A Senate Foreign Relations Committee hearing explored how 13 federal agencies and myriad foreign governments are wrestling with the problem.

The five senators said the administration has alternated between being too passive and overstepping, and China stands to benefit as a result.

The move stems from a Trump executive order as the administration continues to pursue cyber-enabled fraud and other crimes.

The ideas came up at a House Homeland Security Committee hearing, as health care ransomware attacks are on the rise.

The Handala group claimed responsibility for hitting the company with a wiper attack last month.

The FBI said it was aware of hackers targeting Patel’s personal email, and that no government information was taken.

The State Department frames data sovereignty and innovation as opposing forces. Modern encryption proves we can have both.

The national cyber director is pitching an approach that blends cyber operations with diplomacy, law enforcement and pressure on CEOs to shore up their organizations.

Governments and businesses have a shared interest in seeing post-quantum encryption broadly adopted throughout society. 

The Trump administration also envisions artificial intelligence playing a role in protecting federal government networks.