Georgetown’s Matt Blaze Testifies Before Congress on Major Cybersecurity Threat

On April 2, Georgetown professor Matt Blaze, a leading expert in cryptography and secure systems, and the McDevitt Chair of Computer Science and Law, testified before the House Oversight Committee on the Salt Typhoon cyberattack, a state-sponsored breach targeting U.S. telecommunications.

Representing Georgetown’s growing leadership at the intersection of technology, policy, and national security, Blaze warned that outdated surveillance laws, like CALEA (Communications Assistance for Law Enforcement Act), have created critical vulnerabilities now exploited by foreign adversaries. He called for urgent reforms to protect U.S. infrastructure from future attacks.

Watch the full hearing here.