I Spent 20 Years at the FBI Chasing These Criminals. Here's What Needs to Change.

This testimony warns of a sharp rise in ransomware attacks—especially against hospitals—citing FBI statistics, industry research, and the February 19, 2026 University of Mississippi Medical Center incident that forced clinicians to revert to paper and degraded statewide emergency capacity; it documents patient harm and calls for stronger legal designations, homicide prosecutions where deaths occurred, full funding for cyber grants, and use of technical defenses to stop attacks without paying ransoms.