Chairman Pai's Response to Sens Wyden, Schatz Regarding ECFS Cyberattack

On July 7, 2017, Sens Ron Wyden (D-OR) and Brian Schatz (D-HI) wrote to Federal Communications Commission Chairman Ajit Pai to express concern about the FCC facing a similar cyberattack on July 12 as it did during the May 7-8.

On July 11, Chairman Pai responded, writing, "Over the course of the last two months, the Commission has taken a series of steps to mitigate the chances of a disruption similar to the one that took place on May 7-8 from occurring again...In preparation for July 12, the Commission's IT professionals have taken additional measures to safeguard our comment filing system. Moreover, they will be on high alert over the next 48 hours and ready to respond as quick as possible to any attacks. Given the nature of this situation, however, I believe that publicly disclosing the specific steps that we are taking could undermine their efficacy."