House Science Oversight Subcommittee Plans Hearing on IMSI Catchers' Threat to Mobile Cybersecurity

The House Science Oversight Subcommittee plans a Wednesday hearing on the threat international mobile subscriber identity (IMSI) catchers and similar technologies pose for mobile device cybersecurity and users' privacy. National Institute of Standards and Technology Information Technology Laboratory Director Charles Romine, Virginia Tech Hume Center for National Security and Technology Director Charles Clancy and Princeton University assistant professor Jonathan Mayer are to testify. The hearing will begin at 2 p.m. in 2318 Rayburn, House Science said. Congress has scrutinized the use of cellsite simulators or IMSI catchers (see 1504290030 and 1506050038).