In face of hack attacks, U.S. State Department to set up cyber bureau


FILE PHOTO State Department spokesman Ned Price speaks  at the State Department in Washington DC U.S. August 18 2021. Andrew HarnikPool via REUTERS

FILE PHOTO: State Department spokesman Ned Price speaks at the State Department in Washington, DC, U.S. August 18, 2021. Andrew Harnik/Pool via REUTERS

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. State Department plans to establish a bureau of cyberspace and digital policy in the face of a growing hacking problem, specifically a surge of ransomware attacks on U.S. infrastructure.

State Department spokesperson Ned Price said a Senate-confirmed ambassador at large will lead the bureau.

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