FBI is investigating claims Riley June Williams intended to sell a stolen device to Russian intelligence.

Security officials across local and federal agencies are on heightened alert a day before the inauguration of President-elect Joe Biden, and the hunt for a bombmaker and new IEDs in the DC area is a top priority, the FBI said Tuesday.