WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Angus King (I-Maine), a member of the Senate Intelligence Committee, today welcomed an announcement from Attorney General Eric Holder that a U.S. Grand Jury has charged members of the Chinese military with conducting economic cyber-espionage against American companies:

“For far too long hackers in China have stolen our intellectual property, our technology blueprints, our business plans – in effect, our ideas – which has put some Americans in manufacturing states like Maine out of work. It’s time we fight back,” Senator King said. “I welcome today’s announcement from the Attorney General and will continue to push for the long-overdue development of comprehensive cybersecurity legislation to combat these crimes.”

On March 11^th, Senator King wrote to Intelligence Committee Chairman Dianne Feinstein and Vice Chairman Saxby Chambliss urging them to advance cybersecurity legislation in the committee this spring. To read the letter, click HERE.

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