the subcommittee on intelligence and counterterrorism will come to order. subcommittee is meeting today on terrorism and digital financing, how technology is changing the threat. without objection, the chair is authorized to declare the subcommittee in recess at any point. good morning, everyone. i want to thank our witnesses from the department of homeland security for being here today to discuss a topic that is really timely and really interesting, which is how digital financial tools can be exploited by terrorist actors to funnel support for their activities. the abuse of digital finance platforms and technologies has jumped into the public view as a result of the burst of ransomware attacks that struck the heart of day-to-day life in america from gas pipelines and meat processing plants to schools and hospitals. last month just as an anecdote, i held an event in my district with the secretary of agriculture. this was days after the ransomware attacken the largest meat p
the subcommittee on intelligence and counterterrorism will come to order. subcommittee is meeting today on terrorism and digital financing, how technology is changing the threat. without objection, the chair is authorized to declare the subcommittee in recess at any point. good morning, everyone. i want to thank our witnesses from the department of homeland security for being here today to discuss a topic that is really timely and really interesting, which is how digital financial tools can be exploited by terrorist actors to funnel support for their activities. the abuse of digital finance platforms and technologies has jumped into the public view as a result of the burst of ransomware attacks that struck the heart of day-to-day life in america from gas pipelines and meat processing plants to schools and hospitals. last month just as an anecdote, i held an event in my district with the secretary of agriculture. this was days after the ransomware attacken the largest meat p
come to the second panel of witnesses first the special agent in charge of the field office for u.s. immigration and customs enforcement for the department of homeland security. mr. mile myles has worked with e homeland security investigation for over ten years and has an impressive record. welcome. next we have the honorable michael who currently serve as a chair of scott county mississippi. athe law enforcement duties include keeping the peace within the county and in addition to serving as the counties jailer and keeping the jail and currently lives in mississippi. serving as the mayor of canton mississippi, one of the six cities with a raid on august 7. he was elected to the office in 2017 but began working in the public interest in the age of 16 and h he was accompanied at the table with the superintendent of public schools, one of the districts located. without objection, the witnesses for students will be inserted into the record and i now ask each witness to summari
come to the second panel of witnesses first the special agent in charge of the field office for u.s. immigration and customs enforcement for the department of homeland security. mr. mile myles has worked with e homeland security investigation for over ten years and has an impressive record. welcome. next we have the honorable michael who currently serve as a chair of scott county mississippi. athe law enforcement duties include keeping the peace within the county and in addition to serving as the counties jailer and keeping the jail and currently lives in mississippi. serving as the mayor of canton mississippi, one of the six cities with a raid on august 7. he was elected to the office in 2017 but began working in the public interest in the age of 16 and h he was accompanied at the table with the superintendent of public schools, one of the districts located. without objection, the witnesses for students will be inserted into the record and i now ask each witness to summari
come to the second panel of witnesses first the special agent in charge of the field office for u.s. immigration and customs enforcement for the department of homeland security. mr. mile myles has worked with e homeland security investigation for over ten years and has an impressive record. welcome. next we have the honorable michael who currently serve as a chair of scott county mississippi. athe law enforcement duties include keeping the peace within the county and in addition to serving as the counties jailer and keeping the jail and currently lives in mississippi. serving as the mayor of canton mississippi, one of the six cities with a raid on august 7. he was elected to the office in 2017 but began working in the public interest in the age of 16 and h he was accompanied at the table with the superintendent of public schools, one of the districts located. without objection, the witnesses for students will be inserted into the record and i now ask each witness to summari