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Cyber defense experts share warnings at hearing

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23.01.2025
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Cyber defense experts share warnings at hearing

The Committee on Homeland Security hearing comes after Chinese-linked actor Salt Typhoon compromised the U.S. telecommunication network, a problem that was discovered in December.

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Committee chair Rep. Mark Green (R-Tenn.) said it was "alarming that most of our critical infrastructure systems have been violated right under our noses."

"We cannot allow this situation to continue. The American economy, our government, the military, depend on the resilience of our networks and our infrastructure," Green said. "It's past time for us to get a step ahead."

The hearing called on four cybersecurity experts to testify about how the U.S. can better defend against foreign cyber threats.

Mark Montgomery, a retired rear admiral and now a senior director of the Center on Cyber and Technology Innovation at the Foundation for Defense of Democracies,........

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