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Ryan Lovelace was a national security reporter for The Washington Times.

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In this file photo, then-National Security Agency Deputy Director John C. Inglis testifies as the Senate Judiciary Committee questions top Obama administration officials about the National Security Agency's surveillance programs for the first time since the House narrowly rejected a proposal last week to effectively shut down the NSA's secret collection of hundreds of millions of Americans' phone records, on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, July 31, 2013. On June 18, 2021, Mr. Inglis was confirmed to serve as the first national cyber director by the Senate (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

John C. Inglis confirmed by Senate as first national cyber director

The Senate confirmed John C. Inglis to be America's first national cyber director, installing new leadership to oversee the development of a national cyber policy amid a flood of online attacks hitting critical infrastructure and compromising federal government networks.

June 18, 2021
In this Feb. 25, 2015 file photo, the Homeland Security Department headquarters in northwest Washington. President Joe Biden has selected two former senior National Security Agency officials for key cyber roles in his administration. Chris Inglis, a former NSA deputy director, is being nominated as the government's first national cyber director. Jen Easterly, a former deputy for counterterrorism at the NSA, has been tapped to run the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency at the Department of Homeland Security. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta, File) **FILE**

Biden pick for cyber director uncertain if government’s cyber strategy works

President Biden's pick for America's first national cyber director is not sure that the federal government has a unifying cyber strategy. John C. Inglis, the nominee for the new position, told senators Thursday that if he is confirmed, his first question would be whether the government's cyber structure works.

June 10, 2021
Icons for the smartphone apps TikTok and WeChat are seen on a smartphone screen in Beijing, in a Friday, Aug. 7, 2020 file photo. Officials say the White House has dropped Trump-era executive orders that attempted to ban the popular apps TikTok and WeChat and will conduct its own review aimed at identifying national security risks with software applications tied to China. A new executive order directs the Commerce Department to undertake what officials describe as an “evidence-based” analysis of transactions involving apps that are manufactured or supplied or controlled by China. Officials are particularly concerned about apps that collect users’ personal data or have connections to Chinese military or intelligence activities. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein, File) **FILE**

Biden revokes Trump executive orders against Chinese apps TikTok, WeChat

President Biden on Wednesday moved to revoke former President Donald Trump's executive orders aimed at cracking down on TikTok and WeChat, popular China-based social media apps that the Trump administration feared were collecting U.S. users' data and could be used to spy on Americans.

June 9, 2021
Deputy Attorney General Lisa Monaco is followed by FBI Deputy Director Paul Abbate as she arrives to announce the recovery of millions of dollars worth of cryptocurrency from the Colonial Pipeline Co. ransomware attacks at the Justice Department in Washington, Monday, June 7, 2021. (Jonathan Ernst/Pool via AP)

Intel says Putin supports ransomware attacks on U.S.; Biden admin. caught flat-footed

Organized cybercriminals emboldened by autocrats -- most prominently Russian President Vladimir Putin -- have caught Washington flat-footed with a rising tide of ransomware and other hacking operations that intelligence sources say have the dual aim of weakening the U.S. economy while gaining geopolitical leverage over Washington on the world stage.

June 7, 2021
In this Tuesday, Aug. 4, 2020, photo, President Donald Trump speaks during a briefing with reporters in the James Brady Press Briefing Room of the White House, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon) **FILE**

Facebook suspends Trump until January 2023

Facebook said Friday it's suspending former President Donald Trump until at least January 2023, continuing its ban on Mr. Trump in the wake of the Jan. 6 riot at the U.S. Capitol.

June 4, 2021