The contentious hearing focused on other subjects, but lawmakers still had cyber questions and accusations for the head of the bureau.

Two major hacking groups have pushed the bureau to adapt how they respond to stealthier, more patient attacks, a top FBI official said.

Alexei Bulazel said that even as the Trump administration is aiming to ratchet up cyber offense, there’s still a vital role for defense.

Jason Bilnoski with the FBI’s cyber division told CyberScoop that investigators seized on the mistakes of companies China has used in its widespread cyberespionage.

The Chinese government-linked hackers were the subject of an alert from U.S. and international partners.

There are still impediments to overcome before companies and agencies can get more broadly aggressive in cyberspace, both legal and commercial.

The Oregon Democrat cited recent news of a major hack and years of “covering up” explanations of incidents.

Chair Ferguson cited the E.U.’s Digital Service Act and the U.K.’s Online Safety Act as statutes that incentivize U.S. tech companies “to censor speech, including speech outside…

The China-affiliated espionage group, which CrowdStrike tracks as Murky Panda, has been linked to more than a dozen incident response cases since late spring.

The group, linked to FSB Center 16, has been scanning the internet for end-of-life software, which it has found in droves.