By Steve Neavling
ticklethewire.com
As the FBI steps up its crackdown on cyberattacks, the FBI is changing how it assigns agents to handle the crimes.
The Hill reports that the bureau will stop assigning agents to cyber crimes based on the location of the victim.
Instead, the most talented FBI divisions will handle the most serious cyberattacks, FBI Director James Comey said.
“Notions of traditional ‘my division, your division’ don’t really make sense in that environment,” Comey said at the Overseas Security Advisory Council annual briefing on Wednesday.
“For the first time at the FBI, we’re going to approach cyber by not being bound to traditional notions of area of responsibility,” he explained.
Each threat, Comey said, will be examined for its dangers and then will be assigned to up to four regional field offices to help the local hacking victims.
Comey said it’s a work-in-progress, and he’s open to suggestions.
“We’re going to try that,” he said. “We want to get feedback.”
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