There is an ongoing debate over the adequacy of resources spent by the federal government to investigate and prosecute those responsible for data breaches. Some say more staff is needed as cyberattacks and other technology-related cases skyrocket. Others want current resources to be used more wisely.
“The numbers of people are just too small to deal with this adequately,” contends Michael Vatis, an attorney at Steptoe & Johnson who was the founding director of the National Infrastructure Protection Center at the FBI. “You can’t do anything about hackers without law enforcement.”
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