Senate Homeland Security panel touches on cyber in annual ‘threats to homeland’ hearing

Cybersecurity issues were broached by senators of both parties at the Senate Homeland Security Committee’s annual “threats to the homeland” with top security and intelligence officials, though other topics such as immigration and Republican allegations of FBI misdeeds dominated the panel’s final expected hearing of the year.

The committee received testimony Thursday from Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas, FBI Director Christopher Wray, and National Counterterrorism Center Director Christine Abizaid Director. The trio of federal officials testified Tuesday before...