Sens. Warner, Klobuchar grill DHS and NSA on shutdown's cyber impacts

Senate Intelligence ranking member Mark Warner (D-VA) sent a letter to Homeland Security Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen on Tuesday seeking information on how the recent partial government shutdown affected the nation’s cyber posture, as Senate Rules ranking member Amy Klobuchar (D-MN) sent a letter the same day to DHS and to the National Security Agency on impacts of the shutdown on the security of government websites.

Warner wrote in his letter specifically about concerns around DHS’ Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security...