House of Representatives will hear from government security officials regarding espionage.
The chairman of the House's Committee on Foreign Relations and National Defense (CREDN), Representative Nelson Pelegrino (PT), said that it is necessary to assess the structure, vulnerabilities, and functioning of cyber defense in Brazil. He warned of the danger of sabotage to which the country may be subject and said that Brazil only has "an incipient Cyber Defense Center, belonging to the Army, and a department for the repression of cybercrimes, belonging to the Federal Police."
Karine Melo
Reporter from Agência Brasil
Brasilia – The Chamber of Deputies is scheduled to hear next week from the government's top security officials regarding the measures adopted by Brazil following the espionage allegations made by the United States National Security Agency (NSA).
The Ministers of Justice, José Eduardo Cardozo; of the Institutional Security Office, José Elito Siqueira; and the Director-General of the Brazilian Intelligence Agency (Abin), Wilson Roberto Trezza, are to be heard next Tuesday (24) in a joint hearing of the Committees on Constitution and Justice, Foreign Relations and Science and Technology of the Chamber.
Congressman Nelson Pelegrino (PT-BA), author of one of the requests, said that it is necessary to assess the structure, vulnerabilities, and functioning of cyber defense in Brazil. He warned of the danger of sabotage to which the country may be subject and said that Brazil only has "an incipient Cyber Defense Center, belonging to the Army, and a department for the repression of cybercrimes, belonging to the Federal Police."
Last week, the Senate established a Parliamentary Commission of Inquiry (CPI) to discuss the espionage allegations.
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