Senators introduce cyber bill to mandate reporting on ransomware and critical infrastructure attacks
CNN
The top senators on the Homeland Security Committee introduced legislation on Tuesday to require critical infrastructure companies to report cyberattacks to the federal government and to mandate that most organizations tell the federal government if they make ransomware payments.
If enacted, the bill will create the first national requirement for critical infrastructure entities to report when their systems have been breached.
Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Chairman Gary Peters, Democrat of Michigan, and ranking member Sen. Rob Portman, Republican of Ohio, introduced the bill less than a week after several members of the Biden administration expressed public support during congressional testimony for such requirements.
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