Senator Wyden: 350 federal sites may lack ECH protection
Sen. Ron Wyden urged CISA and OMB to require agencies to adopt Encrypted Client Hello, which hides the name of the website a user visits. His office identified 350 federal web addresses without ECH, including the FBI tip portal and the Veterans Crisis Line.
- Wyden's office found 350 federal sites lacking ECH
- They include tips.fbi.gov on Cloudflare and the VA crisis line on AWS
- Wyden asked CISA and OMB to respond by Nov. 20
- He wants ECH support required for federal contracts
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