House Subcommittees Hold Hearing on Combating Ransomware Attacks

In late September, two subcommittees of the U.S. House of Representatives held a joint hearing on responding to ransomware attacks. The hearing—held by the Subcommittee on Cybersecurity, Information Technology, and Government Innovation and the Subcommittee on Economic Growth, Energy Policy, and Regulatory Affairs—signals intense interest by policymakers in preventing the enormous disruptions that threat actors can inflict on both the public and private sectors. We report on three themes…
By: Patterson Belknap Webb & Tyler LLP