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“Before the Senate adjourned for the July 4th holiday, I stood right here and urged my colleagues to confirm her for this vital position,” Peters said on the Senate floor on Monday. “I warned that without confirming Ms. Easterly, we risked leaving ourselves vulnerable to cyberattacks, and in the two weeks since I last called on my colleagues to approve this critical nomination, nation state actors and criminal organizations have continued their relentless targeting of the United States.”
Peters pointed to the ransomware attack on software group Kaseya earlier this month, which hit up to 1,500 businesses in one of the largest ransomware attacks in history.
2021-07-13 00:05:09 GMT2021-07-13 08:05:09(Beijing Time) Xinhua English
WASHINGTON, July 12 (Xinhua) The U.S. Senate on Monday unanimously confirmed Jen Easterly as director of the Department of Homeland Security s Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA).
The Senate approval came as the administration of President Joe Biden was under increased pressure to react to a series of ransomware attacks that experts and intelligence officials blamed on Russian hackers.
Easterly previously served as the deputy for counterterrorism at the National Security Agency, and as the senior director for counterterrorism on the White House National Security Council under former President Barack Obama.
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The U.S. Senate on Monday unanimously confirmed Jen Easterly as director of the Department of Homeland Securityâs Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA).
The Senate approval came as the administration of President Joe Biden was under increased pressure to react to a series of ransomware attacks that experts and intelligence officials blamed on Russian hackers.
Easterly previously served as the deputy for counterterrorism at the National Security Agency, and as the senior director for counterterrorism on the White House National Security Council under former President Barack Obama.
Before the Senate approved Easterlyâs nomination through unanimous consent, Senator Gary Peters, Democrat of Michigan who chairs the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, expressed frustration that the nominee, who sailed through her confirmation hearing last month, was not confirmed earlier.
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Meanwhile, the U.S. s cybersecurity leadership got a boost on Monday, with the Senate approving the nomination of Jen Easterly to serve as director of the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency, and Chris Inglis formally sworn in as White House national cyber director. The movement on the nominations came on the heels of escalating cyberattacks, most recently this month’s ransomware attack on software company Kaseya.