Kellen Dwyer

Kellen Dwyer served in the Justice Department for seven years, first as an Assistant U.S. Attorney in the Eastern District of Virginia, where he prosecuted computer hacking and national security cases, then as a Deputy Assistant Attorney General in the National Security Division, where he was in charge of cybersecurity policy and represented the Department on the National Security Council. He currently teaches courses on cybercrime and data security at George Mason's Antonin Scalia Law School.

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It’s Time to Surge Resources Into Prosecuting Ransomware Gangs

Kellen Dwyer Thu, May 20, 2021, 8:01 AM

The Justice Department needs a “troop surge” of cyber prosecutors and agents to conduct long-term, proactive investigations into ransomware gangs and the organizations that enable them.

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