The top two senators on the Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee called on the Biden administration to provide input on addressing the threat of ransomware, as they draft legislation ahead of the August recess.
Washington The top two senators on the Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee called on the Biden administration on Friday to provide input on addressing the threat of ransomware, as they draft legislation ahead of the August recess.
Chairman Gary Peters, a Michigan Democrat, along with top Republican Rob Portman of Ohio, asked the administration for specifics, including strategies that federal agencies are developing, new or revised authorities and suggestions for legislation. The federal government"needs to do more" to support the public and private sectors and punish the bad actors that perpetrate these crimes, the senators wrote in a letter to the White House and Office of Management and Budget.
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