News / US cybersecurity agency CISA had to build its incident playbook during the incident, agency reveals
US cybersecurity agency CISA had to build its incident playbook during the incident, agency reveals
Independent cybersecurity journalist Brian Krebs reported in May that a security researcher with cyber firm GitGuardian alerted him to reams of exposed passwords stored in a publicly accessible GitHub repository, which an employee of a CISA contractor had uploaded.
By Mr Usman1 min readUpdated Aug 27, 2026
US cybersecurity agency CISA had to build its incident playbook during the incident, agency reveals · Photo: Unsplash
Independent cybersecurity journalist Brian Krebs reported in May that a security researcher with cyber firm GitGuardian alerted him to reams of exposed passwords stored in a publicly accessible GitHub repository, which an employee of a CISA contractor had uploaded.
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