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Justice Launches Cyber Task Force

Nextgov: The Justice Department is launching a new task force to examine ways it can better protect the nation from cybersecurity threats, including efforts to interfere in future U.S. elections, according to a Tuesday memo from Attorney General Jeff Sessions.

The task force will deliver a report to Sessions by the end of June outlining “ways that the department is combating the global cyber threat” and “how federal law enforcement can more effectively accomplish its mission in this vital and evolving area,” according to a press release.

The move comes after attacks from congressional Democrats that the Trump administration has not done enough to hold Russia accountable for its digital meddling in the 2016 election.

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