Wyden Wants More Top Secret Clearance at FTC
The FTC needs more top-level security clearances to combat data security threats, particularly from foreign attackers, Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Ore., said Tuesday. Only four FTC staffers have top secret clearance, and that doesn’t include the FTC chair, commissioners or the…
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Division of Privacy and Identity Protection, Wyden said, noting the agency gave his office this information. He wrote a letter to FTC Chair Lina Khan and Director of National Intelligence Avril Haines. The agency announced data security allegations Monday against online alcohol marketplace Drizly and CEO James Cory Rellas. “The U.S. government cannot protect Americans’ privacy and U.S. national security from the serious threat posed by sophisticated foreign hackers if the FTC does not have a seat at the table,” Wyden said.