DOJ Announces Cybersecurity Task Force
Attorney General Jeff Sessions ordered the creation of a
Cyber-Digital Task Force to "canvass the many ways the
Department is combatting the global cyber threat" and to
"identify how federal law enforcement can more effectively
accomplish its mission in this vital and evolving area."
Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein will appoint a chair for the
task force, which will also "consist of representatives from
the Department's Criminal Division, the National Security
Division, the United States Attorney's Office community, the
Office of Legal Policy, the Office of Privacy and Civil Liberties,
the Office of the Chief Information Officer, the ATF, FBI, DEA, and
the U.S. Marshals Service." The task force is slated to issue
a report to the attorney general by the end of June. The attorney
general asked it "to prioritize its study of efforts to
interfere with our elections; efforts to interfere with our
critical infrastructure; the
