The article discusses a problematic directive from the U.S. Cybersecurity & Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) under the Trump administration, instructing recently dismissed employees to submit sensitive personal data via a password-protected email for rehiring. This action follows a court's ruling demanding the reinstatement of over 130 CISA staff. The directive is criticized for its lack of basic cybersecurity protocols, raising alarms about how sensitive information is being handled during this rehiring process, amidst a larger context of reinstating nearly 25,000 federal workers fired recently.
The message instructed recently-fired CISA employees to get in touch so they can be rehired and then immediately placed on leave, asking employees to send their Social Security number or date of birth in a password-protected email attachment.
On March 13, a Maryland district court judge ordered the Trump administration to reinstate more than 130 probationary CISA employees who were fired last month.
A notice covering the CISA homepage said the administration is making every effort to contact those who were unlawfully fired in mid-February.
The administration announced that those dismissed employees would be reinstated but placed on paid administrative leave. They are among nearly 25,000 fired federal workers.
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