{"id":1023858,"date":"2021-11-17T14:30:13","date_gmt":"2021-11-17T19:30:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1023858"},"modified":"2021-11-17T14:30:18","modified_gmt":"2021-11-17T19:30:18","slug":"house-committee-u-s-at-tipping-point-regarding-cyber-attacks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/house-committee-u-s-at-tipping-point-regarding-cyber-attacks\/","title":{"rendered":"House Committee: U.S. at tipping point regarding cyber attacks"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">18<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fhouse-committee-u-s-at-tipping-point-regarding-cyber-attacks%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1023858&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div id=\"attachment_2584154\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\">\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-2584154\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Rep. Carolyn Maloney speaks during a hearing on preparedness for and response to the coronavirus outbreak on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C., on March 11, 2020. Photo: Patrick Semansky\/AP<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<h5>OAN Newsroom<br \/>UPDATED 11:21 AM PT \u2013 Wednesday, November 17, 2021<\/h5>\n<p>The House Oversight and Reform Committee conducted a hearing on ransomware attacks. On Tuesday, committee chairwoman Carolyn Maloney said the U.S. is at a tipping point as cyber attacks become more common and severe.<\/p>\n<p>According to the committee, ransomware attacks are a serious threat to the economy, public health, infrastructure and national security. Cyber attacks reportedly doubled since 2017 and have targeted private businesses, state and local governments, hospitals, school districts and emergency services.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p><strong>\u201cSeveral recent attacks have used a malicious software known as ransomware, which encrypts a victims system and demands a payment in exchange for restoring access or refraining from publishing stolen data,\u201d explained Maloney. \u201cThis is especially dangerous because it can shut down an entire system and can cause chaos in a community, industry or even an entire country.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>The chairwoman cited last years cyber attack against Solar Winds by Russian hackers and questioned how the U.S. should respond if Russia fails to take action against cyber criminals. National Cyber Director Chris Inglis touched on the importance of Russia\u2019s role in stopping hackers at the source.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p><strong>\u201cThe strategy that I articulated earlier and that others have reflected actually says we can become a harder target, we can increase resilience and robustness, we can bring international coalitions to bare, we can find these transgressors not simply in Russia but as they travel to other countries or as they ship their illicit games across the internet,\u201d he stated. \u201cSo all of those instruments should be brought to bare. We will continue to pressure the Russians very strongly to help them understand that they must do their part.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>This comes as several high-profile cyber incidents, including the ransomware attacks on the Colonial Pipeline and Kaseya, have highlighted the growing national security threat. The Justice Department seized more than $6 million from the Russian-linked REvil ransomware gang earlier this month and charged two individuals suspected of plotting cyberattacks.<\/p>\n<p>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Cracking Down on Ransomware: Strategies for Disrupting Criminal Hackers\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/7uDtso_jpPo?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/p>\n<h4>MORE NEWS:&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.oann.com\/bannon-attorney-speaks-to-oan-about-indictment\/\">Bannon Attorney Speaks To OAN About Indictment<\/a><\/h4>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Rep. Carolyn Maloney speaks during a hearing on preparedness for and response to the coronavirus outbreak on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C., on March 11, 2020. 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