Cybersecurity
Microsoft's Russian Hacking Revelations Spur U.S. Lawmakers' Ire
- ‘Congress is going to act,’ Menendez tells Treasury official
- Perdue warns more sanctions would hit trading partners, too
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Microsoft Corp.’s declaration that it found and seized bogus web domains created by Russian hackers amplified calls by U.S. lawmakers to pass legislation imposing more sanctions on Vladimir Putin’s government and his associates.
“This is not something that is in the rear-view mirror,” Senator Mark Warner of Virginia, the top Democrat on the Intelligence Committee, said Tuesday at a hearing on sanctions aimed in part at deterring Russian efforts to interfere in U.S. elections.