Category Archives: Senate Intelligence Committee

Lawmakers press agencies, telecoms for more details on Salt Typhoon hacks

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On Thursday, Republican and Democratic leaders on the House Energy and Commerce Committee wrote to the three telecommunication firms asking for more information on their response, calling the incident “extremely alarming for both economic and national security reasons.”

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Intelligence bill would elevate ransomware to a terrorist threat

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Amid a rash of ransomware attacks, the Senate Intelligence Committee wants to treat the phenomenon like terrorism.

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Senate Intel chair warns confluence of factors make election threats worse

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Sen. Mark Warner said influence operations are easy and cheap, and their social media audience is more willing to believe them.

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Lawmakers fret over who will report foreign election interference 

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When the U.S. government has credible evidence of a foreign nation interfering in an American election, who is responsible for sounding the alarm and what processes are in place to ensure it’s done in a responsible, nonpartisan manner?

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US intel: Chinese influence operations are growing more aggressive, more similar to Russia’s

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China is stepping up efforts to influence U.S. public opinion, which increasingly resemble Russian operations. 

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Bipartisan Senate proposal sets stage for banning TikTok, other foreign tech

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The RESTRICT Act would hand Commerce wide-ranging powers to regulate the presence of foreign technology companies such as TikTok.

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Senate reports details inefficiencies, confusion at key U.S. counterintelligence center

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Sen. Mark Warner said “new threats and new technology mean that we have to make substantial adjustments to our counterintelligence posture.”

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DOJ national security division chief backs tech antitrust bill

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The Justice Department said it believes the antitrust legislation will address the threat posed by the “rise of dominant platforms.”

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The long, bumpy road to cyber incident reporting legislation — and the one still ahead

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The legislation eventually garnered widespread support on its way to becoming law, but much remains unresolved.

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Ukraine conflict spurs questions of how to define cyberwar

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Legal scholars and cybersecurity experts are closely watching events in Ukraine with an eye on how the Russian invasion may redefine the laws of war for the cyber era. Many agree that Ukraine’s conflict with Russia — an established cyber superpower that isn’t hesitant about flexing its muscle aggressively — could test the rules of war in new and unexpected ways. Some say it already has. Exactly how these rules might be redefined is the subject of significant debate. In recent days, authorities as disparate as the president of Microsoft and the chairman of the Senate Intelligence Committee have weighed in on how NATO’s Article 5 provision for “collective defense,” the Geneva Convention’s protections for civilian targets and other legal frameworks for armed conflict may be challenged in the coming weeks. On Monday, Sen. Mark Warner, D-Va. and the chairman of the Select Committee on Intelligence, said at a Washington […]

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