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 On January 22, 2019, CISA issued its first Emergency Directive (19-01: Mitigate DNS Infrastructure Tampering)<ref name="ed-19-01">{{cite web |title=Emergency Directive 19-01 |url=https://cyber.dhs.gov/ed/19-01/ |website=cyber.dhs.gov |date=22 January 2019 |publisher=Department of Homeland Security |access-date=16 February 2019 |archive-date=3 July 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190703140320/https://cyber.dhs.gov/ed/19-01/ |url-status=live }}</ref> warning that "an active attacker is targeting government organizations" using [[DNS spoofing]] techniques to perform [[man-in-the-middle attacks]].<ref name="cisa-blog-feb-19">{{cite web |last1=Krebs |first1=Christopher |title=Why CISA issued our first Emergency Directive |url=https://cyber.dhs.gov/blog/#why-cisa-issued-our-first-emergency-directive |website=cyber.dhs.gov |publisher=Department of Homeland Security |access-date=16 February 2019 |archive-date=6 July 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190706145116/https://cyber.dhs.gov/blog/#why-cisa-issued-our-first-emergency-directive |url-status=live }}</ref> Research group FireEye stated that "initial research suggests the actor or actors responsible have a nexus to Iran."<ref name="fireeye-feb">{{cite web |last1=Hirani |first1=Muks |last2=Jones |first2=Sarah |last3=Read |first3=Ben |title=Global DNS Hijacking Campaign: DNS Record Manipulation at Scale |url=https://www.fireeye.com/blog/threat-research/2019/01/global-dns-hijacking-campaign-dns-record-manipulation-at-scale.html |website=FireEye |access-date=16 February 2019 |archive-date=25 June 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190625182736/https://www.fireeye.com/blog/threat-research/2019/01/global-dns-hijacking-campaign-dns-record-manipulation-at-scale.html |url-status=live }}</ref>
-In 2020, CISA created a website, titled ''Rumor Control'', to rebut [[disinformation]] associated with the [[2020 United States presidential election]].<ref>{{Cite news|last1=Courtney|first1=Shaun|last2=Sebenius|first2=Alysa|last3=Wadhams|first3=Nick|date=2020-11-12|title=Turmoil Hits Cyber Agency Engaged in Election as Staff Leave|language=en|work=[[Bloomberg News]]|url=https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-11-12/senior-u-s-cyber-official-involved-in-election-leaves-agency|access-date=2020-11-18}}</ref> On November 12, 2020, CISA issued a press release asserting, "There is no evidence that any voting system deleted or lost votes, changed votes, or was in any way compromised."<ref>{{Cite web|title=Federal cybersecurity agency calls election 'most secure in American history'|url=https://www.engadget.com/cisa-2020-election-security-022224313.html|access-date=2020-11-17|website=Engadget|date=13 November 2020 |language=en}}</ref> On the same day, Director Krebs indicated that he expected to be dismissed from his post by the Trump administration.<ref name="topcyber">{{Cite news|last1=Geller|first1=Eric|last2=Bertrand|first2=Natasha|author-link2=Natasha Bertrand|date=2020-11-12|title=Top cyber official expecting to be fired as White House frustrations hit agency protecting elections|language=en|work=[[Politico]]|url=https://www.politico.com/news/2020/11/12/cyber-official-chris-krebs-likely-out-436342|access-date=2020-11-13}}</ref> Krebs was subsequently fired by President Trump on November 17, 2020<ref>{{Cite web |title=Trump fires head of U.S. election cybersecurity who debunked conspiracy theories |url=https://www.nbcnews.com/tech/security/trump-fires-head-u-s-election-cybersecurity-after-he-debunked-n1248063 |access-date=2022-07-01 |website=[[NBC News]] |date=18 November 2020 |language=en}}</ref> via tweet for his comments regarding the security of the election.<ref>{{Cite web|author=Kaitlan Collins and Paul LeBlanc|title=Trump fires director of Homeland Security agency who had rejected President's election conspiracy theories|url=https://www.cnn.com/2020/11/17/politics/chris-krebs-fired-by-trump/index.html|access-date=2020-11-18|website=[[CNN]]|date=18 November 2020 }}</ref>
+In 2020, CISA created a website, titled ''Rumor Control'', to rebut [[disinformation]] associated with the [[2020 United States presidential election]].<ref>{{Cite news|last1=Courtney|first1=Shaun|last2=Sebenius|first2=Alysa|last3=Wadhams|first3=Nick|date=2020-11-12|title=Turmoil Hits Cyber Agency Engaged in Election as Staff Leave|language=en|work=[[Bloomberg News]]|url=https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-11-12/senior-u-s-cyber-official-involved-in-election-leaves-agency|access-date=2020-11-18}}</ref> On November 12, 2020, CISA issued a press release asserting, "There is no evidence that any voting system deleted or lost votes, changed votes, or was in any way compromised."<ref>{{Cite web|title=Federal cybersecurity agency calls election 'most secure in American history'|url=https://www.engadget.com/cisa-2020-election-security-022224313.html|access-date=2020-11-17|website=Engadget|date=13 November 2020 |language=en}}</ref> On the same day, Director Krebs indicated that he expected to be dismissed from his post by the Trump administration.<ref name="topcyber">{{Cite news|last1=Geller|first1=Eric|last2=Bertrand|first2=Natasha|author-link2=Natasha Bertrand|date=2020-11-12|title=Top cyber official expecting to be fired as White House frustrations hit agency protecting elections|language=en|work=[[Politico]]|url=https://www.politico.com/news/2020/11/12/cyber-official-chris-krebs-likely-out-436342|access-date=2020-11-13}}</ref> Krebs was subsequently fired by President Trump on November 17, 2020<ref>{{Cite web |title=Trump fires head of U.S. election cybersecurity who debunked conspiracy theories |url=https://www.nbcnews.com/tech/security/trump-fires-head-u-s-election-cybersecurity-after-he-debunked-n1248063 |access-date=2022-07-01 |website=[[NBC News]] |date=18 November 2020 |language=en}}</ref> via tweet for his comments regarding the security of the election.<ref>{{Cite web|author=Kaitlan Collins and Paul LeBlanc|title=Trump fires director of Homeland Security agency who had rejected President's election conspiracy theories|url=https://www.cnn.com/2020/11/17/politics/chris-krebs-fired-by-trump/index.html|access-date=2020-11-18|website=CNN|date=18 November 2020 }}</ref>
 [[File:DHS Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas Participates in CISA Swearing In Ceremony - 51369641326.jpg|thumb|239x239px|Secretary of Homeland Security [[Alejandro Mayorkas]] at CISA's current headquarters in [[Arlington County, Virginia|Arlington, Virginia]] in 2021.]]