{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://nehls.house.gov/media/press-releases/exclusive-bipartisan-group-lawmakers-call-investigation-reported-ccp-attacks", "EXCLUSIVE: Bipartisan Group Of Lawmakers Call For Investigation Into Reported CCP \u2018Attacks\u2019 On Vital US Infrastructure", "2023-12-15", "2023", "2023-12", "Republican", "House", "TX", "Troy E. Nehls", "N000026", "nehls.house.gov", "nehls", "https://nehls.house.gov/media", "scraper", "Daily Caller\n\nHenry Rodgers\n\nChief National Correspondent\n\nA group of bipartisan House lawmakers sent a letter Friday to the Director of the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA), Jen Easterly, calling for an investigation into concerns regarding recent reporting that says hackers affiliated with a Chinese state-sponsored threat actor possibly infiltrated at least two dozen critical transportation infrastructure entities throughout 2023.\n\nThe Daily Caller first obtained a copy of the letter, which was signed by Chairman Troy Nehls and Ranking Member Donald Payne, Jr. of the House Transportation and Infrastructure Subcommittee on Railroads, Pipelines, and Hazardous Materials along with Chairman Andrew Garbarino and Ranking Member Eric Swalwell of the Homeland Security Subcommittee on Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Protection.\n\nIn the letter, the lawmakers request an in-person bipartisan briefing to learn more about the national security issue that was reported by The Washington Post. The Post\u2019s report states \u201chackers affiliated with China\u2019s People\u2019s Liberation Army have burrowed into the computer systems of about two dozen critical entities over the past year.\u201d\n\n\u201cThis reporting builds on May 2023 findings from Microsoft and a Cybersecurity Advisory from the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) and others that found that Volt Typhoon had engaged in \u2018stealthy and targeted malicious activity\u2019 to gain and maintain persistent access to networks to enable the disruption of \u2018critical communications infrastructure between the United States and Asia region during future crises.\u2019 Given China\u2019s ambitions related to Taiwan, we find the escalation of Volt Typhoon\u2019s tactics extremely troubling,\u201d the lawmakers wrote in the letter.\n\n\u201cThe Chinese Communist Party (CCP) is one of our nation\u2019s greatest foreign adversaries,\u201d Nehls told the Caller before sending the letter.\n\n\u201cBased on recent reporting, it has come to my attention that at least two dozen critical transportation and energy infrastructure entities may have been infiltrated by Chinese state-sponsored cyberattacks in the last year alone. The CCP is attempting to position itself to disrupt and destroy our nation\u2019s supply chains, energy security, and national security. Plain and simple,\u201d he continued.\n\n\u201cI\u2019m proud to lead a bipartisan letter to the Biden Administration\u2019s Cyber and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) to ensure that the administration is taking the appropriate measures to protect our country from these blatant attacks and protect our nation\u2019s transportation systems and energy security,\u201d Nehls added.", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-08T01:14:16Z"]], "columns": ["url", "title", "date", "year", "month", "party", "chamber", "state", "member_name", "bioguide_id", "domain", "scraper", "source", "date_source", "text", "has_text", "collected_at", "updated_at"], "primary_keys": ["url"], "primary_key_values": ["https://nehls.house.gov/media/press-releases/exclusive-bipartisan-group-lawmakers-call-investigation-reported-ccp-attacks"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 1.8451088108122349, "source": "dwillis/congress-press", "source_url": "https://github.com/dwillis/congress-press", "license": "MIT", "license_url": "https://github.com/dwillis/congress-press/blob/main/LICENSE"}