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Ed Markey: You better take the warning because, if you do not both play defense and then have a strong deterrence posture…

On the recordJune 12, 2017
You better take the warning because, if you do not both play defense and then have a strong deterrence posture, something bad is going to happen and we will regret we did not do more.
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Ed Markey
Democratic · Massachusetts

Editor's note · Context

Markey emphasizes the need for cybersecurity preparedness after recent attacks.

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