Cybersecurity Policy Report, Bill Would Establish Board to Investigate AI-Enabled Cyber Attacks, (Sep 25, 2026)
Organizations Mentioned:National Transportation Safety Board
Legislation to establish a federal board with subpoena power to investigate cyber incidents attributed to AI (artificial intelligence) systems has been introduced by Sen. Ed. Markey (D., Mass.).
The Cybersecurity and AI Board of Investigations Act (S.B. 5541, 119th Cong. (2026)) would establish a board similar to the National Transportation Safety Board “to demand answers from companies and government agencies involved in major cybersecurity incidents and to deliver clear assessments of cyber threats and measures to prevent such threats,” Sen. Markey explained in a news release.
Critical infrastructure sectors “are susceptible to artificial intelligence-enabled cyber incidents,” according to the bill’s text. “The Federal Government has an interest in understanding cyber incidents in this shifting threat landscape and advancing best practices in cybersecurity.”
Sen. Markey noted that AI developers themselves now controlled what the public knew about AI agents engaged in hacking. “Despite the unprecedented depth and scale of recent AI-enabled cyber attacks, the public is learning critical details piecemeal,” he said.
“Building stronger defenses requires a full accounting of what goes wrong, and we cannot depend on companies with little incentive to disclose their failures to give us one,” he added. “We need the Cybersecurity and AI Board of Investigations to get to the bottom of major incidents and give companies and the government the critical information necessary to build resilience and better secure our economy and our country.”
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