FCC Chief: I Was Between a Rock and a Hard Place on Debunked DDoS Claim

NextGov: Federal Communications Commission Chairman Ajit Pai wanted desperately to come clean to Congress after his agency wrongly blamed a deliberate cyberattack for overwhelming its public commenting system rather than a surge in public interest, he told lawmakers Thursday.

However, leveling with Congress would have meant undermining an internal watchdog investigation that concluded last week and that was considering criminal charges, Pai told members of the Senate Commerce Committee.

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