beyond, the fbi and homeland security now warning critical industries to be on the lookout for crippling ransomware attacks like the one on colonial pipeline that triggered gas shortages along the east coast. in issuing the new bulletin, authorities noting they have seen a troubling pattern this year. attacks during holidays, when they can do the most harm and get the most attention. in addition to colonial, there was a ransomware attack on the meat giant jbs around memorial day that disrupted production across the u.s. if you would have asked me that a year ago and said, hey, paul, what about ransomware? i probably would ve said, it s not something we do. reporter: general paul nakasone, head of the nsa and u.s. cybercommand, now says ransomware is a national security threat that he s zeroing in on. nakasone has established so-called hunt forward teams who travel to other nations to help allies identify hackers on their networks and then report back to the u.s. we share th
"Someone told me I was like Chicken Little, but I prefer Paul Revere," said Sen. King, who co-chaired the commission that recommended creating the national cyber director.
The single biggest reduction in proposed year-over-year cyber funding appears to be in overseas "hunt-forward" cyber operations, with a $284.4 million cut to $147.2 million in 2022 versus a requested $431.6 million last year.
The budget requests funding for four new teams for the Cyber Mission Force. Those teams will support CYBERCOM operations and provide cyber support for space operations.
dan coats, kirstjen nielsen, national security advisor john bolton and the head of u.s. cybercommand and director of the nsa each delivered stark warnings about ongoing election interference donald trump was on stage at a rally in pennsylvania calling the entire investigation into russia s effort to attack our elections a hoax. in helsinki, i had a great meeting with putin. we discussed everything. i had a great meeting. as i have said consistently, russia attempted to interfere with the last election and continues to engage in malign influence operations to this day. but i got along great with putin, and everybody said, wow, that was a great. the russians are looking for every opportunity regardless of party, regardless of whether or not it applies to the election to continue their pervasive efforts to undermine our