U.S. National Cyber Director Harry Coker said that federal agencies will be enlisting cybersecurity personnel and contractors based on skills rather than years of experience amid a persistent gap in cybersecurity jobs across the country, according to CyberScoop.
The U.S. Federal Communications Commission imposed $196 million in total fines to AT&T, T-Mobile, and Verizon for engaging in the unlawful sale of customers' location information to data aggregators, reports The Record, a news site by cybersecurity firm Recorded Future.
U.S. Department of Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas has been urged by Reps. Ruben Gallego, D-Ariz., and Pat Fallon, R-Texas, to provide more information regarding the January cyberattack against a water treatment plant in Muleshoe, Texas, reports The Record, a news site by cybersecurity firm Recorded Future.