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WATCH: Last Wednesday, Chairman Gallagher and Ranking Member Krishnamoorthi held a hearing titled "The CCP Cyber Threat to the American Homeland and National Security." In the hearing, members heard testimony from U.S. Cyber Command Commander General Paul Nakasone, FBI Director Christopher Wray, CISA Director Jen Easterly, and National Cyber Director Harry Coker.
“Our intelligence agencies have discovered that the CCP has hacked into American infrastructure for the sole purpose of disabling and destroying critical infrastructure. This is the cyberspace equivalent of placing bombs on American bridges, water facilities, and power plants.” - Chairman Gallagher
"[TikTok's] parent company is effectively beholden to the Chinese government. And that creates a series of national security concerns in the PRC government's ability to leverage that access. First, the data - it gives them the ability to control data collection on millions of users, which can be used for all sorts of intelligence operations or influence operations.Second, the recommendation algorithm can be used for all sort of influence operations or to sow divisiveness [and] discord. That's something we wouldn't readily detect which makes it makes it more of a pernicious threat, and AI enhances all of that. Their ability to collect U.S. persons data and feed it into influence operations makes its exponentially more dangerous for Americans. Third, it gives them the ability, should they so choose, to control the software on millions of devices, which means the opportunity to technically compromise millions of devices. As you put all those things together, I think it is a threat that is very significant." - FBI Director Wray
“Telecommunications going down — People start getting sick from polluted water. Trains get derailed. This is truly an everything, everywhere, all at once scenario.” - CISA Director Jen Easterly on what a CCP cyber attack could look like
“This is an attempt to provide the Chinese options in a conflict. This is not an episodic threat that we are going to face. This is persistent. This is the generational piece. We have to have vigilance. We have to have offensive and defensive capabilities.” - U.S. Cyber Command Commander General Paul Nakasone on CCP cyber intrusions
- Chairman Mike Gallagher's opening remarks
- Testimony of General Paul Nakasone, Commander, United States Cyber Command
- Testimony of Ms. Jen Easterly, Director, Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency
- Testimony of Mr. Christopher Wray, Director, Federal Bureau of Investigation
- Testimony of Mr. Harry Coker, Jr., Director, Office of the National Cyber Director
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