Cyber Security

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Rep. Nancy Mace on President Biden's memo on cybersecurity.

President Biden on Wednesday is set to sign a national security memorandum to protect critical infrastructure such as electricity utility companies, chemical plants and nuclear reactors.

Data breaches cost companies an estimated $4.24 million per incident on average — a 17-year high, according to a Wednesday report from IBM.

Printers spewed out demands for money. Over the next several days, residents couldn’t pay water bills, the government couldn’t print checks, police officers couldn’t retrieve certain records. Across Texas, similar scenes played out in nearly two dozen communities hit by a cyberattack officials linked to a Russia-based criminal syndicate.

The phones were hacked using a so-called "zero-click" iMessage exploit, where hackers can gain control over a device without human interaction, according to an investigation by Amnesty International.

The Justice Department filed multiple charges alleging a 22-year-old British man was involved in hacking the social media accounts of several high-profile figures last year, including business titans Jeff Bezos and Elon Musk.

Three senators on Wednesday introduced a bill requiring government agencies and contractors to report cybercrime incidents within 24 hours of discovery.

The Department of Homeland Security is cracking down on cybersecurity, mandating that pipeline owners take action in the wake of the Colonial Pipeline attack.