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Bipartisan Group Of Senators Want DHS Update On Cyber Defenses Against Russia

By Cal Biesecker

Monday, March 14th, 2022

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Bipartisan Group Of Senators Want DHS Update On Cyber Defenses Against Russia

Amid the ongoing Russian invasion of Ukraine, a bipartisan group of 22 U.S. senators on Sunday asked Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas for a briefing on his department’s efforts to protect the U.S. from Russian cyber and disinformation threats. “Given Russia’s history of disruptive and disinformation activities, we are concerned that the United States may be targeted in retaliation for actions taken to impose costs on Russia for its unprovoked invasion of Ukraine,” the senators wrote in their March 13…

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