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House Homeland Security subcommittee hears bipartisan case for scaling offensive cyber tools, with caveats on staffing and oversight
Summary
Witnesses told the House Homeland Security Subcommittee that U.S. cyber deterrence requires scalable, disciplined offensive capabilities and closer operational ties with the private sector; members warned about CISA staffing shortfalls, legal authorities, escalation risk, and the need for oversight.
Chairman Ogles opened a subcommittee hearing saying the United States needs credible, lawful offensive cyber capabilities to deter persistent state‑sponsored campaigns against critical infrastructure.
Experts on the panel agreed the country faces continuous, industrial‑scale cyber operations by state‑linked groups and that current defense and attribution measures alone have not changed adversary behavior. Joe Lin, cofounder and CEO of 20 Technologies, said the U.S. “is not postured to deter or defeat its adversaries in cyberspace” and urged the government to “industrialize offensive cyber capabilities” by turning elite operator tradecraft into scalable, testable software that can operate at…
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