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https:\/\/ddi.mohflo.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/doj-establishes-cybercrime-enforcement-unit-as-u-s-warnings-mount-over-chinese-hacking-4.jpg?resize=1265,843 1265w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1013px) 100vw, 1013px\"><figcaption> Assistant U.S. Attorney General for the National Security Division Matt Olsen left a meeting with Congressional leadership on Feb. 28 in Washington. (Photo by Kevin Dietsch\/Getty Images) <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/header>\n<div class=\"single-article__content\">\n<div class=\"single-article__content-inner has-drop-cap\"> <html readability=\"27.940494354593\"><body readability=\"56.586977967774\"><\/p>\n<p>The Department of Justice established a cyber-focused section within its National Security Division to combat the full range of digital crimes, a top department official said Tuesday.<\/p>\n<p>The National Security Cyber Section \u2014 NatSec Cyber, for short \u2014 has been approved by Congress and will elevate cyberthreats to \u201cequal footing\u201d with other major national security issues, including counterterrorism and counterintelligence, Assistant Attorney General for National Security <a href=\"https:\/\/www.justice.gov\/opa\/speech\/assistant-attorney-general-matthew-g-olsen-delivers-remarks-hoover-institution-announcing\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Matt Olsen said in remarks<\/a> at the Hoover Institution in Washington. <\/p>\n<p>The new section enables the agency to \u201cincrease the scale and speed of disruption campaigns and prosecutions of nation-state cyberthreats as well as state-sponsored cybercriminals, associated money launderers, and other cyber-enabled threats to national security,\u201d Olsen said. <\/p>\n<p>The NatSec Cyber center arrives at time of growing concern about nation-state cyberattacks especially originating from Russia and China. Last week, Jen Easterly, director of the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency, warned Americans to be prepared for a major Chinese cyberattack. \u201cThis, I think, is the real threat that we need to be prepared for, and to focus on, and to build resilience against,\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/world\/americans-should-prepare-cyber-sabotage-chinese-hackers-us-official-warns-2023-06-12\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">she said at an event in Washington<\/a>.<\/p>\n<div class=\"ad ad--inline_1 \">\n<div class=\"ad__inner\"> <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Advertisement<\/span> <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>However, the section has been many months in the making. It comes out of Deputy Attorney General Lisa Monaco\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.justice.gov\/dag\/page\/file\/1520341\/download\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">July 2022 Comprehensive Cyber Review<\/a> meant to review the agency\u2019s approach to cyber-related matters and develop \u201cactionable recommendations to enhance and expand the Department\u2019s efforts.\u201d It also tracks with a main theme of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.whitehouse.gov\/briefing-room\/statements-releases\/2023\/03\/02\/fact-sheet-biden-harris-administration-announces-national-cybersecurity-strategy\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">President Biden\u2019s cybersecurity strateg<\/a>y, which calls for cross-agency collaboration to fight cybercrime.<\/p>\n<p>The DOJ has taken a more proactive and aggressive approach to cyber-related prosecutions over the past two years, even when the agency\u2019s actions preclude traditional prosecutions and convictions. Monaco described the shift in strategy in April on stage <a href=\"https:\/\/cyberscoop.com\/doj-cybercrime-disruption-ransomware\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">at the RSA Conference in San Francisco<\/a>, saying that there is now \u201ca bias toward action to disrupt and prevent, to minimize that harm if it\u2019s ongoing,\u201d with the goal \u201cto take that action to prevent that next victim.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The first major example of the policy shift was the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.justice.gov\/opa\/pr\/justice-department-announces-court-authorized-effort-disrupt-exploitation-microsoft-exchange\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">April 2021 FBI action<\/a> to proactively disable web shells related to Chinese-aligned efforts to exploit vulnerable Microsoft Exchange Servers, Monaco said. Another example of the proactive nature of DOJ actions was the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.justice.gov\/opa\/pr\/justice-department-announces-court-authorized-disruption-botnet-controlled-russian-federation\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">April 2022 FBI operation<\/a> that hobbled a Russian military intelligence-directed botnet that the FBI and DOJ determined could have enabled follow-on malicious activity.<\/p>\n<p>The new unit within the DOJ will \u201cgive us the horsepower and organizational structure we need to carry out key roles of the Department in this arena,\u201d Olsen said. \u201cNatSec Cyber prosecutors will be positioned to act quickly, as soon as the FBI or an IC partner identifies a cyber-enabled threat and to support investigations and disruptions from the earliest stages.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><\/body> <\/p>\n<footer class=\"single-article__footer\" readability=\"1.1489361702128\">\n<div class=\"author-card\" readability=\"8\">\n<p><h4 class=\"author-card__name\">Written by AJ Vicens<\/h4>\n<p> AJ covers nation-state threats and cybercrime. 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