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Cybersecurity agency's top recruits decimated by DOGE cuts

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Over 4% of Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Agency's workforce were fired last month .

The rapid-fire firings have shaken lawmakers and high-ranking officials, leaving many employees dumbfounded.

"We're being targeted daily , hourly and every single minute ," one former CISA employee says.

A CISA spokesperson told CBS News that the agency had 142 employees as part of its talent recruitment program, but did not disclose the number of employees fired.

"You are extinguishing the best and brightest in one fell swoop," a current CISA employee said.

Over the last month , CISA has put on at least a dozen employees tasked with stopping foreign interference in U.S. elections.