Epidemic, and that is very inspiring to us, to see these small news organizations that are struggling because they have lost so much advertising over the past decade, and still putting resources into this story is really important. So we cheer all those people on. Ms. Casey where does this go from here . Mr. Rosen i think the story that we did will get local television stations now to say lets cover it in our area in the bigger way. Lets not just cover the car crash or local three alarm fire, lets devote resources to this. When that happens, here is how it works in washington. Those stories happen, people at home get outraged, they call their senator and congressman, the senator and congressman look at the mail and the incoming phone list, and says oh, i better do something about that. Legislation has been proposed maybe to remedy it. Law enforcement, maybe the vote is more resources in a proper way. To theely, it goes executive branch that says this is going to be a big voting issue i
The Senate Armed Services Committee Held a hearing yesterday. [inaudible conversations] , one. Of morning. The Committee Meets to receive testimony on the u. S. Government policy strategy and organization to protect our nation in cyberspace. To begin id like to thank senators rounds and nelson for their leadership on these issues and our Cyber Security subcommittee. This hearing builds upon the good work that they and their subcommittee have done to tackle the critical challenge of cyber. This is a challenge that is growing more dire and more complex. Not a week passes that we dont read about some disturbing new incident, Cyber Attacks against our Government Systems and Critical Infrastructure, data breaches back compromise Sensitive Information of our citizens and companies, attempts to manipulate Public Opinion through social media and of course attacks against the fundamentals of our democratic system and process. Those are just the ones that we know about. This is a totally new kin
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On cybersecurity, as the president courtney efforts to iowa to give you an update today on the Ransomware Attack thats been known as wannacry. We continue closely monitoring the situation on the clock. The highest levels of the government when bringing all the capabilities to bear on this issue and a working sidebyside with the partners in the private sector and our international partners. I spoke months ago with my counterpart of Great Britain and learned an update from them that they have the feeling of control over this ransomware event and that as theyr their infected cs can be tied to the fact that their Healthcare System so large a network, they are painfully aware that what effect this is a Global Attack as are we. As of this one is as rich approximate 150 countries and affected more than 300,000 machines. The good news is that the infection rates have slowed over the weekend. We had been concerned about that. Last we talked. The ransomware has disrupted telecommunications compa