Marco Rubio, Florida Republican, said federal agencies were not developed for the current era of cyber intrusions, complicated misinformation and disinformation challenges, and China’s willingness to play a long game. .
Rubio said at an intelligence committee hearing.
The report relied upon dozens of current and former counterintelligence officials who found that foreign intelligence entities are no longer only interested in state secrets but now want information from federal agencies outside the intelligence community and data held by businesses and universities. .The alarms about foreign intelligence efforts against Americans outside of the intelligence community prompted lawmakers to take action, according to the intelligence committee’s chairman, Sen.The Virginia Democrat said the committee convened a series of classified sessions between the intelligence community and leaders from business and academia to brief them on China’s effortRubio said in written remarks the FBI must do more outreach and collaboration to warn schools and companies about the threat from China.