Biden’s Cybersecurity ‘Dream Team’ Has a Nightmare First Assignment

Hi, this is Alyza on Bloomberg’s cybersecurity team. President Joe Biden took office less than two months after U.S. companies and government agencies began disclosing that they’d been victimized as part of a sprawling cyber-attack by suspected Russian hackers.

The attack exposed glaring holes in American defense and raised the stakes for Biden’s incoming cyber team. Not all the jobs have been filled—including a top post—but cybersecurity experts have praised the administration’s picks so far.