Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas called a hacking campaign targeting American telecom companies a 'very, very serious matter' that is 'still going on,' saying it's one of the largest intelligence compromises in US history.
Alejandro Mayorkas said in an interview on MSNBC that the hack was “a very sophisticated hack" and a “very, very serious matter.” against American telecoms firms is a “very, very serious matter” that is “still going on,” Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas said Thursday in an interview on MSNBC. The hacking campaign is one of the largest intelligence compromises in U.S. history.
Mayorkas said the firm had 30 days to respond. “It’s very important to send a message and the message has substance to it,” he said. “It’s not purely symbolic.”Mayorkas repeated that U.S. officials believed that the sightings of drones in the Northeastern United States did not represent a threat to public safety.
Congress needs to pass laws that will give the Department of Homeland Security, as well as state and local officials, more ability to regulate drones, Mayorkas said. Drones are “not a new phenomenon,” he said, and DHS needs “our authorities to catch up with the development of drone activity over the last 10 years.”
Mayorkas also defended the Biden administration’s record on immigration. He said the administration has “removed or returned or expelled more people than in the prior administration,” referring to President-elect Donald Trump’s first term.
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