Rep. Mike Gallagher (R-WI), Chairman of the House Armed Services Committee’s Subcommittee on Cyber, Information Technologies, and Innovation, released the following statement in response to news regarding Chinese Communist Party-sponsored cyber attacks on U.S. critical infrastructure in Guam.
“Yesterday, the Department of Homeland Security revealed that a Chinese state-sponsored entity has been actively hacking and compromising American critical infrastructure. They targeted key communications, transportation, and maritime systems across the US with a focus on Guam, where US military mobility for the Indo-Pacific is absolutely vital to our security. The Select Committee on the CCP reported to the House today a series of recommendations, one of which is the dire need to enhance the cyber resiliency of US critical infrastructure, especially as it relates to national defense readiness. Everyone—from our Armed Services to banks, telecoms, and transportation industries, and CISA, FBI, and NSA—must be vigilant and work together to address these vulnerabilities and counter malign actions taken by our adversaries against what keeps our military and our country running.”
Issues: Cybersecurity Foreign Policy and National Security
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