Christian Vasquez

Christian covers industrial cybersecurity for CyberScoop News. He previously wrote for E&E News at POLITICO covering cybersecurity in the energy sector. Reach out: christian.vasquez at cyberscoop dot com

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A Russian police officer guards the Red Square near the Kremlin, June 24, 2023, in Moscow, Russia. (Photo by Contributor/Getty Images)

Ukrainian official: Russian hackers change tactics from disruptive attacks

Threats

A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launch scene from over the Indian River. (Getty Images)

Hackers prepare to take on a satellite at DEF CON

Cybersecurity

A laptop displays a message after being infected by a ransomware as part of a worldwide cyberattack on June 27, 2017. (Rob Engelaar / ANP / AFP)

Report: New ransomware gang emerges in Vietnam

Threats

CISA Director Jen Easterly speaks at the CrowdStrike Government Summit on April 11, 2023. (Scoop News Group photo)

CISA’s strategic plan adheres to overall Biden administration direction on cybersecurity

Policy

Code on a screen (credit: Jenar)

Top 12 vulnerabilities list highlights troubling reality: many organizations still aren’t patching

Threats

Then-acting National Cyber Director Kemba Walden, right, with Megan Stifel, chief strategy officer for the Institute for Security and Technology, at event on ransomware in Washington in May 2023. (Photo courtesy of the Institute for Security and Technology)

White House seeks whole of society approach, immigration reform to boost cyber workforce

Policy

From left to right: Montgomery, senior director of the Center on Cyber and Technology Innovation at the Foundation for Defense of Democracies, Annie Fixler, director of the Center on Cyber and Technology Innovation at the Foundation for Defense of Democracies, Nate Fick, the State Department’s Ambassador at Large for Cyberspace and Digital Policy, John Sakellariadis, cybersecurity reporter at POLITICO. (FDD)

Report: Biden should prioritize cyber capacity building for allies

Policy

Overhead wire grid on train line. (Photo by Gerard Hermand/Getty Images)

Renewable technologies add risk to the US electric grid, experts warn

Threats

power plant, energy infrastructure, industrial control systems — (Getty Images)

White House plan for implementing cybersecurity strategy faces roadblocks

Policy