Wyden Requests First-Ever GAO Audit of Federal Hacking Tools

Senator Ron Wyden has asked the GAO to audit how the FBI, DEA, ICE's Homeland Security Investigations, and the Secret Service use hacking tools and spyware. Federal hacking operations have run for over two decades without public accounting — unlike wiretaps, which generate annual reports. DOJ and FBI have ignored transparency requests across administrations. Wyden wants an unclassified report with findings.