Chemical Facilities Face ‘Increasing’ Threat Under CFATS Lapse, Officials Say

Top officials at the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) agency that was responsible for the Chemical Facility Anti-Terrorism Standards (CFATS) program before Congress allowed it to expire last year say facilities previously subject to the program are now facing “increasing” physical and cyber threats from a variety of hostile actors. “We're seeing the attacks and the threats coming from a variety of sources, whether that be domestic violent extremists, the nation state actors, ransomware groups . . . in the...