Posted on 04/27/2023 7:09:51 PM PDT by SeekAndFind
FBI Director Christopher Wray appeared before a House Appropriations Committee budget hearing Thursday and claimed that Beijing has stolen more personal and corporate data from the U.S. than any other nation, and that their vast ranks of internet spies hugely outnumber the FBI’s forces:
Today’s cyber threats are more pervasive, hit a wider variety of victims, and carry the potential for greater damage than ever before. You take China. A key part of the Chinese government’s multi-pronged strategy to lie, to cheat and to steal their way to surpassing us as the global superpower is cyber.
The director went on to explain the scope of the problem:
The scale of the Chinese cyber threat is unparalleled. They’ve got a bigger hacking program than every other major nation combined and have stolen more of our personal and corporate data than all other nations—big or small—combined.
To give you a sense of what we’re up against, if each one of the FBI’s cyber agents and intel analysts focused exclusively on the China threat—on nothing but China—Chinese hackers would still outnumber FBI cyber personnel by at least 50 to 1.
At today's House Appropriations Committee hearing, #FBI Director Christopher Wray reiterated that "the scale of the Chinese cyber threat is unparalleled" and that "they’ve got a bigger hacking program than every other major nation combined."
pic.twitter.com/hKRvt3Eeh4— FBI (@FBI) April 27, 2023
Wray requested over $63 million in funding for nearly 197 more cyber positions at the FBI.
My question: if the threat is so serious, why are we sending over $80 billion to the IRS under the Inflation Reduction Act so they can hire over 20,000 new staffers in the next two years? How about we take some of that money and give it to our cyber programs? Just a thought.
Watch Wray’s testimony:
The FBI chief continued, explaining that the Chinese Communist Party is the biggest—but not the only—threat to our digital interests:
But of course, China is not the only challenge in cyberspace—not even close. We’re investigating over 100 different ransomware variants, each variant with scores of victims, as well as a host of other novel threats posed by both cyber criminals and nation state actors.
So in addition to China, countries like Russia, Iran, and North Korea.
It is getting more and more challenging to discern where the nation state threat ends and the cyber criminal threat begins.
He went on to that the U.S. has seen cyber attacks against critical infrastructure, hospitals, schools, 9-11 call centers, and more; plus, the attacks aren’t just happening in big cities—they’re happening in small communities too.
Wray described what the Bureau would do with the funding he’s requesting:
We will put those critical resources towards ensuring the FBI remains the world’s premier cyber investigative agency by taking the fight to our adversaries through joint sequenced operations and rapid information sharing with the private sector. By building out our model cyber squads, each tackling multiple threats in more field offices, placing investigators, analysts and other key professionals close to the victims that need us. And by providing our workforce with critical cutting edge training.
Our opponents in this space are relentless and we need your help to ensure that we’ve got the resources to keep responding in kind.
The CCP has definitely grown more aggressive under the Biden administration, sending spy balloons over the American continent and setting up their own police stations in our cities. Although the FBI under Director Wray and his boss, Attorney General Merrick Garland, has proven to have become a hyper-politicized agency, it seems like they’re playing it pretty straight on this one. China is a severe threat to our cyber security, and we better take it seriously.
If we just took a little of that IRA money…
Cool. Maybe the Chinese can hack all the FBI agent’s accounts and personal information.
At this point the FBI is a domestic terrorist organization and if the Chinese can take them out, good.
It’s interesting, Chris Wray is yet another career lawyer politician/government official. He’s here explaining what a piss poor job he’s done and how bad he and his fellow lawyer politicians have effed up this country in every direction. Our borders are a joke, the cartels worth billions are paying well to keep those borders wide open. Overhead we got Communist Chinese spy craft going directly over our launch sites...All corrupt to the core. 30 trillion in debt...All thanks to those who’ve been running the show and calling the shots for 50 years...Once again, the career insider lawyer politicians can take a bow.
Wray is a piss poor “director,” an ass wipe that should be in prison.
A pretty, barefoot boy with no brains but plenty of cheek!
He is one of the architects of the dismantling of the DOJ!
Trust in God is no replacement for having true backup schemes and following them.
It is amusing how *now* he’s worried about China. Bet they won’t acknowledge that Trump was right about China...
Maybe that POS Wray has seen the writing on the wall with all the whistleblowers coming out of the closet.
I wouldn’t put it past him to fink out and start doing something resembling a decent head of the FBI, because he doesn’t want to be held accountable for all the damage he has caused
BUT I DOUBT IT.
Wray’s ChiCom counterpart probably isn’t a criminal, a liar and someone undermining the CCP with phony investigations against loyal Chinese politicians.
Which is a shame.
To even the odds of Red Chinese hackers re the FBI counter-agents, hire Prof. Jeffrey Tobin. He is hands on one of the best hackers in the world.
But...but...white supremacists.
“IRA money”
Lol
Obama defunded hyperviralization n the us as too dangerous, now we know he funded it everywhere so they could unleash death. Same with hackers?
Here we go. https://t.co/SsesblAPDA— Catturd ™ (@catturd2) April 28, 2023
BREAKING: 38 Chinese warplanes and 6 vessels of People's Liberation Army Navy detected around Taiwan, Taiwanese defense ministry says— Insider Paper (@TheInsiderPaper) April 28, 2023
Wray talked about having to cut the number of field agents in the FBI if his budget was reduced.
We note that Wray did not mention cutting his counter espionage/ espionage operations he conducts against innocent Americans.
On the hacker situation:
Wray says” Be Afwaid, very afwaid.....!”
Close the whole sh*t box FBI down and initiate a new agency for national security. No more persecution of the People!
Hell, the chicoms don’t even need hackers with traitors like wray, the bidens, and the various swallwels, not to mention key positions in every American university and defense contractor industry.
That’s what happens when one dedicates all of their resources to getting Trump and his supporters instead of safeguarding the nation.
The FBI does nothing to combat cyber security threats. They just tell companies to suck it up or pay the ransom.
They do not deserve one dime for this. Gut the agency instead.
Let the private sector deal with China and cybersecurity. It will do a better job at a far lower cost.
Your ignorance is profound
you have no knowledge of FBI involvement with cyber security
Doesn’t he mean “Chinese bribers”?
See also Charles Lieber (had been Chair of Chemistry at Harvard), lied about $50k / month from Chicoms for helping build nanotech center in Wuhan, lied to FBI (itself a felony), helped Chicoms on research on brain-computer interfaces.
Served only 2 days in jail.
I know several large companies, first hand, who were hacked and requested FBI assistance only to be denied and told there is nothing they can do.
There were not even interested in doing a forensic analysis to see if they could trace the hackers.
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