ISMG Editors: US Federal Government Shutdown Fallout

Also: the UK's $7B Bitcoin Case, Implications of Vectra's Netography Chris Riotta (@chrisriotta) • October 3, 2025

In this week's update, ISMG editors break down the shutdown's impact on federal cybersecurity, the simultaneous lapse of CISA 2015, Vectra AI's acquisition of Netography and a landmark British money-laundering case tied to a bitcoin stash worth roughly $7 billion.

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The panelists - Chris Riotta, managing editor, GovInfoSecurity; Michael Novinson, executive editor, ISMG Business; and Mathew Schwartz, executive editor - discussed:

• How a U.S. government shutdown is already exposing cracks in cyber defenses. Just 5% of DHS is furloughed, yet CISA has sent home 65% of its staff after already losing one-third of its workforce since January;
• Why timing is dangerous for a zero-day campaign linked to "ArcaneDoor" that targets firmware and persists through reboots - at a time ...