Mandia (left), Ramakrishna (middle) and Smith testify before a Senate Intelligence Committee hearing on Capitol Hill on Feb 23, 2021 in Washington. — The Washington Post via AP
A bipartisan group of senators on Feb 23 recommended that the US consider requiring companies to disclose when they have been hacked.
At the first public hearing before Congress since a massive cyberattack by suspected Russian hackers was disclosed in December, Senate Intelligence Committee chairman Mark Warner, a Democrat, was joined by the vice chairman of the committee, Republican Senator Marco Rubio, in calling for the measure. Several others, including Senator Angus King, an independent, also voiced their support, as did several of the tech executives who were testifying.
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