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As a subscriber you can listen to articles at work, in the car, or while you work out. Subscribe NowU.S. Attorney for the Southern District of Indiana Zachary Myers has been chosen to chair the Attorney General’s Advisory Committee’s cyber and intellectual property subcommittee, tackling issues at the intersection of law enforcement and high technology.
The U.S. Department of Justice’s Tuesday announcement said that Myers would also collaborate with other U.S. attorneys to provide guidance to the AGAC on cyber and intellectual property matters impacting U.S. attorneys’ offices nationwide.
Myers will also serve on the AGAC’s subcommittees on white-collar crime and office management and budget.
Established in 1973, the advisory committee and its subcommittees represent the views of federal prosecutors across the country and advise the Attorney General on matters of policy, procedure and management impacting U.S. attorneys’ offices.
“Our country faces unprecedented threats from cybercriminals, including ransomware, massive breaches of sensitive data, complex transnational fraud schemes, and technology-facilitated exploitation of our children,” Myers said in a statement. “Law enforcement professionals do all we can to fight these crimes even as more technologies are used in attempts to deprive investigators of access to critical evidence.
“… I am eager to work with my fellow United States Attorneys to advise the Department of Justice from the prosecutor’s perspective as we seek to hold cybercriminals accountable and keep our communities safe on the streets and online,” Myers said.
Myers, who was sworn in in November 2021, previously served as assistant U.S. attorney for the District of Maryland. He worked in the Baltimore Division’s Major Crimes Unit and in the District of Maryland’s National Security and Cybercrime Section, serving as the first cybercrime counsel for the district. He has also served as a computer hacking and intellectual property prosecutor and as national security cyber specialist.
Myers was assistant U.S. attorney for the Southern District of Indiana from 2011 through 2014, where he worked in the general crimes unit and led investigations, prosecutions and appeals in a range of federal offenses.
His focus centered on technology-facilitated crime, including cybercrimes, national security offenses, public corruption, violent crimes and sex trafficking.
The native of Indianapolis, who worked nearly three years as an associate at what is now Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath, was nominated by President Joe Biden in July 2021 and unanimously confirmed by the Senate.
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