11/05/2025

US Homeland Security Committee warns of rising cyber threats, as federal shutdown and lapsed law hamper defenses

Industrial Cyber

The U.S. House Committee on Homeland Security published an updated ‘Cyber Threat Snapshot,’ outlining the heightened threats posed by malign nation-states and criminals to U.S. networks and critical infrastructure since 2024. The current federal government shutdown, coupled with the lapse of the Cybersecurity Information Sharing Act of 2015, is significantly constraining the federal government’s ability to coordinate with industry and execute its defensive cyber mission. 

The Homeland Security Committee snapshot identified that this gap in federal cyber capacity comes at a moment when cyber actors affiliated with the People’s Republic of China (PRC) are expanding their targeting of U.S. networks. 

“Amid a heightened threat landscape, we must take a whole-of-society approach to countering escalating cyber threats from adversaries like the Chinese Communist Party, Iran, Russia, North Korea, and others,” Andrew Garbarino, a Republican from New York and chairman of the House Committee on Homeland Security, said in a media statement. “As the shutdown continues and a gap remains in our cyber information sharing authorities, a decrease in the visibility of cyber threats across public and private sectors could create blind spots in our networks.”