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The Director noted that the number of FBI investigations related to computer intrusions has increased by 80 percent since 2002, and that to counter this threat, the FBI requested a $10M budget increase to support its cyber efforts.
On March 12, the Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation
("FBI") discussed cyber-based threats posed by
"state-sponsored hackers, hackers for hire, organized cyber
syndicates, and terrorists" during his 2016 budget presentation before the Senate
Appropriations Committee. The Director noted that the number of FBI
investigations related to computer intrusions has increased by 80
percent since 2002, and that to counter this threat, the FBI
requested a $10M budget increase to support its cyber efforts.
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