DNI Haines Cites Intensifying Health Cyber Threats At Senate Armed Services Hearing

Director of National Intelligence Avril Haines stressed the need to improve cybersecurity practices in critical infrastructure amid one of the “most pernicious transnational threats” facing the United States, and she specifically mentioned health care as a growing target at a Senate Armed Services Committee hearing on the intelligence community’s 2024 global threat assessment. Haines warned that both China and Russia are effectively trying to pre-position themselves for future cyber attacks, and she briefed lawmakers more on that in a closed...