FBI Director Christopher Wray: 'Today's cybersecurity threat is bigger than government itself'

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By Tom Sullivan
Healthcare IT News
March 05, 2019

SAN FRANCISCO -- Christopher Wray, the director of the U.S. Federal Bureau of 
Investigation, struck a cautious tone on Tuesday morning here at RSA 2019 and 
he called for more cooperation to tackle the cybersecurity problem.

"Today's cyberthreat is bigger than any one government agency -- in fact it’s 
bigger than the government itself," Wray said. "The scope, breadth, depth, 
sophistication and diversity of the threat we face now is unlike anything we’ve 
had in our lifetimes.:"

Wray pointed to multinationals, criminal organizations, hacktavists, insider 
threats, China and North Korea all as among the most pressing issues as well as 
the blended threat of foreign intelligence units enlisting the help of hackers.

He said that cyber, perhaps more than any other area, is where public-private 
cooperation is needed for everyone’s sake.

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