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Bipartisan Group Introduces Bill To Combat State-Sponsored Digital Threats

By Matthew Beinart

Friday, January 18th, 2019

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Bipartisan Group Introduces Bill To Combat State-Sponsored Digital Threats

A bipartisan group in the House introduced a bill Wednesday to protect against state-sponsored intellectual property and supply chain threats, and create a new White House office tasked with securing emerging technologies. Reps. Will Hurd (R-Texas), Dutch Ruppersberger (D-Md.), Mike Conaway (R-Texas) and Jim Himes (D-Conn.) sponsored the legislation, which would establish the Office of Critical Technologies & Security to better coordinate programs to deter state-sponsored IP theft and technology risks, specifically poised by China. “We have long suspected Beijing uses…

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