thelosing, i want to thank committee for holding this hearing and for the opportunity >> thank you. madame chairman, gentlemen. >> good afternoon phrrbgs chairman and distinguished committee.the thank you for the opportunity to estify on behalf of the department of homeland security trends of ing criminals in cyber space to our nation's payments system. system depends heavily on technology. criminals motivated by greed have adapted their methods and increasingly are cyberspace to exploit the payment systems to engage in and other elicit activities. the secret service is investigating these breaches and will confident that we bring the criminals responsible to justice. breaches like these recent events are part of a long trend. 1984 congress recognized the and established 18 u.s.c. 1039 and 1030 through the comprehensive crime control act. of computers suse as federal crimes and explicitly assigned the secret service to crimes.ate these the secret service investigates the efforts hrough of highly trained special agents network of 33 which congresses assigned the mission of investigat

thelosing, i want to thank committee for holding this hearing and for the opportunity >> thank you. madame chairman, gentlemen. >> good afternoon phrrbgs chairman and distinguished committee.the thank you for the opportunity to estify on behalf of the department of homeland security trends of ing criminals in cyber space to our nation's payments system. system depends heavily on technology. criminals motivated by greed have adapted their methods and increasingly are cyberspace to exploit the payment systems to engage in and other elicit activities. the secret service is investigating these breaches and will confident that we bring the criminals responsible to justice. breaches like these recent events are part of a long trend. 1984 congress recognized the and established 18 u.s.c. 1039 and 1030 through the comprehensive crime control act. of computers suse as federal crimes and explicitly assigned the secret service to crimes.ate these the secret service investigates the efforts hrough of highly trained special agents network of 33 which congresses assigned the mission of investigat