National Cyber Director Chris Inglis said he has worked with Fick many times over the years and believes he would excel.

Also an author, Fick spoke at the 2008 Democratic National Convention.

Researchers shared the data to provide a more complete context about the data and questions surrounding it, they said.

There's money in the request for direct aid to Ukraine, but also things like more enforcement of U.S. sanctions.

The DDoS incidents involving Ukrainian government and bank websites also came as an unidentified group sent spam text messages falsely claiming ATMs didn't work.

To some, the president's words reflected dated and misguided thinking.