According to a New York Daily News report yesterday, the Federal Bureau of Investigation’s New York office is so strapped for cash that it can’t provide all of its agents and analysts with an FBI.gov e-mail address.The New York location is the bureau’s largest office outside of Washington, D.C., according to the Daily News, and it is home to the nation’s leading anti-terrorism squad.“As ridiculous as this might sound, we have real money issues right now, and the government is reluctant to give all agents and analysts dot-gov accounts,” Mark Mershon, director of the bureau’s 2,000-person New York office, told the Daily News.Mershon also told the Daily News that only 100 of the bureau’s New York office employees have BlackBerrys. Funding for the FBI’s BlackBerry pilot program is being cut, according to the Daily News. That program was designed to facilitate better communication between the FBI and state and local law enforcement entities, the Daily News reports. According to Zalmai Azmi, the FBI’s chief information officer, all agents will have e-mail addresses by the end of this year as part of the bureau’s $425 million computer overhaul project, Sentinel. For more, read FBI Outlines $425M Computer Overhaul.For related content, read CSO sister publication, CIO’s Why the G-Men Aren’t IT Men. For related news coverage, check out FBI Computer Overhaul Faces Cost Hurdles.Keep checking in at our CSO Security Feed page for updated news coverage. Related content news Gitlab fixes bug that exploited internal policies to trigger hostile pipelines It was possible for an attacker to run pipelines as an arbitrary user via scheduled security scan policies. By Shweta Sharma Sep 21, 2023 3 mins Vulnerabilities Security feature Key findings from the CISA 2022 Top Routinely Exploited Vulnerabilities report CISA’s recommendations for vendors, developers, and end-users promote a more secure software ecosystem. By Chris Hughes Sep 21, 2023 8 mins Zero Trust Threat and Vulnerability Management Security Practices news Insider risks are getting increasingly costly The cost of cybersecurity threats caused by organization insiders rose over the course of 2023, according to a new report from the Ponemon Institute and DTEX Systems. By Jon Gold Sep 20, 2023 3 mins Budget Data and Information Security news US cyber insurance claims spike amid ransomware, funds transfer fraud, BEC attacks Cyber insurance claims frequency increased by 12% in the first half of 2023 while claims severity increased by 42% with an average loss amount of more than $115,000. By Michael Hill Sep 20, 2023 3 mins Insurance Industry Risk Management Podcasts Videos Resources Events SUBSCRIBE TO OUR NEWSLETTER From our editors straight to your inbox Get started by entering your email address below. Please enter a valid email address Subscribe