The Government Accountability Office issued a reminder to the federal agencies that help states and localities respond to ransomware.

The GAO gave federal agencies like CISA solid marks on incident response, but also found communications breakdowns, singling out the FBI.

Ransomware continues to have "significant repercussions," and malicious actors' tactics are evolving, according to a bureau advisory.

Prosecutors say former Chief Cyber Risk Officer David F. Alexander lied about deals he made with an attorney contracted by the city.

Officials from DHS, the FBI and the NSA told county IT officials that threats election security will linger, but there are steps to strengthening public trust.

APT actors have been exploiting Fortinet firewalls that haven't patched vulnerabilities that the company has previously disclosed, the FBI said.

"It’s everyone’s, not just IT’s, burden to bear," Ervan Rodgers said during an online conference.

The bureau is modifying its policy of only informing local election officials and vendors about breaches, a change secretaries of state have asked for.

Two lawmakers from Florida say federal officials should be required to inform Congress, state and local authorities and the public if an election-related computer system is hacked.

A cyberattack that affected information screens for passengers and airport employees' emails has largely been mitigated, but officials are now facing scrutiny for how they briefed the…