Laura Galante comes to the role after several years of running her own cybersecurity firm. The Ukrainian government was one of her clients.

One top FBI official said the FBI would try to replicate its approach to recovering funds in the Colonial Pipeline case.

A national breach notification law needs to be simple and limited, officials said, but stopped short of endorsing a specific proposal.

Other changes are afoot: Matt Gorham, the most senior cybersecurity official at the FBI, plans to retire on Feb. 5.

The multi-step process included collecting information that could help victims and would-be victims, as well as used in court.

“Whatever it is that’s going to cause maximum impact on the adversary, that’s what the goal is,” the FBI's Tonya Ugoretz told CyberScoop.

Foreign governments are targeting cyber-espionage operations against U.S. research entities working on the novel coronavirus.

The number "may seem like a drop in the bucket," one bureau official said, but represents some Americans' life savings, and cash stolen in email scams.

The notorious ransomware forced the FBI to rethink how the bureau tackles cyber investigations.

Tonya Ugoretz of CTIIC touted the case as an example of what can be achieved when the government and private sector cooperate in response to global cyberthreats.